MARILYN WYATT

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Marilyn Wyatt is a coach and mentor to nonprofit boards. She has worked with civil society organizations in more than thirty countries and is the author of the widely used Handbook of NGO Governance. Before launching her own practice she was director of international programs in Europe and Asia at BoardSource, a U.S.-based organization that supports nonprofit boards. Marilyn also works as a free-lance editor for organizations such as the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law, which focuses on civil society development around the world.

Previously Marilyn was a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State, with postings to Warsaw, Prague, and Washington. She also worked as director of communications at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC, and as communications officer at the U.S. Agency for International Cooperation in Islamabad. She began her career as senior editor for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.  

Marilyn is the author of many articles and publications on nonprofit governance and other topics. She has a Ph.D. and M.A. in comparative literature from the Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. with a major in English from Cornell University. She has served on the boards of many organizations, including the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation, Czech Fulbright Commission, Off-The-Record lecture series, American School in Warsaw, International School of Prague, and Developments in Literacy (Pakistan)