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Staff

Executive Management Team

Dean Karlan

President and Founder

Delia Welsh

Managing Director

Kathleen Viery

Chief Financial Officer

Annie Duflo

Research Director
United States - New Haven

Anthony De Luca

Director, Information Technology

Christoph Hanau

Finance Director

John Hughes

Controller

Rebecca Lowry

Financial Education Director

Directs development and implementation of financial education research.

Sidney Povall

Project Director

Manages administrative and financial integration of IPA's research network

Bram Thuysbaert

Project Director

Directs development and implementation of microfinance sector research

Lisa Carter

Office Manager

Manages IPA headquarters office in New Haven

Gopika Desai

Human Resources Manager

Katie Hughes

Grants Administrator

Elizabeth Koshy

Survey Coordinator

Survey design and data analysis

Daiva Latifi

Bookkeeper

Assists with financial processing.

Wendy Lewis

Human Subjects Coordinator

Manages human subjects approval of IPA studies

Wanjiru Ndichu

Project Coordinator

Zahra Niazi

Project Coordinator

Brooke Berman

Project Associate

Financial Literacy projects

Kerry Brennan

Project Associate

Angeli Kirk

Research Assistant

Selvan Kumar

Project Associate

Ben Morse

Research Assistant

Bassirou Sarr

Research Assistant

Meredith Startz

Project Associate

Daniel Tello

Project Associate

Talya Wyzanski

Project Associate
United States - Washington D.C.

Tania Alfonso

Training Director

Alissa Fishbane

Project Director

Manages the design and implementation of the Deworm the World project replication.

Nathanael Goldberg

Financial Inclusion Director

Directs development and implementation of microfinance sector research

Beniamino Savonitto

Project Coordinator

Oversees several projects on microfinance, as well as projects on the role of information and communication technologies in Africa and Latin America.
Bangladesh

Nicolina Lamhauge

Project Coordinator

Rudmila Rahman

Project Associate

Pronita Saxena

Project Associate
Bolivia

Doug Parkerson

Country Director

Oversees IPA activities in Bolivia

Sophie Clot

Project Associate

Project: "Internalizing Agricultural Externalities: Information, Incentives and Environmental Outcomes"

Martin Rotemberg

Project Associate

Projects: "Peeling Back the Layers of Group Liability", "Text Message Reminders and Incentives to Save" and "Lock Boxes and a Bridge to Formal Banking"
Chile

Peter Frerichs

Project Coordinator

Project: "Financial Literacy, Short-run Impatience, and the Determinants of Saving and Financial Management"

Raissa Fabregas

Research Assistant
Colombia

Heber Delgado-Medrano

Project Coordinator

Angela García Vargas

Project Associate

Project: "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Profamilia´s Online Sexual Education Modules: A randomized control trial among schools in urban Colombia"
Ecuador

Dylan Ramshaw

Project Associate

Project: "Remembering to Save: Timing of SMS Reminders in Ecuador "
Ethiopia

Sana Khan

Project Coordinator

Project: "Targeting the Ultra Poor"
Ghana

Kelly Bidwell

Country Director

Oversees IPA activities in Ghana

Jessica Kiessel

Deputy Country Director

Supports IPA Ghana operations and coordination across projects and offices, supervises financial and HR procedures and develops new projects and funding proposals.

Robert Fuller

Project Coordinator

Projects: "Examining Underinvestment in Agriculture: Measuring Returns to Insurance and Capital Among Farmers in Ghana"

Caroline Kouassiaman

Project Coordinator

Projects: "Gender and Returns to Capital in Microenterprises in Urban Ghana", "Survey of Ghana's Top Students and Students from Ghana's Top Schools"

Jonathan Addie

Project Manager

Projects: "Measuring the Value of Secondary Education Through Scholarships in Ghana"

Mavis Amponsah

Data Coordinator

Ruth Damten

Project Manager

Project: "Examining Underinvestment in Agriculture: Measuring Returns to Insurance and Capital Among Farmers in Ghana"

