Pace Phillips is the Senior Director of Business and Program Development at IPA. He started working with IPA in 2011 as the Deputy Country Director of IPA Ghana, where he managed the Accra office, oversaw numerous impact evaluations and led new project development. Before starting IPA's Business Development team in 2017, he was IPA's West Africa Regional Director. Prior to joining IPA, he worked at the Center for Public Policy Priorities and Yosemite National Park. He has also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi. He holds an MA in Global Policy Studies from the LBJ School of Public Policy at the University of Texas and a BA from Bard College.