Mary Grace Foxwell

Mary Grace (Gracie) Foxwell grew up in central Illinois and spent the majority of her youth reading library books on the otherwise uninteresting school bus. A crowning achievement came at age nine when her Young Authors book took first prize; Gracie's literary masterpiece was awarded with an exclusive dinner at Pizza Hut with her teacher.

After graduating cum laude from Saint Mary's College, Gracie worked as an English teacher in Italy and then moved to Washington, DC in 2008 to join the Foreign Policy program at The Brookings Institution. There she wrote and edited grant proposals for the $26 million program and successfully cultivated and solicited new funding from major foundations, U.S. and foreign governments, and Fortune 500 companies.

Following her years at Brookings, Gracie was a strategic partnerships officer at The Keystone Science School, a Colorado-based non-profit focused on environmental education and conflict mediation. There Gracie personally managed grant writing, grant reporting, and programmatic planning for the curriculum/educator programs while also advising the CEO on institutional strategic planning, marketing, and administration.

She is the Co-Founder of Foxwell Digital, a social media advisory firm, where she directs online fundraising strategy and content development for the firm's non-profit clients. She has written and edited various print and online articles as well as Dr. Mao's Secrets of Longevity Cookbook.

Gracie's interests include traveling, blogging, and enjoying most any glass of Pinot Noir. Gracie resides in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband and business partner Andrew Foxwell.