Elliot A. Rivera

Elliot A. Rivera is a first-generation Salvadoran from Worcester, Massachusetts, who now calls Providence, Rhode Island, home. Formerly the Executive Director of Youth In Action, he led intergenerational leadership development with BIPOC youth, focusing on the intersection of healing, collective social change, and co-creation. Today, Elliot is a strategist, facilitator, and consultant supporting organizations in building resilient leadership models, equity-driven decision-making, and liberatory design practices.

Elliot brings extensive experience as a nonprofit executive, researcher, fundraiser, manager, evaluator, grant-maker, educator, and community organizer across nonprofit, municipal, public education, higher education, and healthcare sectors. He currently serves on the Governance Council for Environmental Justice for New England through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where he helps shape environmental policy and grantmaking through an equity lens.

Previously, Elliot served as a municipal staffer for the City of Worcester, leading task forces focused on healing and belonging for boys and men of color and designing strategies that centered wellness and care for young people and their adult allies. He was also an Associate Researcher & Evaluator at the Collaborative for Youth & Community Justice at Clark University, working to uplift the power of youth and communities in research.

Elliot continues to serve on the Executive Committee of the Rhode Island Afterschool Network, advocating for expanded learning opportunities and youth leadership across the state.