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Lindsay Cooper Martin connects the dots between mission, strategy, and day to day management and operations. With over 20 years of experience, Lindsay has served in both consulting and organizational leadership roles.

She is Chief Operating Officer of Golden State Opportunity, a non-profit focused on policy solutions to end poverty and empowering families for financial success. Previously she held leadership roles at ACLU, Hammer Museum at UCLA, and The Ohio State University overseeing long range planning, organizational development, finance, human resources, governance, administration, and technology functions.

As a consultant, her clients include ArtTable, Grace Cathedral, Longwood Gardens, Kennedy Center, Museum of the American Revolution, the Skirball Cultural Center, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Smithsonian. She was Managing Director, US at Lord Cultural Resources, the world’s largest management consulting firm specializing in the cultural sector prior to her independent consultancy.

She has degrees in Political Science-Public Service and Art History from UC Davis.