David De Ferranti Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Founder and CEO. R4D now (2022) has about 175 full time employees and a budget of about $40 million annually. For more, see r4d.org.

Ottawa, Canada

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Results for Development (R4D) Board Chair since 2016Nutrition International (NI) Board Member since 1995. Chair since 2002.Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Board member since 1982. Chair from 2002 to 2019)Rockefeller Foundation (Board member 1995 – 2004, the maximum time allowed under the Foundation’s by-laws. Chair of the Investment Committee from 2000 - 2004, overseeing a $4 billion endowment)Synergos (Board member 2013 - 2022)Veolia (Advisory board member since 2013)The Inter-American Dialogue (Board member since 2005. Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee since 2005)Transparency International, USA (Board member 2004 – 2012)Technoserve (Board member 2005 – 2008)Center on Global Development Advisory Panel (2003 – 2009)Lewis T. Preston Education Program for Girls (1996 – 2001)International Health Program Advisory Committee for the Pew Memorial Trusts (1985 – 1995)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Resident at Brookings from 2005 to 2007. Nonresident after moving to start R4D in 2007.

Boston, Ma And Washington Dc

Harvard University, School of Public HealthGeorgetown University

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for (i) a $25 billion loan portfolio, (ii) policy dialogue interacting with the heads of state and cabinet ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean, and (iii) management of 700 staff in 14 locations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

This position -- Vice President for The Human Development Network -- oversees the Bank's lending and policy work supporting health, education, and other social sector development work around the world. It is not in a "human resources" (i.e., personnel") role.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

These positions involved responsibilities in economic policy, social services (health, education, etc.), water supply and sanitation, urban development, environmental issues (green and brown), nutrition and other fields. Also, in various regions of the world, in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As Associate Administrator (1979 - 1981), I was the #2 at the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), which is the U.S. government agency that runs the hunger-and-nutrition-related anti-poverty programs in the U.S., including Food Stamps (now called SNAP), WIC (for Women, Infants, and Children), and school lunch and breakfast programs.As Director of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation (1978 - 1979), I started and ran the agency's internal think tank and evaluation arm

Santa Monica, California, Usa

Directed analyses on housing, urban development, poverty, income maintenance programs, welfare, public finance, water, transportation, and other policy issues.

Bachelor'S Degree, History And Economics

Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude Scholar of the House International Honors Program

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Economics

Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award Fields: Econometrics, Mathematical Economics, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics National Science.