Immediately prior to joining the foundation in 2024, Mattie served as the China director of the Economist Intelligence Unit, which is the research and analysis arm of The Economist Group. In that role, she leveraged the collective intelligence of The Economist Group to support business leaders, diplomats, and academic practitioners to better understand China. Previously, Mattie had her own consultancy in which she worked primarily with nonprofit and academic clients on matters related to law, institutional strategy, and communications. As a consultant, she worked with New York University for over a decade, supporting the establishment of NYU Shanghai and working with the Law School’s US-Asia Law Institute and the Business School’s Center for Business and Human Rights. Mattie also worked with the Anne Frank House for three years on international education projects and programming, including bringing a traveling exhibition to Shanghai. While consulting, Mattie concurrently served for three years as executive director of the Fulbright Commission the Netherlands, making grants related to academic exchange in the spirit of fostering mutual understanding. She was also previously the deputy country director for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program and worked as an associate at Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Mattie has a bachelor of arts in international relations from Stanford University and a juris doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center. She is also a graduate of the International School of Beijing.
2024年加入基金会前，张美玲曾担任经济学人智库经济学人企业网络的中国主任。经济学人智库是经济学人集团的研究和分析部门。任职期间，她充分利用经济学人集团的集体智慧帮助商界领袖、外交官和学术从业者更好地了解中国。此前，张美玲拥有自己的咨询公司，主要与非营利组织和学术机构合作，为他们提供法律、机构战略和传播相关的服务。作为顾问，她与纽约大学合作长达十年之久，支持筹建上海纽约大学，并与法学院美亚法律研究所和商学院商业与人权中心合作开展相关项目。张美玲与安妮之家合作三年，从事国际教育项目和规划，并将一个巡回展览带到上海。与此同时，她还兼任荷兰富布赖特基金委员会荷兰分会执行理事，本着促进相互理解的精神，提供与学术交流相关的资助。她还曾担任美国律师协会法治项目中国副主任，曾在世达律师事务所担任律师。
张美玲毕业于北京国际学校，拥有斯坦福大学国际关系学士学位和乔治城大学法律中心法学博士学位。