Margo McAdams

Senior Director of Philanthropy, Western Region

Margo McAdams joined the ASPCA in 2015 as Director of Philanthropy for the Western Region, where she works with individual donors across 22 states who are passionate about the ASPCA’s work. Margo joined the ASPCA from Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles, where she was Director of Development. Prior to that role, she helped a range of nonprofit organizations achieve funding goals necessary to pursue their missions, including the Los Angeles Opera, Occidental College, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Well-versed in L.A.’s municipal and county animal sheltering system and known to rescue the occasional stray animal, Margo’s role at the ASPCA enables her to pair her lifelong passion for animal welfare with her professional expertise, to effect positive change for animals.

Margo holds a bachelor’s degree in applied economics from the University of San Francisco, an Executive Master of Leadership from the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, the Certified Fund Raising Executive credential from CFRE International, and a certificate in Persuasive Communication from Cornell University. Margo loves traveling for work and for pleasure. She lives with her twin sister in Los Angeles where she enjoys hiking, reading, concerts, and spending time with her dog, Olive, and her cat, Pepper.

Margo can be reached at [email protected].