Gina Macdonald
About: Gina Macdonald is President of Morgan Group LLC, a wealth management and strategic consulting firm that she co-founded and has headed since 1997.
She has run divisions for large companies, and was CEO for three smaller companies for which she raised capital, built management teams and developed new products.
During 2004 to 2006, she served as CEO of EstateWorks, a software company providing services to the legal, financial services and family office industries where she spearheaded the development of new products and a >500% increase in sales. Significant customers include Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and a number of Top 100 law firms.
From 2000 to 2001, she served as Chairman and CEO of geoVue, a business intelligence company providing market optimization software to retailers such as Talbots, Kay Jewelers and Dunkin’ Brands, as well as banks and investment firms, such as Fidelity. She took a stalled company into new strategic products (to optimize direct marketing, advertising and market expansion), raised their first round of venture financing and built a management team and structure.
Ms. Macdonald majored in history at Indiana University. She is a board member and member of the Loan and Compensation Committees of First Trade Union Bank. She is also a board member of Cambridge Viscosity, a global leader in fluid viscosity measurement. She is an Advisory Board member of Spectrum Financial, the Pennsylvania-based real estate investment fund and a member of the International Women’s Forum.
Blog Posts
Mayor McKee Wins Big in Vote on Education Reform
--In case you missed it, Barack Obama recently gave a major speech on Education in Ohio, where he called for: Doubling federal funding for charter s...
Mayor Cicilline Stands with Education Reformers
--Yesterday in Denver, Democrats for Education Reform and the Education Equality Project held an event at the Democratic National Convention titled &...
Lessons from New Orleans
--In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a phoenix has risen from the ashes. Long plagued by incompetence, corruption, racial segregation and dysfunction...
KIPP Academy in Lynn, MA Outperforms Marblehead
--The Globe has a story today about the KIPP middle school closest to Rhode Island. In Rhode Island, not a single district-operated open-enrollment ...
Newsclips: Kudos for Legislature; Big Apple; Global Competitiveness; Rhee; Obama; Wendy Kopp
--A quick post with several recent articles about education in Rhode Island and across the country: Voting for Students: The Providence Journal prai...
NEARI’s Purtill Resorts to Personal Attacks
--In the wake of the recent victory for education reformers in Rhode Island, I appeared on 10 News Conference with NEARI Executive Director Bob Walsh...
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