Funding Peace and Making Impact with Alexandra Toma

What does it take to make peace possible? --- Welcome to Deal Talk, the show where you learn the art and science of deal-making.Alex has 20 years of leadership experience in politics, advocacy, and philanthropic organizations. Executive Director at Peace and Security Funders Group. Prior to joining PSFG in 2013, Alex was Executive Director of the Connect U.S. Fund, a donors’ collaborative focused on incentivizing collaboration as a tool to meet today’s global challenges.While a Director at the Ploughshares Fund, Alex founded the Fissile Materials Working Group, a coalition that she grew to 80 U.S. and international organizations providing action-oriented policy solutions to combat nuclear terrorism.Learn more about Alex: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-toma-7aa6593/Connect with PSFG: https://www.peaceandsecurity.org/--- Shane Ray Martin hosts the Deal Talk podcast. He's an Investor. Ex-Founder. Author of 3 books. LinkedIn Top Voice in Negotiation. Certified peace mediator, ultra marathon runner, commerical-rated pilot, and former suicide hotline volunteer. Today, he's based in Washington, D.C., helping PeaceTech companies secure venture funding and scale their impact. Follow Shane to get free negotiation tips every week: linkedin.com/in/shaneraymartin