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Maura O'Neill (born September 6, 1956) was named the First Chief of Innovation and was a Senior Counselor to the Administrator in January 2009 at the United States Agency for International Development. She currently is a Distinguished Teaching Fellow in the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Faculty and Executive Leadership )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Authors/O/Maura-ONeill )〕 While at USAID, O'Neill co-led USAID Forward, the global initiative to reform foreign assistance. She adapted venture capital and drug discovery methods to drive faster, cheaper, more sustainable solutions to global governance, health, food security and economic growth. Co-creating the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV), it attracted partnerships with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Skoll Foundation and later its offshoot, the Global Innovation Fund, with UK, Sweden and Australia AID agencies and Omidyar Network. She adapted venture capital and drug discovery methods by co-creating the Development Innovation Ventures, now known as the Global Innovation Fund, which has received 6,000 applicants since 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.usaid.gov/div/about/team )〕 Before USAID, she served as the Senior Advisor of Energy and Climate and Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary at the United States Department of Agriculture. There, she authored President Obama's Biofuels Strategy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Authors/O/Maura-ONeill )〕 In 2008 to 2009, she served as the Chief of Staff for United States Senator Maria Cantwell. == Entrepreneurship and innovation == O'Neill founded four companies in the fields of electricity efficiency, smart grid and customer info systems and billing, e-commerce and digital education.〔"Businessperson of the Year" by Richard Rambeck in ''Seattle Business Magazine'' (Special Report Edition) 1989〕 In 1989, she was named the Greater Seattle Business Person of the Year.〔"Businessperson of the Year" by Richard Rambeck in ''Seattle Business Magazine'' (Special Report Edition) 1989〕 In 2008, O'Neill helped found a public charter school, Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, and serves as Vice Chair.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.citizenaudit.org/262221540/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maura O'Neill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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