Ryan Ulbrich

Ryan Ulbrich is a Director on the advisory services team of Arabella Advisors. He works with institutional, corporate, and family philanthropies to develop grant-making strategies, implement and evaluate programs, convene learning and working groups, and oversee donor collaboratives to advance common goals. He manages projects and advises clients on a variety of issues, including early childhood development, education, environmental justice, social entrepreneurship, and public health. Prior to joining Arabella, Ryan was an executive advisor to chief ethics officers at the business consulting firm CEB. There, he conducted research and managed a client portfolio of Fortune 500 companies in the technology, consumer products, health care, and retail industries, and advised on functional issues such as corporate integrity, corruption and privacy risk management, and governance. Ryan also worked for Podesta Group, a public and government relations firm in Washington, DC.Ryan also has experience as a social entrepreneur, and formerly sat on the board of City Blossoms, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering healthy communities by developing creative, kid-driven green spaces, and on the community board of Enstitute, the first national apprenticeship program for 21st-century careers in business, technology, and entrepreneurship. He earned a BA in philosophy with minors in art history and non-violence studies from Elon University.