Experience

The Rockefeller Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Managing Director

  • 2022 - Present

  Leading strategy for the Foundation across program, endowment investment, operations, and communications. Working at the intersection of the Foundation’s strategic priorities and exploration of new opportunities for impact across clean energy, global health, food & agriculture, impact investing. and economic equity & opportunity, with special focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation and spurring collective action by philanthropy, private, and public sector. Leading strategy for the Foundation across program, endowment investment, operations, and communications. Working at the intersection of the Foundation’s strategic priorities and exploration of new opportunities for impact across clean energy, global health, food & agriculture, impact investing. and economic equity & opportunity, with special focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation and spurring collective action by philanthropy, private, and public sector.



EQT Group

• Sweden
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director

  • 2021 - Sep 2022

  Worked on $10bn+ in global healthcare investments across subsectors (drug R&D, digital health, pharmacy, pharma services). Crafted North America strategy across business lines and asset classes, with North America leadership. Emphasis on ESG (tracked to SDGs) and impact investing angles that provide differentiated value creation. EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with over $81 billion in assets under management across 28 active funds. EQT funds have portfolio companies in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America with total sales of more than $30 billion and approximately 280,000 employees. EQT works with portfolio companies to achieve sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership. EQT is currently investing out of its flagship fund EQT IX, a $18.3 billion large cap private equity fund and is raising EQT X with a target of $22 billion. At the macro and micro level, EQT leads in sustainable investing. EQT was the first private markets firm to adopt science-based targets for reducing carbon emissions, which will bring EQT and its portfolio companies to Net Zero by 2050 (on Scope 1-3 basis). EQT was also the first private markets firm to issue sustainability-linked bonds, thus far raising nearly $2 billion of funding through them. In investments and portfolio companies, each diligence includes a sustainability assessment, each value creation plan includes sustainability considerations in it, and each portfolio company has standard and tailored sustainability metrics to report and improve on, encompassing environment & climate impact, diversity & inclusion, and social impact of the core business. In 2021 MSCI noted that EQT was the only large buyout company to report a meaningful representation of its emissions. Show less



Certara

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Board Observer

  • 2021 - 2022

  Helped lead Pinnacle 21 acquisition, driving Certara further into providing critical software and services to support biopharmaceutical companies bring life-saving and life-improving drugs to regulatory approval and market. Helped lead Pinnacle 21 acquisition, driving Certara further into providing critical software and services to support biopharmaceutical companies bring life-saving and life-improving drugs to regulatory approval and market.



State of Rhode Island

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director, COVID-19 Response

  • 2020 - 2021

  Led end-to-end turnaround of 2500-person $500M budget organization tasked with COVID-19 public health response, revamping org structure, strategy, ops. Co-led cross-agency Whole of Government response interfacing with commerce & education departments • Took state from below average to #1 in the world on testing, scaling testing 16x in 6 weeks, cutting test positivity in half in 4 weeks and in hardest hit urban communities from 20% down to 5% in 3 weeks. First state to test all long-term care residents • Crafted public health & business policy that reduced hospitalizations ~25% in 3 weeks, preventing hospitals being overwhelmed • Launched nation's top state-level antibody treatment program & top-10 vaccine effort, with overrepresentation of hard-hit groups • Grew contact tracing 5x in 3 weeks, creating a new tech-driven contact tracing system more effective in high prevalence contexts • Helped lead partnership with Salesforce to build the first contact tracing-specific CRM, now used in 30+ states Show less



Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Leader

  • 2018 - 2021

  Advised world-leading orgs across investing, social impact, and healthcare, with a digital/tech overlay • Global Top 10 BCG expert, Sustainable Finance & Investing – Advised world-leading asset managers, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds & private equity firms on environmental, social, governance factor (ESG) strategies & operationalization, identifying sustainable portfolio company growth opportunities. Created BCG’s PE sustainability framework & advised large GPs on SI & ESG • North America Top 10 BCG expert, Climate & Environment – On 6-person team that made BCG the largest consulting firm to go carbon neutral and 1st professional services firm to commit to Net Zero. Won 2018 Impact Award for environmental work (offsetting, biojet, clean energy). Advised governments, Fortune 100s, & investors on $10B clean energy strategy & investments • North America Top 15 BCG expert, Financial Inclusion – Advised top governments, international organizations, and large private foundations on financial inclusion & empowerment • Core member, BCG Public Sector – Founding team of Global COVID-19 Response Center, advised 30+ public sector clients globally, launching commercial accelerator for 5x growth to 9-figure business and led several engagements • Core member, Tech Practice Area – Advised tech companies on growth strategy and managerial excellence, helping launch a partnership to leverage social impact as a B2B procurement incentive with SAP Ariba’s $1T platform and a new platform for integrating Net Zero emissions reductions into B2B transactions Show less



