Team
| Margaret Fahey – Co-Executive Director Margaret Fahey joined the French-American Foundation—United States in 2022. Margaret works to support development, communications, and programming efforts to elevate the Foundation’s visibility and foster donor and constituent engagement. Margaret also serves as the Foundation’s Board Liaison and on key initiatives, such as the Annual Gala. Prior to joining the Foundation, Margaret lived in Marseille, France as the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship; oversaw domestic and international programming for the American Swiss Foundation; and managed the translation process of clinical trial software at the technology company Clario. Margaret holds a BA in International Political Economy and French from Fordham University. In her free time, Margaret is passionate about expanding educational opportunities for young people and is a long-time volunteer with the college access program Breakthrough New York. |
Jennifer Walden Weprin – Co-Executive Director Jennifer Walden Weprin has built her career leading institutional growth through fundraising, strategic communications, marketing, change management, and innovation for notable and diverse organizations such as the Queens County Farm Museum, Louis Armstrong House Museum, Queens Theatre, Gold Coast Arts Center, and Liberty Cable.She served as Director of Cultural Affairs & Tourism for Queens Borough President Melinda Katz as policy advisor representing 2.3 million New Yorkers. Early in her career, Jennifer cut her teeth in the emerging international telecommunications market in Prague, Czech Republic with World Phone Inc.Recent awards and leadership include 2023 Business Person of the Year, Queens Chamber of Commerce; 2023 Queens Power 100, City & State New York; and Advisory Board Member for CUNY Graduate School of Public Health, Wheatley Farms & Arts Center, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards’ Operation Urban Sustainability.Jennifer has a BA in History from Binghamton University. |
Lillianne Daniels – Program Manager
Lillianne Daniels is a Program Manager at the French-American Foundation, overseeing the Young Leaders program and the Translation Prize, as well as serving as the Foundation’s Board Liaison. Prior to joining the Foundation, Lillianne worked in cultural diplomacy at the Atlanta branch of Villa Albertine, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. There, she managed cross-cultural initiatives between the French-speaking world and the Southeastern U.S., including exchanges in arts & culture, education, urbanism, sustainability, and more. Lillianne holds an MS in Global Media & Cultures and a BS in International Affairs & Modern Languages, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and both with an emphasis in French, human rights, and Francophone Africa.
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