Accelerating the impact of Social Innovators

Who We Are

WILD supports women social innovators at all stages of their careers to increase their influence, and scale the impact of their organizations. We build and connect the ecosystem of stakeholders that believe in building cultures of inclusive leadership. And, we want your engagement with us and each other to be a JOY. (Because don't we already experience enough grind?)

The Women in Global Development Leadership Forum is the first and world's largest forum on women's leadership, equity, diversity and inclusion in the global development sector. Join us for our third annual event on October 26, 2020, held virtually this year. We identify the skills that women can develop and deepen to lead more effectively within their organizations, as well as ways in which the organizations can become more alert to the advantages of strong female leadership, equity, diversity and inclusion.

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Fiona M. Macaulay

Founder & CEO, WILD Network

WILD Network Founder

Fiona Macaulay works at the intersection of innovation, leadership and global development. She is one of the pioneering voices in the fields of social entrepreneurship and international development, committed to helping other women make their mark in the social change sector. Fiona founded WILD - the Women Innovators and Leaders Development Network- to support women social innovators to scale their impact.

A serial social entrepreneur, educator and field-builder, Fiona is committed to helping people achieve their potential. She key-notes global conferences and is a TEDx speaker. She writes a popular monthly column on leadership for Inc.com, and has been featured in the New York Times.

In the academic world, Fiona is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where she also runs a leadership clinic for MBA students, and serves as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence to mentor and coach emerging social innovators and leaders across campus. Fiona is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown's School for Foreign Service.

Earlier in her career, Fiona founded and for 20 years was the CEO of Making Cents International, a social enterprise dedicated to economic growth that did business across 100+ countries. Fiona also founded the leading global platform that disseminates evidence-based scalable solutions to increase youth employment, entrepreneurship and financial inclusion. At the time her social enterprise was acquired, Fiona was recognized among the top 1% of U.S. female business owners.