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New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Accountable for fundraising, partnerships, and program operations for GiveDirectly's disaster response team, applied AI team ("MobileAid"), and three country programs: the U.S., Liberia, and Nigeria. Formerly oversaw operational launches in Yemen, Bangladesh, and Togo.Key accomplishments:- Led fundraising and secured GiveDirectly's first contract with USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs ($2.5M)- Launched operations in Nigeria and Bangladesh, resulting in $7.6M of private funding to scale AI-based targeting methods for humanitarian relief- Provided oversight over GiveDirectly's first domestic government partnerships valued at $86M across 3 municipal governments

New York, New York, United States

Led domestic & international disaster relief programs by managing partnerships with governments, donors, and technical service providers and overseeing internal operations:(1) Togo COVID-Relief ($7M): Delivered emergency cash payments to 140,000+ recipients using AI in partnership with government(2) US COVID Relief ($200M): Paid 200k U.S. households in GiveDirectly's first contactless program(3) US Country Office Launch: Developed GTM strategy to establish permanent U.S. operations(4) Humanitarian Team Expansion: Expanded strategy to "pre-position" in advance of humanitarian crises

Greater New York City Area

Project managed two disaster relief programs:(1) Bahamas Hurricane Dorian Relief ($3M) (2) U.S. Disaster Relief ($3M)

San Francisco Bay Area

f.k.a. Y Combinator Research

San Francisco Bay Area

Research Manager, Basic Income

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Provided research and operational oversight for 3 impact evaluations of social programsConducted data analysis using Stata and R for 2 studies published in peer-reviewed journals

Kampala, Uganda; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Chicago, Il

- Led three projects: (1) an evaluation of a national anti-vote-buying campaign during the 2016 Uganda election; (2) an 8-year follow-up on a cash grant and job training program in northern Uganda; and (3) a study of industrial labor and microenterprise in Ethiopia.- Oversaw data collection across the three projects, including survey programming, staff training, and data analysis on Stata.- Managed staff security- Collaborated with primary investigators at Harvard University, University of Chicago, MIT, and LSE.

Busia, Kenya

Managed field activities and data collection for two randomized controlled trials in rural Western Kenya; Planned, organized, and reported on surveys of more than 3,000 smallholder farmers; Coordinated with primary investigators based at the Harvard Kennedy School; Oversaw implementation of SMS e-extension intervention; Hired, trained, and managed a team of local enumerators; Cleaned and analyzed data using Stata; Prepared grant deliverables for donors.

Master'S Degree, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Community Service Center, Residence Life, Curling Club, Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science