Laura McQuade

Laura McQuade joined the Center as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in June 2008. She is a committed nonprofit professional with more than 15 years experience in international development and advocacy. She worked for eight years at the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC), a not-for-profit public-private partnership with a mission to help build sound banking and financial systems in developing and transition countries. As Managing Director, she served as the organization's chief financial officer, managed funding relationships with donors, and oversaw program activity in South and Southeast Asia. She also worked as FSVC's Regional Director for Asia, heading the first program in Indonesia and helping guide development of the organization's initial program activity in Thailand, the Philippines, and India. Most recently, Ms. McQuade was a risk management professional on the hedge fund credit team of Bank of America's Global Corporate and Investment Bank. She received an MA in International Relations from Yale University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and an AB in Political Science from the College of the Holy Cross. She currently lives on Long Island with her husband, John Haberkern, and their two children, Nathaniel and India.