Calyn Ostrowski builds high-impact partnerships through cross-sector and multi-disciplinary collaboration. As the Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships & Development at the Global Health Institute (GHI), she leads a diverse portfolio of work mobilizing relationships with leaders in academia, government, industry, and community organizations to drive strategic initiatives that advance statewide and global health priorities.
Prior to joining UW, she led the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions as Executive Director, overseeing operations, fiscal management, governance, grantmaking, fundraising, and program strategy. She later served as Managing Vice President of Business Development at Summit Credit Union, where she was the chief strategist for business development initiatives and financial education programs. Earlier in her career, she worked at the Woodrow Wilson Center, a nonpartisan foreign policy think tank in Washington, DC, where she convened global stakeholders on health policy issues and disseminated findings through reports, toolkits, public events, and digital platforms.
Calyn is an active member of the community, serving on multiple nonprofit boards. She has a master’s degree in nonprofit management from Case Western Reserve University and bachelor’s degree in political science and psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she was a member of the Women’s Swim and Dive team.