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Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill

Philanthropic Consultant Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill advises several Washington think tanks and educational nonprofit organizations.

Prior to her work in the nonprofit sector, Jacqueline served on the faculties of St. John's College and The College of William & Mary and was an instructor at The University of Calgary and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. In 2010, she taught in the college program at Maryland's only prison for women. She has published articles about political philosophy, social issues, and bioethics in journals such as The New Atlantis, Society, Polity, and Philanthropy.

Jacqueline earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Duke University and her B.A., also in political science, from The University of Calgary.

Jacqueline and her husband, Tom, live with their son and daughter in Princeton, NJ.

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