About

Stacey has more than 11 years of experience in the philanthropy sector and across Asia, particularly in Southeast Asia and China. Prior to RIA, she was Chief Operating Officer at the Asia Philanthropy Circle, where she created and led the launch of many new collaborative philanthropic initiatives such as:
Asia Community Foundation (a donor-advised funds and cross-border giving platform), Mandarin Collective (for Chinese philanthropic community).
The projects and issue areas that she worked on are wide-ranging but she specialises in education, eldercare, forced migration, gender, nutrition, peace-building and under-served communities. Towards the goal of increasing the scale and impact of the causes, she has raised and leveraged more than USD22 million in strategic funding. 
Stacey is also a seasoned convenor for multi-sectoral engagement, having designed and organised events like the ASEAN Philanthropy Dialogue, and other closed door roundtables with government leaders; and The Asia Policy Dialogue when she was at AVPN, 
 As an Adjunct Lecturer at Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Stacey teaches a course on volunteer management with an aim to channel more individuals into the social sector.
Stacey started her career in marketing in the corporate and government sectors; and has a Masters in Social Anthropology of Development from SOAS, University of London.