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Nancy Lynn

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Nancy Lynn

Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, BrightFocus Foundation
Nancy Lynn

Nancy Lynn is Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at BrightFocus Foundation, a US 501(c)(3) that funds global research and generates public awareness to understand and treat Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma. Ms. Lynn also catalyzes financing, distribution, and impact partnerships for disease-related documentaries. These include the award-winning Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me (2014), Turning Point: The Quest for a Cure (2018), Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019), and upcoming, WILDER: His Life, Legacy, and Battle with Alzheimer’s Disease (2022). Prior, Ms. Lynn held positions including Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, Director, Global Business Development at the American Museum of Natural History, and staff lecturer at The Cloisters, the branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. Ms. Lynn is a former member of the national board of trustees for Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America and of the board of trustees for the Martha Graham Dance Company. Ms. Lynn received her B.A. in the history of art and architecture from Columbia University (Valedictorian) and her M.A. in the history of art and architecture from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.