IPED Lecture: “Driving Social Change through Strategic Partnerships and Fundraising”

Maria Abreu, director of development of the Pikesville Armory Foundation, is a bilingual professional originally from the Dominican Republic, with over 20 years of experience in nonprofit and international organizations, excelling at fostering strategic partnerships, fundraising, project management, planning, creative thinking, and socioeconomic research. An economist from PUCMM-Santo Domingo/DR, she holds two Master’s degrees: International Cooperation for Development from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), and International Political Economy and Development (IPED) from Fordham University. She has been an independent consultant for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Inter-American Bank (IDB), and the World Bank. She has also worked for the government of the Dominican Republic and several nonprofits in the DR and the United States. Before her current position at the Pikesville Armory Foundation, she was director of advancement at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, MD, where she led a capital campaign and fundraising efforts.