Ms. Malpiede is Executive Director of the Mary Christie Foundation and Secretary of the Board of Directors. As a writer and strategist, Ms. Malpiede has nearly thirty years of leadership experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors. She has advised public agencies, campaigns, private companies and non-profit organizations on policy-related communications, government relations, public relations and marketing. For twelve years, she was the Vice President of Public Affairs at The MENTOR Network, a national health and human services company based in Boston. From 2007 to 2013, Ms. Malpiede was the Vice President of Programming and Public Affairs for MassINC and CommonWealth magazine, a non-partisan research organization and policy journal. Ms. Malpiede has a Masters in Public Affairs from the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at UMass Boston and a BS from Drew University. She is a member of the Board of Directors at The Boston Children Chorus, a social justice organization dedicated to harmony through music.