Michaela Walsh

Michaela Walsh is President and Chair of Women's Asset Management, Ltd.. In 1975, following the conference that marked the beginning of the United Nations Decade for Women, Ms. Walsh and a small group of delegates to that conference founded Women's World Banking (WWB), a private, non-profit organization which serves as an intermediary between community organizations, individuals and lending institutions, and provides business management and skill training. She served as President of WWB from 1980 to 1990. Prior to 1980, Michaela Walsh served as Project Director for the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and as a Program Associate with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. She was the first woman partner of Boettcher & Company and the first woman manager of Merrill Lynch International to work in its New York, London and Beirut offices.

Ms. Walsh serves on the Boards of Directors of several organizations including the Synergos Institute and WorldWide, and as a member of the Advisory Board to the Overseas Development Council, the World Resources Institute, the Energy and Education Study Institution and USAID. She is a member of the Committee of 200, the Financial Women's Association and other institutions which support and encourage the advancement of women in the economy and preservation of the environment.