Bio
EDUCATION
JOSEPH LAUDER INSTITUTE of Management and International Studies, Fellow, Philadelphia, PA, 1988
- MBA, The Wharton Business School, Multinational Business and Marketing
- MA, University of Pennsylvania, International Studies: Latin America/Brazil
- American Association of University Women Fellowship, Wharton Scholarship
- Choreographer, Wharton Follies
HARVARD/RADCLIFFE COLLEGE, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1983
- BA, double major in Visual & Environmental Studies (studio arts) and Biology
- Awards: Magna Cum Laude, Summa on honors thesis, Rhodes Scholar Semi Finalist, Sigma XI Grant, John Harvard Scholarship for Highest Distinction, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholarship for Highest Distinction, Radcliffe President's Discretionary Fund
- Intercollegiate basketball, intramural sports
- Acted, sang and danced in ten plays, three movies
VISUAL ARTS
- Represented by Art for Media: Artwork: featured on Madigan Men TV series (Fall 2000), starring Gabriel Byrne; Sex and the City, various commercials
- Dozens of works in private collections
- Solo art show, "Paperworks," Washington, DC, 1986
- Group show, Wharton Art Show, 1987
- Group show, Stuart Country Day School, 1989
- At Harvard, studied with:
- Louis Bakanowsky (design)
- Dmitri Hadzi (sculpture)
- Toshihiro Katayama (graphic design)
- Arthur Loeb (design science)
- Robert Luchetti (form and technology)
- Harvey Quaytman (painting)
- Richard Sheehan (painting)
WRITING
Publications
The Ravens Perch, In the Woods . http://www.theravensperch.com/in-the-woods-by-cynthia-mcvay
daCunha's Anthology 2, On the Road . https://dacunha.global/cynthia-mcvay-on-the-road/
2019 Orison Anthology, Morning Kenyan
Ragazine, November, 2018, Field Farm
DASH, Layer Cake
Eclectica, Deities of Sicily, http://www.eclectica.org/v22n3/mcvay.html
Co-author, Let’s Go: Mexico 1985 and Let’s Go: USA . 1984
Co-author, “Some Contours of Social Class in a Southern Mexican Town,” Ethnology
Awards and Honors
2018 Orison Anthology Award in Non-fiction
Editors' Choice winner in daCunha's 2017 Flash Non-fiction Competition,Performed in the UK
Finalist in New Millenium Writings Muse Contest
Finalist, freeze frame fiction
Non-fiction Finalist, Bridging the Gap Awards at the Slice Writer's Conference 2017
Bread Loaf Orion 2016
Bread Loaf Sicily 2016
Slice Writer's Conference 2017
PROFESSIONAL
- McVAY ASSOCIATES: Strategy, Management and Branding Consultant, New York, NY, 1998-2015
- PEACE CORPS: Director, Office of Innovation, 2009-2012
- WOOLWORTH CORPORATION/ VENATOR GROUP/ FOOT LOCKER: Vice President of Strategic Planning, New York, NY, 1995-1998
- MCKINSEY & COMPANY: Senior Engagement Manager, New York, NY, 1988-1995
- WORLD WILDLIFE FUND/ THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: Senior Program Officer, Latin American and Caribbean Program, Washington, DC, 1983-1986
OTHER INFORMATION
- Board Member, Center for Large Landscape Conservation, Strategy and Innovation Committee Chair
- Board Member, John Burroughs Association, Front Yard Committee
- Board Member, World Music Institute
- Board Member, Town of Esopus Environmental Board
- Member, Rondout Rowing Club
- Member, Harvard-Radcliffe Club of the Hudson Valley
- Previous Boards: Watermark Theater (1992-1995), Westchester Land Trust (1994-1995), U.S. Bike (1998-present), WishYouWereThere.com (1999-2005), askthemoms.com (1999-2005)
- Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, some German
- All-State and All-Star basketball (1977-1979)