Speaker Biographies

Courtney O’Malley

Vice President, The Starr Foundation

Courtney O'Malley is currently serving as Vice President with The Starr Foundation. Courtney has worked in nonprofit organizations her entire career, including a wide range of grant-making foundations. In 1986, she became the first director of the Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings Memorial Fund, a New York City-based foundation that funds a range of social welfare and health-related programs. She then worked for five years in the Children's Program at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation where she focused primarily on helping federal, state, and local officials reform child welfare policies. Prior to joining the Starr Foundation, Courtney served for five years as Deputy Director of The Picower Foundation, a family philanthropy that funds mostly educational programs and scientific research in New York City and Palm Beach County, Florida. Between 1994 and 1997, Courtney lived in Chicago and was the director of strategic planning and development for the Family Resource Coalition, a national technical assistance, advocacy, and membership organization for family support programs. Courtney has provided consulting services on child welfare issues, family and children's services, and philanthropy for a variety of clients including Northwestern University's Children and Family Justice Center, Seedco, and the Hasbro Children's Foundation. She recently served as a member of the United Way of New York City's Community Agenda Task Force.