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Abigail Seldin

Abigail Seldin is the Chief Growth Officer at Scholarship America, where she leads a division focused on marketing, partner solutions, development, government relations, and mergers & acquisitions. With $5 billion in distributions to students since 1958, Scholarship America is the leading administrator of private scholarships in the United States.

Prior to joining Scholarship America, Abigail served as CEO of the the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF), where she directed 50+ grants across multiple subject areas, including economic and social mobility, public transit, civil liberties, and children’s welfare. Her most recent grant, focused on scaling Head Start preschools at community colleges, earned the endorsement of The Washington Post’s Editorial Board in 2023.

Abigail's experience outside public policy includes co-founding and selling a tech start-up, studying at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and parenting two children. She currently serves on the boards of Open Campus Media, New DEAL Leaders, and the Association of American Rhodes Scholars.

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