Dana O'Neill

As the Vice President, Scholarship Programs Operations at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Ms. O'Neill provides strategic leadership, guidance, and governance for program data management, outreach, selection, and scholarship financial administration. She works with Foundation staff to ensure that the necessary systems, processes, and tools are developed and implemented to better support scholarship and program operations. Before joining the Cooke Foundation in 2003, Ms. O'Neill was a senior program coordinator for the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, a non-profit organization that administers the Fulbright Scholar Program. She holds an M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs and a B.A. in Political Science from St. Mary's College of Maryland. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation was a recipient of the NSPA Scholarship Provider of the Year Award in 2004.