Interim Managing Director

Marjorie Beale

Marjorie Beale is a fundraiser and nonprofit consultant who has worked with innovators in a variety of fields, from computer science and alternative energy to the performing arts and social services. She was educated at MIT, Harvard, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, and UC Berkeley, where she was awarded her doctoral degree in 1990. A native of Orange County, she arrived at UC Irvine in 1991, where she taught European intellectual history and critical theory. In the early 2000s, she transitioned to a career in fundraising for higher education, working with major national foundations and eventually leading UC Irvine’s fundraising efforts for scientific research. After 22 years at UC Irvine, she briefly joined the campaign team at USC, moving to Caltech in 2015, where she led the principal giving program during their $2.5 billion BreakThrough campaign. More recently, she has worked as an independent consultant whose clients have included the University of Texas at Austin and at a variety of small and mid-sized nonprofit organizations throughout California.

As a fan of all things avant-garde and provocative, Marjorie was part of the Long Beach Opera’s Board of Directors in its early years under the direction of company founder Michael Milenski, and currently serves on the Board of Governors for the Ojai Music Festival. A long-time student of yoga and Vedic chant, she also enjoys reading contemporary fiction, gourmet cooking, wine, hiking, and international travel. She lives in the Hollywood Hills with her husband, Bill Meyerhoff, and spends what spare time remains at the LA Phil, LA Opera, Wild Up, and the Monday Evening Concerts enjoying performances of contemporary music, opera, and jazz, as well as the classic symphonic repertoire.