Deidre Lind

With decades of experience leading corporate social responsibility programs, private philanthropy and public private partnerships, Deidre consults with companies and start-ups, philanthropic foundations, public private partnerships, and nonprofits through her firm, A Better Impact. Current clients include the LA Philanthropy Wildfire Working Group, a group of CEOs representing philanthropic institutions in Los Angeles collaborating with civic and government leaders on recovery and rebuild efforts following the January 2025 wildfires.

As Founding Executive Director of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, she lead public private partnerships in response to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, and launched the California Volunteers Fund with Governor Gavin Newsom. She led philanthropic transformation both as the Executive Director of a private foundation, and as Mattel’s chief global social impact strategist where she built the foundation of their current CSR programming.

She serves as a Governance & Sustainability Center Fellow with The Conference Board, on the Boards of Accelerator for America and Accelerator for America Action, the Social Impact Fund and continues as Adjunct Professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy.