Margaret Kuhlow

Margaret Kuhlow is the Executive Vice President of Milken Institute Finance, where she leads the Institute’s Finance Pillar to build innovative solutions for economic opportunity and shared prosperity at every stage of life, driving economic mobility, innovation, and impact. Ms. Kuhlow has lived and worked extensively in developing and emerging markets and has broad sectoral experience in sustainable investment, project finance, and grant making.  

Prior to joining the Milken Institute, Ms. Kuhlow served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Development Finance and Policy at the U.S. Treasury, where she was a member of the Senior Executive Service, leading U.S. Government engagement with the Multilateral Development Banks and providing executive direction for Treasury’s policies and positions on a wide range of international development finance issues. Ms. Kuhlow previously led the World Wildlife Fund’s Finance Practice, providing strategic direction and thought leadership to WWF’s global engagement with the finance sector. Ms. Kuhlow also served as Vice President of Investment Policy at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and was part of the start-up team of the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation, where she also led the new agency’s approach to environmental and social assessment of major infrastructure investments as Vice President for Accountability.  

Ms. Kuhlow earned a BA in Political Science and International Studies summa cum laude from DePaul University, and holds a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

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