Marta  Garcia Abadia

Manager, San Francisco

Marta Garcia Abadia is a Manager in Bridgespan's San Francisco office. Since joining Bridgespan, Ms. Garcia Abadia has worked primarily in the fields of education and public health, managing both strategy development and implementation projects and working with both foundations and direct-service organizations.
 
Ms. Garcia Abadia joined Bridgespan from UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, a large, UK-based, endowed charity that funds and advises social entrepreneurs who are focused on building and growing sustainable social ventures. Ms. Garcia Abadia’s client portfolio represented of a variety of fields, and included an after-school program for low-income children, a mental health and criminal justice agency, an advocate for the provision of alternative medicine to socially disadvantaged communities, and a provider of technology-based solutions to reduce unemployment among marginalized populations. Most of her work revolved around the issues of growth, sustainability, and strategic intent.

Ms. Garcia Abadia has worked in Central America supporting the reproductive health efforts of PSI international, a nonprofit organization that aims to address the health problems of low-income and vulnerable populations in developing countries. She has also provided a number of her former clients with ongoing advice and mentorship.

Prior to joining UnLtd, Ms. Garcia Abadia spent a number of years with Capital One Services, Inc., a large US credit provider. During this time, Ms. Garcia Abadia co-managed the expansion and consolidation of the firm into some of its key European markets. She also brings to the table experience as a for-profit consultant, having spent more than three years with The Boston Consulting Group, where she advised a variety of clients on strategic and operational matters.

Ms. Garcia Abadia holds a BA magna cum laude in Economics and Business Administration from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain, as well as an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, where she co-led the school’s MBAid program, which focused on placing MBA students in high-impact, non-profit job opportunities in the developing world.