Abby Spencer Moffat is the CEO and president of the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation,
a leading philanthropic institution focused on America’s founding values, national
security and education.
The causes she champions are united by a belief in creativity, initiative and the
enduring spirit of American innovation. Abby leads the foundation’s cross-pollination
strategy, fostering greater collaboration among partner organizations to expand their
collective impact. She has also played a key role launching and supporting
nonprofit efforts spanning education, community-based initiatives and national
security.
With a lifelong passion for entrepreneurship and relationship-building, Abby
previously built an extensive network of corporate leaders as a top executive recruiter
at CWI/SAI, an executive search firm. She later brought that same entrepreneurial
energy to her work as the founder of an event-planning startup.
Abby extends both her personal philanthropic commitments and the foundation’s
impact through her board service with the Randolph Foundation, One Generation
Away, Philanthropy Roundtable and the Independent Women’s Forum. She also
serves on the advisory boards of The Bush School of Government and Public Service
at Texas A&M University and the American Swiss Foundation.
Abby has been named one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy” by
Inside Philanthropy. She is a graduate of George Washington University and has
received honorary doctorates from Wheaton College and Hillsdale College. She is the
mother of Spencer and Julia Moffat.
She believes an entrepreneurial mindset begins with a simple question each day:
What can we do today to serve others?