Maggie Walker

Maggie Walker is a self-admitted “Yankee, a New Jersey native, born on February 15, 1953. She moved to South Carolina as a teenager, met her husband in high school. Maggie Walker is a master at work on boards of trustees and the connectivity that drives them, her work so valued that the University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences had a tropical fish named for her. Maggie Walker was a cofounder of Social Venture Partners. She was until recently board chair of the Museum of History & Industry, and chairs the Seattle Foundation. She is co-chair of Waterfront Seattle (with ex-Mayor Charley Royer [b. 1939]) and sits on the board of Global Partnerships. Maggie Walker is a former board chair of the Bullitt Foundation, the region’s best known conservation philanthropy. Maggie Walker earned two degrees from the University of Washington.