Deirdre McGinley-Gieser

Board Member

Deirdre McGinley-Gieser is the Chief Strategy and impact Officer for Meals on Wheels America and is responsible for the organization’s strategic and operational planning and for the programmatic work that underpins their core mission areas. Prior to joining the Association, Deirdre served in multiple roles with the American Institute for Cancer Research and worked to advance the cancer prevention mission and vision for over 25 years. As Executive Vice President,Deirdre directed the research, education and communications departments of the Institute and led on advocacy and policy. She has also worked at AICR’s international affiliate, World Cancer Research Fund International, in London, U.K. as the Director for WCRF’s international operations. She contributed to starting and building other WCRF affiliates working in diverse areas such as legal, regulatory, fundraising and program development as well as strategic planning. Deirdre has had the privilege of working on all three of the WCRF/AICR Expert Reports published in 1997, 2007 and 2018 respectively.