Meg Gammage-Tucker, PhD, CFRE
Meg joined the staff of the Wildlife Center of Virginia as President in June 2024.
For the past 35+ years, Dr. Meg Gammage-Tucker (she/her) has worked in nonprofit management, organizational leadership, and philanthropy. Meg’s particular expertise is in board development and management, strategy, systems, and campaign planning implementation, research, evaluation, and organizational management, along with maximizing the growth of human resource, operational, and financial potential.
Meg has a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and Anthropology from Illinois State University and a Master of Science in Museum Studies, a Master of Public Administration, and a Ph.D. in Political Science, Nonprofit Management, and Museum Studies from Texas Tech University.
Meg has worked as a chief executive officer, president, vice president, and director of – and consultant for – educational, cultural, and zoological institutions throughout her career. She has worked in archaeology in the American Midwest and Southwest and in philanthropy, membership, marketing, and management of museums of art, natural history, and culture in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Texas.
While serving as President & CEO of The Rhino Trust, she raised more than $3 million to fund rhino (and related human service support) conservation in Africa and Asia and was responsible for its merger with the International Rhino Foundation, thus reducing administrative cost and enhancing donor efficiency for both organizations.
Most recently, Meg served as CEO of the National Eagle Center, bringing a stalled capital development project to a successful conclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic to create a multi-channel, multi-facility regional campus on the Mississippi River.
Meg serves as the Founder, CEO & President of Build 4 Impact, Inc., a nonprofit consulting, management, and exhibition development firm, and also continues her 30+ year career as a faculty member of The Fund Raising School and adjunct faculty member of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy of Indiana University,teaching both in-class and online courses. She has served as a member and chair of a variety of local, national, and international nonprofit boards and committees. She currently serves as a member of the Government Relations Committee at the Zoological Association of America; the Legislative and Fundraising Committees of the Minneapolis Sound Museum; and is a board member of PASA International and GLOBIO, Inc. , two organizations that are working diligently to care for and impact the conservation of primates and apes in Africa and around the world.