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Practice ImperativeHome / Meet the Ambassadors / Mimi Clarke Corcoran
Mimi Corcoran is Executive Director of the Child Mind Institute. She helps guide the organization’s fundraising efforts, partnerships and overall institutional strategy.
Mimi has more than 25 years of nonprofit leadership experience, much of it focused on improving the lives of children and expanding their opportunity for success. This includes roles as director of the Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation at the Open Society Foundation, president and CEO of the National Center for Learning Disabilities and executive director of the Beginning with Children Foundation.
Mimi has a BA in English from Yale University and an MPA with a concentration in Finance from New York University.
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