Philip Goldman

Philip Goldman is the Founder and President of Maestral International. Maestral has worked in over 100 countries since its establishment in 2008 in close collaboration with UNICEF, USAID, the World Bank, and countless other NGOs and funders. Prior to founding Maestral, Philip was a member of the World Bank’s Human Development team with a regional focus on Europe and Central Asia, where he managed the preparation, negotiation, and implementation of Bank operations focused on social protection, health and education system strengthening.  

Philip is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, was a member of the Lancet Commission on the Institutionalisation and Deinstitutionalisation of Children, and is currently a member of the interagency Global Reference Group for Children Affected by Crisis. Philip has extensive current and past board and philanthropic experience, including Mayo Clinic, the Global Alliance for Children, the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas, the Better Way Foundation, Court Appointed Special Advocates (D.C.), the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, and the Advisory Council of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.