John Tracey
Program Director, Science, Society & Culture
John Tracey joined the Simons Foundation in 2014 as part of a team to improve public engagement with science. As program director, Tracey works with the senior vice president of Science, Society & Culture to develop and execute funding strategy. He leads the division’s external communications and storytelling, including content development for the website, external media strategy, visual storytelling and more. Prior to joining the foundation, he worked at the American Association for Cancer Research, specifically on the Stand Up to Cancer initiative, where he managed grantee statistics and statistics reporting, and edited and produced website content. He holds a B.A. in English literature from the College of New Jersey.