Quanic is a senior associate at the Casey Foundation, focusing on advancing economic opportunity for parents while supporting healthy child development. In this role, she provides strategic guidance for the foundation’s investments in two-generation strategies, including overseeing and coordinating its grants to support program pilots, build evidence and promote policy and system reform. Quanic also manages a portfolio designed to improve equitable outcomes for students of color in higher education. Before joining Casey, Quanic worked at Capital Impact Partners, where she led impact measurement efforts and provided strategic guidance in education and place-based revitalization investments. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica, she worked with a rural community on women’s health, ecotourism and education. Quanic has a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MPP from the University of Chicago.