Erin O'Keefe

Schools and Education; Housing; Funders and Philanthropy; Social Justice; Neighborhood and Community Development; Involving Institutions
Active Faculty
Baltimore, MD

Erin S. O’Keefe is a program officer at the Baltimore-based France-Merrick Foundation who is passionate about the integration of asset-based, equity-driven, and collective impact frameworks.
From 2010-2021, Erin led place-based community engagement strategies for Loyola University Maryland, founding their York Road community development initiative and directing their academic and co-curricular Center for Community, Service, and Justice. Previously, she worked in community affairs for Johns Hopkins University, as a research assistant for housing and redevelopment policy in the department of public policy at UMBC, and in community services management at Catholic Charities of Baltimore. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Loyola, a master’s degree in public policy from UMBC, and is currently working on her Ph.D. dissertation in urban policy at UMBC. She lives in Baltimore City, Maryland.