World Economic Forum

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fellow

  • 2019 - 2020

  • Led creation of sustainable investing market benefiting people & climate in frontier markets with the World Economic Forum, launched $300bn investing platform at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (Davos), awarded Lighthouse status, and held 4x events vs other initiatives (9 total, spoke at 3 of them). Spurred several public-private partnership deals, including European Commission revamped innovative finance strategy • Created New Vision for Education, widely-cited framework for 21st century skills, analyzed 1M+ observation ILO dataset, assessed skill gaps across 90+ countries and tech enablers needed to address those gaps, published & presented at Davos Show less



WomanStats Project

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Affiliate

  • 2006 - 2020

  Long-time affiliate of world's largest database on women's rights and wellbeing. Created first original research from the database and created first quantitative scales for the project. Formulated a theorem on critical gender theory cited as "Brinton's Law" in the book Sex & World Peace (Columbia University Press), published in several venues, and spoke at the ILO, WHO, Human Rights Council, ECOSOC, World Bank, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), and Conference of European Statisticians Show less



Boston Children's Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Director, Strategy & Digital Innovation

  • 2016 - 2018

  • Venture Investing: Launched first-in-class pediatric impact investor/accelerator, worked with Chief Investment Officer & IC to invest in sustainable healthcare IT startups. First 2 yrs spun off 3 companies, secured additional VC funding, developed 2 devices & 7 apps. Co-inventor of digital health startup sold for high 8-figure value. Led team on high 8-figure deal overseas• Business development: 1 of 4 who led the largest partnership deal in ~20 years (8 figures). Worked on ~10 other double bottom line partnership deals with large healthcare & tech companies in diagnostics, healthcare IT, digital health, etc.• Strategy: Worked with VP of Strategy to support C-Suite on strategic decisionmaking. Led executive committee to fund new IT buy, improving critical care transport efficiency by 20%, savings lives and cutting costs Show less

• Head of Asia, Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA)

  • 2015 - 2018

• HBS Leadership Fellow

  • 2015 - 2016



Dock Health

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Advisor

  • 2016 - 2018



OPENPediatrics

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Advisor

  • 2015 - 2018



Mightier

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Advisor

  • 2015 - 2018



Circulation Health

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Co-Inventor

  • 2015 - 2016



Brigham and Women's Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Fellow

  • 2014 - 2016

  Founding member & Senior Fellow of center in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics that rigorously tests healthcare innovations to develop evidence-based best practices • Strategy: Set strategic vision and areas of focus for patient-centric relational view of healthcare delivery system • Testing innovation: Devised 15 outcome-improving cost-saving interventions to test in Partners hospitals Founding member & Senior Fellow of center in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics that rigorously tests healthcare innovations to develop evidence-based best practices • Strategy: Set strategic vision and areas of focus for patient-centric relational view of healthcare delivery system • Testing innovation: Devised 15 outcome-improving cost-saving interventions to test in Partners hospitals



Closing the Loop

• Co-Founder & CFO

  • 2013 - 2016



Heal

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Consultant

  • 2014 - 2015



Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contract Consultant

  • 2014 - 2015

• Summer Consultant

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014



Innovations for Poverty Action

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • 2011 - 2013

  Designed, managed, analyzed rigorous quantitative evaluations of health, education, and women’s rights programs across Africa • Strategy: Created and initiated 1st strategic plan for this growing non-profit ($50 million annual revenue). • Team Leadership: Led turnaround of struggling team of 30 by lateral and vertical management realignment Designed, managed, analyzed rigorous quantitative evaluations of health, education, and women’s rights programs across Africa • Strategy: Created and initiated 1st strategic plan for this growing non-profit ($50 million annual revenue). • Team Leadership: Led turnaround of struggling team of 30 by lateral and vertical management realignment



The Asia Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • 2011 - 2013

• Research Coordinator

  • 2010 - 2011

  • Led multicultural, multilingual team of 5 managers & 70 associates running the China Governance Assessment Project, analyzing thousands of quantitative & qualitative indicators of corruption, transparency, public participation, and public services across provinces and large municipalities over 20 years. Resulted in China’s Governance Puzzle book published by Cambridge University Press on the Chinese party-state’s use of reforms to monitor subordinate officials and understand citizen preference• Led mixed methods evaluations of worker rights training programs held by large multinational corporations in Guangdong Show less



National Bureau of Economic Research

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • 2010 - 2013



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Manager, Rural Education Action Project

  • 2010 - 2011



Guizhou Rural Tourism Development Center

• Director of Operations and Business Development

  • 2009 - 2010

  Worked with local government and civil society to form rural minority women’s co-op, creating environmentally and culturally sustainable consumer products. Won the first UNESCO Seal of Excellence given to a small Chinese business and won more Seals of Excellence than any other organization in the world. Promoted ecotourism and sustainable development in rural majority-minority villages in China, winning an international competition to showcase products at the World Expo in Shanghai, securing funding for the co-op Show less



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Rapporteur & Researcher

  • 2007 - 2008