Invest In Our Future, Executive Director

Invest in Our Future (IOF) has named Peter Colavito as the organization’s new Executive Director.

Invest in Our Future is a new philanthropic partnership focused on the country’s transition to a clear and equitable energy economy. It brings together leading philanthropies as well as communities, nonprofits, and businesses to leverage recent landmark legislation and help to ensure that the potential of the greatest investment in clean energy in U.S. history is realized. 

A dynamic leader, advocate, and strategist, Peter Colavito brings to Invest in Our Future 30 years of experience building coalitions, guiding complex organizations, and overseeing successful programs. Most recently, he provided strategic planning, campaign development and executive coaching support to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Open Society Foundations, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), among others. He played key roles in several major cross-organization collaborations, including the Social & Economic Justice Leaders Project (SEJ)—a scenario-planning operation that catalyzed the Democracy Defense Coalition to protect the integrity of the 2020 elections—and Real Recovery Now—which united labor, climate, care, and immigration groups to advocate for federal legislation addressing shared goals.

Peter was previously the Senior Advisor to the President and Secretary-Treasurer for the SEIU, managing long-term planning projects and partnerships across the wider progressive movement. Additionally, he served as SEIU’s Chief of Staff and, before that, as Government Relations Director from 2011 to 2016, leading the union’s legislative, policy and issue campaign work. From 2004 through 2010, Peter was at 32BJ SEIU—a local representing 120,000 workers on the east coast—first as Political Director and later as Chief of Staff.

Andy Lee and Karen Wilcox led this search with Alexandra Lolavar and Madeline Fitzpatrick.