Angela Bies

Angela Bies, Ph.D. is endowed associate professor of global philanthropy and nonprofit leadership at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and the PhD program director. Previously, she was chair of the faculty, associate professor and director of international programs at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Her research interests include comparative nonprofit and NGO regulation, accountability and governance; the emerging role of philanthropy in China; nonprofit capacity-building; and nonprofits and disasters. Prior to Indiana University, she was an associate professor of public administration at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University, where she provided leadership on the creation of their nonprofit management program. She currently serves as a board member and annual conference chair for the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action and on the editorial board of Nonprofit Management & Leadership.

Prior to joining academia, Bies led the Charities Review Council of Minnesota and the Minnesota Women’s Center. Her international development work includes a position as a U.S. senior program officer for the American Field Service and field projects in Africa, Central Europe and Pakistan. Bies also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya and a National Endowment for the Arts fellow.