Maura Daly

Chief External Affairs Officer

Maura joins A Better Chicago with over two decades of experience in nonprofit leadership, fundraising, communications, and government relations. Most recently, she served as Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Chief Marketing Officer at the Erikson Institute, a leading graduate school for early childhood education in Chicago. During her tenure at Erikson, she raised over $50 million in five years and secured the three largest gifts in the institution’s history.

Before her time at Erikson, Maura was principal of MD Strategies where she provided communication, fundraising, and program strategy consulting services for national and local nonprofit organizations.

Prior, she spent over 11 years at Feeding America, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization, where she held several leadership roles including Chief External Affairs Officer, Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations, Vice President of Government Relations and Advocacy, and Director of Communications.