Keenan Pace joined the Innocence Project in 2023.

As director of institutional giving, Keenan is responsible for building relationships with foundations and corporate philanthropies to support the Innocence Project’s work to restore freedom, transform systems, and advance the movement for a more just criminal legal system. For over a decade, she was a fundraiser at the Osborne Association, a nonprofit serving New Yorkers at every stage of the criminal legal system. She holds a master’s in public policy from the University of California, Irvine, and a bachelor’s in political science from Fordham University.