Madeline Vaughan

Biography

Madeline Vaughan is the Chief Executive Officer of Adara Development, an international development organisation with expertise in maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and remote community development (RCD).

Madeline joined the Adara team in 2013. Most recently, she held the position of Senior Programmes Director, where she worked across Adara’s MNCH, RCD, and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) streams, leading programme strategy, planning, design and implementation, and served as a key member of Adara’s Global Leadership Team.

Madeline has extensive experience in leadership and international development. In 2019, Madeline was selected by Chief Executive Women (CEW) as one of their 2019 ‘CEW Scholars’ to undertake an Executive Education course at Harvard Kennedy School. Madeline also holds a Master of International Public Health from UNSW, which she was awarded ‘With Excellence’, and a Bachelor of International Relations (Hons 1st) from the Australian National University.