Soledad McGrath

Soledad Adrianzén McGrath is the Joyce Foundation’s Program Director for the Gun Violence Prevention and Justice Reform Program. She was previously the executive director of the Center for Neighborhood-Engaged Research & Science (CORNERS) at Northwestern University. Soledad rejoined the Foundation in January 2026, having previously served as the Gun Violence Prevention and Justice Reform Program’s Senior Program Officer from 2018-2020. She also was a Program Officer with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Criminal Justice program and an associate director and chief counsel at the American Bar Association’s Justice Center. Soledad began her legal career with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. Soledad earned her BA from Northwestern University and her JD from Emory University.