Maria MackenzieHead of Fundraising and 5050+ Women Direct Campaign Manager

Maria Mackenzie began her career in London’s advertising industry. She moved to Edinburgh in 1999 to study documentary film making at Edinburgh College of Art and began fundraising in order to get films into production. The film making stopped but the relationship with funding continued. For the past 16 years Maria has worked as a grant programme manager or a fundraiser, helping non profit, academic and public sector organisations with their fundraising and development work.