Margaux Shields is a Program Coordinator at CDEL. In this role, she supports CDEL’s program on advanced directives for clients experiencing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) and is helping create and implement this program. 

Throughout her career, Margaux has worked with older adults and individuals with disabilities in a variety of settings, including legal services and social services. Most recently, Margaux helped develop and coordinate a program to reduce social isolation and loneliness for older adults with Meals on Wheels People in Portland, Oregon.  She also served as lead for the organization’s LGBTQ+ employee resource group. Prior to that, she worked as a disability attorney with Community Advocates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and as a staff attorney at the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin.  

Originally from Chicago, Margaux has also lived in Ohio, Wisconsin, and the Pacific Northwest. Margaux graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School and Oberlin College.