Marilyn Lacey
Exec Director at Mercy Beyond Borders
- Role
- Executive Director at Mercy Beyond Borders
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Marilyn Lacey
Nonprofit Exec. Dir, dedicated to working with displaced women and girls overseas. Currently active in South Sudan, Haiti, Uganda, Kenya and Malawi through the NGO, Mercy Beyond Borders. Enjoy hiking, reading, Sufi poetry, baseball, and friends (not in that order!). Lifelong member of Sisters of Mercy. Author, THIS FLOWING TOWARD ME: A Story of God Arriving in Strangers. Honored by the Dalai Lama as an \"Unsung Hero of Compassion\" in 2001. Winner of Opus Prize $1 million in 2017. AARP national fellow in 2017.\"Hear Her Song\" honoree in 2018. Recipient of 4 honorary doctorates from universities in the U.S.
Experience
Executive Director
Jan 2008 — Present
Education
Mercy High School, Burlingame, CA
HS Diploma
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Social Work (MSW), International Refugee Work
1984 — 1985
Skills
- Non-Profit Administration
- Volunteer Management
- Organizational Development
- Community Organizing
- Program Management
- Leadership Development
- Teaching
- Religion
- Public Relations
- Leadership
- Grants
- Community Development
- Event Planning
- Board Development
- Philanthropy
- Grant Writing
- Human Rights
- Theology
- Fundraising
- Nonprofits
- Community Outreach
- Program Evaluation
- Public Speaking
- Rural Development
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Refugees
- Training
- Social Justice
- Editing
- Non-Profits
- Program Development
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