Shelley Goode ’79

Shelley Goode ’79 serves as senior vice president and chief development officer for the AARP Foundation, overseeing fundraising across the foundation, AARP advocacy, and other AARP affiliates. With more than 30 years of experience, she has promoted solutions and raised funds for issues that include women’s empowerment, STEM initiatives, poverty, migration, affordable housing, addiction, and the reintegration of veterans into society.

An inspirational leader, culture champion and strategic visionary, Goode served most recently as chief development officer of Girl Scouts of the USA, where she led a revenue-generating team responsible for securing diverse funding streams from individuals, corporations, foundations and government grants. 

As chief development officer for the KIPP Foundation, a nonprofit network of 280 college-preparatory public charter schools, she raised funds to implement diversity- and inclusion-focused solutions for students with low income, and has shaped policy and strategy at the C-suite level in various roles, including as vice president of resource development for Oxfam America.

Goode has served in leadership roles with Volunteers of America, the Smithsonian Institution, Spelman College, Syracuse University, and Johns Hopkins University, and currently serves on the boards of The College of William & Mary Foundation, the Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust (MS GIFT), and The National Children’s Museum.