Cynthia McVay

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)