Maura Donlan is a director of the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy. She has more than 20 years of experience in international development, systems change and advocacy, project and campaign management. Most recently, she served as director of marketing and communications at Omidyar Network, where she led all external relations and thought leadership for the financial inclusion, property rights and impact investing initiatives. Prior to that, she was a senior vice president at GMMB, a social impact strategic communications firm where she managed the firm's London office. Maura began her career working on Capitol Hill, and then she went on to work at the United Nations and with philanthropist Ted Turner, as he was launching the United Nations Foundation and the Nuclear Threat Initiative. She holds a B.A. in history and French from the College of the Holy Cross, where she graduated with highest honors, and an M.A. in international affairs with a focus on gender and development from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She works in the Institute's Washington office.