Frank Baiocchi

Frank Baiocchi (he/him) is the executive director of the Hunter Family Foundation. He previously served as the executive director of the Johnson Family Foundation and as a senior program officer with the Polk Bros. Foundation. Currently, he is on the board of directors of the Ravinia Festival, Movement Advancement Project, and Wide Angle Research (founding chair). Frank has co-created and/or led 13 funder collaboratives and six public-private partnerships and co-chaired two community planning processes with 350+ participants that resulted in successful systems change organizations: Ingenuity and AMPT: Advancing Nonprofits.

Frank started his professional career in the arts as an administrator, educator, and actor, including performing for many years on Broadway. He was an adjunct professor of leadership and philanthropy at the Loyola University School of Social Work and the DePaul University College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.

He holds a BA from the Gallatin School at New York University, an MA from the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago, and an Executive Scholar certificate from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.