Bonna currently serves as the Graduate Field Administrator for the Master of Professional Studies programs in Natural Resources and the Environment and Global Development. In this role, she supports graduate students who are advancing meaningful work in their disciplines and contributing to solutions with real-world impact.
She has been a member of the Cornell community since 2017 and has held roles focused on alumni and volunteer engagement, corporate partnership development, stewardship and donor relations, and student leadership initiatives. Her background includes extensive experience in event and project management across both internal teams and external partners. Prior to her work at Cornell, she worked in the pallet industry, where she gained exposure to a specialized segment of the industrial sector and had the opportunity to travel and support nationwide operations.
A lifelong resident of the area, Bonna values the diversity and continual renewal that each academic year brings to the community. Outside of her professional responsibilities, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, caring for her dogs and chickens, and sharing life with her partner and their two children.
