Brad Jewell is chief financial officer at the Carnegie Foundation. As chief financial officer, Brad manages the Foundation’s finances and oversees operations to advance Carnegie’s mission.

Brad brings expertise in financial management and organizational leadership, having most recently served as the chief financial officer and treasurer for The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society. There, Brad directed financial strategy, endowment and investment management, budgeting, human resources and compliance. Prior to Phi Kappa Phi, Brad served for two decades as senior vice president and chief financial and operating officer of the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation, providing strategic and financial stewardship to one of the world’s leading university-affiliated research centers. In addition to providing financial and operational oversight to the Foundation, Brad led a statewide collaboration to implement the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA) across the state of Louisiana. He also served as an audit senior at Hawthorn Waymouth & Carroll, applying auditing methodologies and accounting principles at a full service public accounting firm. 

Nationally, Brad has contributed to improving nonprofit financial reporting standards through his service on the Association of International Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Not-for-Profit Organizations Expert Panel.

Brad is also a chartered advisor of philanthropy from The American College and a certified public accountant, licensed by the State Board of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants. Brad holds a master's in public administration (M.P.A.) and a bachelor's in accounting, both from Louisiana State University.