Fellow- Office of Evaluation Sciences

• Oct 2020 - Present

Steer the application of cost effectiveness analysis for the OES portfolio, support training & use of cost analysis within US Federal Government Agencies.

Senior Advisor

• Oct 2019 - Present

Senior Coordinator

• Sep 2018 - Oct 2019

- Acting Lead of IRC's Best Use of Resources Initiative- Oversee all cost effective analyses for portfolio of IRC's impact evaluations- Design & management of the Systematic Cost Analysis (SCAN) Tool: a tool for measuring the cost efficiency of programs delivered by non-profits. - Steering committee member of UN Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) research study on financing and costing of girls’ education interventions. - Steering committee member of IRC's operational good & great standards scoping group

Senior Officer, Research Evaluation and Learning

• Jan 2018 - Sep 2018

• Supported five INGOs (Mercy Corp, NRC, DRC, IRC and Oxfam) in executing cost transfer ratio analyses for Cash Consortium of Iraq (CCI) using Systematic Cost Analysis Tool (SCAN)• Designed and supervised development of cost analysis tool for IRC’s resettlement programs• Defined scope and workplan of IRC’s Best Use of Resources Initiative for IRC’s strategic plan • Lead roundtable on cost efficiency analysis at Food Assistance for Nutrition Evidence Summit in Washington DC in June 2018. • Revised funding model for IRC technical units to deliver technical support to country led projects • Designed financial dimensions for organization’s future ERP system

Officer, Research Evaluation and Learning

• Jul 2015 - Dec 2017

Promote the use of cost analysis to understand the efficiency and effectiveness of programming:- Build cost models to define the ingredients for humanitarian response programming and determine costs per output or outcome based on context and sector of work. - Work with technical experts, country programs and academic researchers to collect cost data in conjunction with impact estimates for research studies - Manage the portfolio of cost effective analyses for all IRC impact evaluations research projects - Lead donor engagement strategies related to Value for Money reporting for DFID and other public donors- Define metrics for IRC to use in measuring the cost efficiency of international and domestic programs, and conducted analysis for education, health, protection, governance, cash, livelihoods, and resettlement programs- Conducted the Real Time Evaluation of IRC’s response to emergency humanitarian crisis in Borno State, Nigera - Executed analysis of cost to deliver programming for the Pakistan Reading Project, USAID’s largest education project. - Design and build of IRC's Systematic Cost Analysis Tool (SCAN), and presentation of IRC cost analysis approach at CIES. - Supervise team of research assistance to quality review all analyses and deliverable - Supported IRC research activities, including selection of global research priorities and build of research toolkit

Project Manager

• Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

Supervised the implementation of a research study called "Unlocking the Black Box of Savings". This randomized controlled trial (RCT) was funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and is currently running in Uganda. Responsibilities included: - Hiring and training of survey field staff - Development and implementation of census, baseline, midline and end line surveys using SurveyCTO- Collection, backup, cleaning, and reporting data to Project Investigators in STATA- Managing relationship with partner microfinance bank

Research Associate

• Jun 2012 - May 2014

As the first Research Associate at LEO, I was actively involved in the operations and research activities. Roles included:- Served as the project manager for research projects with several non-profits in the Catholic Charities network- Helped to design and implement impact evaluations, which included empirical analysis and writing reports and policy briefs- Served as the liaison between the research team and program staff- Coordinated internal and external communications, such as web design and content- Managed a team of undergraduates research assistants.

Microfinance Intern

• May 2011 - Jul 2011

As an intern at a Savings and Credit Co-Operation (SACCO) in Masaka Uganda, I worked in partnership with the Loan officer to develop a group loan structure for the institution. I also researched competing microfinance organizations in the district and generated a report for the SACCO's board. In addition, I wrote “An Introduction to Savings and Credit ”- a brochure distributed to SACCO members with the goal of improving knowledge of savings and credit options available to members.