Hana Freymiller

Project Associate

Projects: "Evaluating an Epicenter Scale-Up Strategy", "Savings Account Labeling and Financial Literacy Training for Susu Customers"

Ryan Knight

Project Associate

Projects: "Measuring the Value of Secondary Education Through Scholarships in Ghana", "Returns to Business Management Consulting"

Alex Nisichenko

Project Associate

Projects: "Household Clean Water Technology in Northern Ghana: Valuation, Use and Impact", "Evaluation of a Village Savings & Loans (VSLAs) Program"

Rachel Odotei

Office Manager

Oversees IPA administration and finances in Ghana

Abdul-Salaam Sayuti

Project Manager

Project: "Household Clean Water Technology in Northern Ghana: Valuation, Use and Impact"
Honduras

Jennifer Severski

Project Coordinator

Projects: "Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP)"
Indonesia

Chaerudin Kodir

Data Entry Manager

Ritwik Sarkar

Project Coordinator

Prani Sastiono

Project Associate

Elan Satriawan

Project Associate

Jurist Tan

Research Assistant
Kenya

Karen Levy

Country Director

Oversees IPA activities in Kenya

Suleiman W. Asman

Evaluation Coordinator

Febrone Atieno

Senior Accountant

Responsible for finances and accounting

Moses Baraza

Project Coordinator

Projects: "Identifying retail distribution strategies for long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in malaria-endemic areas"

Jeff Berens

East Africa Director

Projects: "Rural Water Project"

Leonard Bukeke

Project Coordinator

Projects: "Rural Water Project"

Blastus Bwire

Project Coordinator

Projects: "Kenya Life Panel Survey" and "Vocational Education Voucher Delivery and Labor Market Returns"

Elliot Collins

Evaluation Coordinator

Andrzej Piotr Ejsmont

Evaluation Coordinator

Project: "Rural Water Project"

Sefira Fialkoff

Evaluation Coordinator

Sara Hernandez

Evaluation Coordinator

Project: "HIV/AIDS and Education in Western Kenya: A Biomarker Follow-up"

Antony Karanja N.

Evaluation Coordinator

Laban Benaya Kilui

Technical Advisor

Project: "National Deworming Program"

Jinu Koola

Project Associate

Projects: "Secondary Education Project"

Andrew Fisher Lees

Evaluation Coordinator

Projects: "Kenya Life Panel Survey", "Vocational Education Voucher Delivery and Labor Market Returns in Kenya"

Grace Makana

Project Coordinator

Projects: "HIV/AIDS and Education in Western Kenya: A Biomarker Follow-up"

Carol Nekesa

Program Manager

Manages field office

Arthur Ngana

Logistical Support Coordinator

Procurement and logistics

Shem O. Omwanda

Assistant Project Coordinator

Project: "HIV/AIDS and Education in Western Kenya: A Biomarker Follow-up"

Bernard Onyango

Assistant Project Coordinator

Projects: "Kenya Life Panel Survey", "Vocational Education Voucher Delivery and Labor Market Returns in Kenya"

Lucy Osulah

Project Coordinator

Projects: "Sugar Company Scanning"

Adina Rom

Operations Manager

Andrew Wabwire

Assistant Project Coordinator

Project: "HIV/AIDS and Education in Western Kenya: A Biomarker Follow-up"

Antony Wainaina

Evaluation Coordinator

Ibrahim M. G. Ogutu

Assistant Project Coordinator

Projects: "Kenya Life Panel Survey", "Vocational Education Voucher Delivery and Labor Market Returns in Kenya"

Ibrahim M. G. Ogutu

Assistant Project Coordinator

Projects: "Rural Water Project"
Liberia

Rebecca Littman

Project Associate

Helen Smith

Project Associate
Malawi

Niall Keleher

Country Director

Alex Bartik

Project Associate

Clara Hoepler

Project Associate
Mali

Aissatou Ouedraogo

Project Coordinator

Nouhoum Traore

Project Coordinator

Projects: "Evaluating the Saving for Change Program"

