Lara Hensch

As an expert in impact-ori­ent­ed phil­an­thropy and grant man­age­ment at PHI­NEO, I am com­mit­ted to a strong civ­il soci­ety – one in which we can be dif­fer­ent with­out fear.

At the heart of my work is a sys­temic approach that takes into account the com­plex inter­play of soci­etal frame­works, struc­tures, process­es, and the needs of diverse stake­hold­ers. I see empa­thy, trans­paren­cy, and gen­uine engage­ment as key suc­cess fac­tors for pro­duc­tive col­lab­o­ra­tion across sec­tor boundaries.

Before join­ing PHI­NEO, I gained broad expe­ri­ence at the inter­sec­tion of the pub­lic sec­tor and civ­il soci­ety. My areas of exper­tise include grant man­age­ment, process design, orga­ni­za­tion­al devel­op­ment, and adult education.