Maggie is a co-founder and partner at Global Philanthropy Group. She has addressed domestic and international social issues ranging from microfinance to childhood obesity and has provided strategy, communications and management services to multiple non-profit and private sector organizations including the United Nations, Amazon.com, Unitus, Rachael Ray's Yum-o! Organization, the Cobalt Group, the M.A.C. Global AIDS Fund, Synergos and the E&J Gallo Winery.

At GPG, Maggie leads efforts for clients including the Demi & Ashton Foundation, The Tory Burch Foundation, the Liya Kebede Foundation, Jim Carrey's Better U and John Legend's Show Me Campaign on issues including the economic empowerment of American women, child sex slavery, education reform, environmentally-friendly agriculture practices and maternal health, while managing the L.A. office.

Previously, as a strategy consultant, she launched new organizations, restructured existing efforts, forged partnerships across sectors and branded international efforts. Maggie helped design and launch Rachael Ray's Yum-O! organization which empowers kids and their families to develop healthy relationships with food and cooking. For Sir Richard Branson and Nelson Mandela, she helped convene and advise the development of The Elders, an independent group of eminent global leaders who offer their collective influence and experience to support peace building, help address major causes of human suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity. She also developed and implemented plans for the trailblazing and award-winning M.A.C. AIDS Fund and the United Nation's International Year of Microcredit. Maggie was an early employee at Unitus, where she drove the award-winning microfinance accelerator's advocacy, strategic partnership and communications efforts.

In addition to her philanthropic and socially-focused work, Maggie's private-sector experience in the technology and consumer product fields includes marketing, sales, business development, product and project management for Amazon.com, where she helped build the Gift department and managed the gift certificates division, The E&J Gallo Winery, where she managed corporate accounts and The Cobalt Group where she helped global automobile manufacturers design and implement online strategies.

Maggie is a founding board member of the Center for Women & Democracy, sits on the New Leadership Board for the International Women's Health Coalition, volunteers for the Trevor Group and has conducted international political training in Morocco and across Latin America for the National Democratic Institute. Maggie holds a BS from the University of Washington and an MBA from Columbia University, both with honors.

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