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Board of Directors

Scientific Advisors

Senior Management Team

Annie Duflo

Executive Director, IPA and Ex Officio Member, Board of Directors

Claudia Casarotto

Chief Global Programs Officer

Stacey Daves-Ohlin

General Counsel

Sarah de Tournemire

Chief Partnerships and Philanthropy Officer

Steven Glazerman

Chief Research & Methodology Officer

Loïc Watine

Chief Research & Policy Officer

Global Functional Leadership

Ishmail Azindoo Baako

Associate Director, Global Research & Data Support

Thomas Chupein

Senior Director, Right-Fit Evidence

Florence Dzame

Associate Director, Global Communications

Stephen Gray

Director, Right-Fit Evidence

Juan Hernández-Agramonte

Senior Director, Embedded Labs

Walker Higgins

Director, Business and Program Development

Andreas Holzinger

Global Programs Integration and Development Director

Victoria Kiasyo Isika

Associate Director, Policy & Gender

Niall Keleher

Senior Director of Global Research and Data Science

Yvette Kroeze

Director, Employee Relations & Accountability

Ernest Ostro

Senior Director, Technology

Bethany Park

Senior Director, Policy

Doug Parkerson

Senior Research Scientist

Andrés Parrado

Associate Director, Right-Fit Evidence

Karla Petersen O'Farrill

Director, Scaling

Pace Phillips

Senior Director, Business and Program Development

Patricia Riello

Director, Total Rewards

Lucy Rimmington

Director, Right-Fit Evidence

Carl (CJ) Rotella

Deputy Director, Technology

Santiago Sanchez Guiu

Director, Global Operations & Systems

Chrissy Schwen

Associate Director, Philanthropic Partnerships

Rachel Steinacher

Director, Business and Program Development

Sara Sylvan

Director, Grants & Contracts

Ben Tan

Director, Right-Fit Evidence

Elizabeth Wambugu

Associate Grants Director

Shana Warren

Associate Director, Path-to-Scale Research & Research Scientist

Heidi Wilde

Director, Grants Finance

Regional Leadership

Emmanuel Bakirdjian

Regional Director, East Africa and Asia

Emeka Eluemunor

Regional Director, West Africa

Zachary Isdahl

Deputy Regional Director, East Africa and Asia

Allison Stone

Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean

Sector Leadership

Nathanael Goldberg

Senior Director, Sector Programs

Jeni Sorensen

Deputy Director, Sector Programs and Program Director, Human Trafficking Research Initiative

Paul Adams

Director, Financial Inclusion Program

Alina Bitran Arizpe

Associate Program Director, Human Trafficking Research Initiative

Elliott Collins

Director, Poverty Measurement

Afke Jager

Program Lead, SIEL

Sarah Kabay

Program Director, Education

Julie Kedroske

Director, Social Protection Program

Nessa Kenny

Associate Program Director, Peace & Recovery

Elizabeth Koshy

Director, Entrepreneurship & Private Sector Development

Ricardo Morel

Program Director, Peace & Recovery

Gonzalo Pons

Program Director, Climate & Environment

Country Leadership

Salifu Amadu

Country Director, Ghana

Maud Amon-Tanoh

Country Director, Francophone West Africa

Funmilayo Ayeni

Country Director, Nigeria

Sergio De Marco

Director, Out of Country Office Projects, for Latin America and the Caribbean

Kyu Khin Gar

Deputy Country Director, Tanzania

Juan Felipe García Rodríguez

Country Director, Colombia

Ginger Golub

Country Director, Kenya

Odette Gonzalez Carrillo

Country Director, Mexico

Cassien Havugimana

Deputy Country Director, Rwanda & Uganda

Zachary Isdahl

Deputy Regional Director, East Africa and Asia

Peter LeFrancois

Deputy Country Director, Kenya

Patrick Nalere

Country Director, Rwanda & Uganda

Zin Nwe Win

Country Manager, Sierra Leone & Liberia

Thein Zaw Oo

Country Manager, Myanmar

Aftab Opel

Country Director, Philippines

Bárbara Sparrow

Country Director, Peru

From Our Staff

Even though we are "just doing research," I can feel the impact that IPA's work, my work, and our work is bringing to the people.

Daisy Kandyata, Field Manager, IPA Zambia; with IPA since 2013

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From Our Staff

Everyone is just one email away regardless of the distance and time zones. The people who I have worked with will always be memorable for me.

Ann Mayuga, Operations Manager, IPA Philippines; with IPA since 2006

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From Our Staff

I love working with others that enjoy making a difference. This organization is always changing, making for new challenges and new opportunities for growth.

Daiva Latifi, Payroll Manager; with IPA since 2007

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