Mai Lynn Miller Nguyen was the Head of Communications at The Future Society. Her work is informed by more than a decade of strategic communications and advocacy experience in the fields of human rights, social justice, civic engagement, and the arts, including at the Open Society Foundations from 2014-2021 and as an independent consultant for nonprofits and philanthropic organizations. She has taught public advocacy skills and campaign planning strategy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and the University of Southern California. She began her career as a writer and editor.

Mai Lynn holds a Bachelor of Science in Culture and Politics from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Master of Arts in Social Anthropology of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She speaks English and French, and has lived on four continents, including time in Cambodia, France, Switzerland, Thailand, and Zimbabwe.