Lesli Creedon
Lesli Creedon is executive director, development at the UN Foundation. In this new position, she is building the Foundation’s first comprehensive development initiative aimed at ensuring the Foundation’s sustainability in the years ahead. Ms. Creedon has more than 15 years of development, communications and nonprofit management experience.
Prior to joining the UN Foundation, Ms. Creedon was vice president, external affairs at Resources for the Future, a 55-year-old independent, nonpartisan think tank that focuses on energy, environmental and natural resource policy making. In that position, she oversaw the institution’s development and communications departments and board relations. Ms. Creedon was the first female officer of RFF, serving as secretary to the board. She also oversaw RFF’s $25 million 50th anniversary campaign, which resulted in the establishment of the institution’s first four endowed chairs. Ms. Creedon has spent her career in the policy and think tank arena, having held development positions at The Brookings Institution, The Aspen Institute and the Economic Policy Institute.
Ms. Creedon earned her undergraduate degree at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
