Carey McDonald (he/they) is the UUA's Executive Vice President, helping to lead the organization in fulfilling its mission and overseeing staff operations. They previously served as the UUA's Outreach Director and as the Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, and is a former lay member of the UUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee and the Skinner House Books Board. Prior to joining the UUA, Carey worked in budgetary and educational policy with the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Department of Education. Carey is a seventh generation Unitarian Universalist and a member of First Parish in Malden, MA and the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, Ohio. He was active in Columbus as a youth leader in the Ohio Meadville District Youth Adult Committee and with Diverse and Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM). Carey holds a bachelors in Economics from Pomona College in Claremont, CA, and a masters in Organizational Leadership from Wheelock College in Boston, MA (now a part of Boston University). They are a graduate of the 2012 fellows class of the New Leaders Council - Boston Chapter.

Carey lives Malden, MA with their spouse and kids. Carey is currently in their second term as an elected Malden City Councillor At Large.