Shawn M. Donnelley

Shawn M. Donnelley is President of Strategic Giving, a Chicago based firm providing consultation on philanthropy. She is a member of the executive committee of the Chicago Community Trust as well as a Guild Fellow of Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, and on the boards of the Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern Memorial Foundation, American Associates of the National Theatre, and is a past chairman and current life trustee of the Goodman Theatre. Her honors include Oprah Winfrey’s Angel Network Award, Today's Chicago Woman one of 100 Women Making a Difference in Chicago, and Outstanding Individual Philanthropist, Treasure Coast Association of Fundraising Professionals. She is a past Crain’s Chicago Business “Forty under Forty.” A member of the Economic Club of Chicago and The Commercial Club of Chicago she previously served 10 years on the boards of United States Artists and Loyola University New Orleans. Ms. Donnelley is the former head of political affairs for R.R. Donnelley. She received a B.A. from Loyola University New Orleans and an M.A. from Emerson College. A Florida native, Ms. Donnelley resides in Chicago and Cambridge, England.