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Miriam L. Shark

Independent Consultant, Miriam L. Shark Consulting LLC

About Miriam

Miriam Shark is an independent consultant working from Portland, Maine to help organizations achieve their visions of excellence. Current and recent clients include national and local initiatives focused on economic mobility, education and workforce development.  Over a twenty-five-year career at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Miriam assumed wide-ranging management and programmatic responsibilities across issue areas of family, community and opportunity.  Among these were the creation of the Rural Family Economic Success (RuFES) portfolio, the launch of Casey’s two-generation approach to reducing poverty, and the leadership of the Philanthropy Engagement portfolio.  Prior to joining the Casey Foundation, Miriam was a Director at the Massachusetts Rate Setting Commission where she oversaw health finance, and director of the Child Outpatient Department at Washington County Human Services, a mental health center in Oakdale, Minnesota.  Miriam has an A.B. from Washington University in St. Louis, an M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from St. Louis University and an M.P.A. from Harvard University.   She lives in Portland, Maine.

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