Nicole Mauriello

Project Coordinator
Mexico

Anna York

Country Director

Oversees IPA activities in Mexico

Carolina Corral

Project Coordinator

Project: "Financial Literacy and Privatized Social Security in Mexico"

Kyla Levin-Russell

Project Coordinator

Project: "Commitment Contracts and Employee Behavior"

Noele Aabye

Project Associate/Data Manager

Project: "Financial Literacy and Privatized Social Security in Mexico"

Fernando Fernandez

Project Associate

Project: "Financial Literacy and Privatized Social Security in Mexico"

Alfinio Flores

Project Associate

Project: "Impact of Microcredit for Women in Mexico"

Asya Troychansky

Project Associate

Projects: "Impact of Microcredit for Women in Mexico"

Zoe VanGelder

Project Associate

Project: "Impact of Microcredit for Women in Mexico"
Mongolia

Jamie Johnston

Project Coordinator

Richard Sawyer

Project Coordinator
Morocco

Florencia Devoto

Country Director

Oversees IPA activities in Morocco

Claire Bernard

Project Associate

Diva Dhar

Project Associate

Victor Pouliquen

Project Associate
Pakistan

Lalchand Luhana

Project Coordinator

Projects: "Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP)"
Peru

Miguel Paredes

Country Director

Oversee IPA activities in Peru.

Kartik Akileswaran

Project Associate

Projects: "Interest Rates and Client Incentives for Repayment"

David Bullon-Patton

Project Associate

Projects: "Enabling Participation of Small Farmers in Inclusive Value Chains", "Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP)", and "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Radio and Video as Means for Financial Education Among Low-Income households in Cuzco, Peru"

Henriette Hanicotte

Project Associate

Projects: "Valuing Trust in Poor Communities in Peru" and "Cosignatory Requirements as a Barrier for Women Accessing Credit in Peru"

Marcelo Norsworthy

Project Associate
Philippines

Rebecca Hughes

Country Director

Oversees IPA Activities in the Philippines

Rean Del Moro

Project Associate

Projects: "Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity"

Eula Ganir

Project Associate

Project: "Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity"

Ann Mayuga

Project Associate

Projects: "Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines", "Framing and Timing of SMS Loan Repayment Reminders"

Faith McCollister

Project Coordinator

"Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity"

Megan McGuire

Project Associate

Projects: "Credit and Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines", "Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity", "Informative Advertising and Spillovers"

Mark Miller

Project Coordinator

Projects: "Targeting the Poor: Testing Strategies for Enrolling Poor Households in the Philippines", "Debt Traps"

Primo Obsequio

Administrative and Financial Manager

Mario Portugal

Project Associate

Projects: "Identifying Barriers to Entry to the Organic Mango Export Market for Small-Scale Farmers in the Philippines"

Junica Soriano

Project Associate

Projects: "Informative Advertising and Spillovers"

Jose Marie Gonzalez

Project Assistant
Sierra Leone

Daniel Heyman

Project Associate

Angela Kilby

Project Associate

Alison VonAchen

Project Associate

Mark Fiorello

Project Associate
South Africa

Luke Crowley

Country Director

Oversees IPA activities in South Africa

Melanie Steger

Project Associate
Uganda

Pia Raffler

Country Director

Oversees IPA activities in Uganda

Sarah Kabay

Project Associate

Projects: "Smoothing the Cost of Education: Micro-Savings in Primary Schools"

Filder Aryemo

Project Consultant

Project: "Evaluating the Impact of the Women's Income Generating Support (WINGS) Program", "Youth Opportunities in Northern Uganda"

Kareem Haggag

Project Associate

Project: "Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Information via SMS"

Daniel Katz

Project Associate

Projects: "Starting a Lifetime of Savings", "Savings Mobilization Research"

Alexander Segura

Project Associate

Project: "Youth Opportunities in Northern Uganda"