Lillian Alexander

Senior Impact Advisor at Mercy Corps Ventures
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Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French Limited working proficiency
  • Swahili Elementary proficiency
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Credentials

  • Investment Manager Training
    Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs - ANDE
    Mar, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Measuring Impact for Sustainability
    Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)
    Aug, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Fulbright Scholarship 2014 - 2015
    U.S. Department of State

Experience

  • Mercy Corps Ventures
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Impact Advisor
      • Oct 2021 - Present

      I lead Impact Measurement & Management (IMM) at Mercy Corps Ventures

    • Advisor/Program Officer
      • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

      Mercy Corps Ventures invests in and fuels high-impact, seed-stage enterprises that increase the resilience of people and communities in frontier markets.

  • Mercy Corps
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Consultant
      • Sep 2019 - May 2020

      • Collaborated with a team of Mercy Corps researchers and Georgetown graduate students on an original quantitative research project investigating the drivers of and returns to migration • Designed all aspects of project including research plan, empirical strategy, and literature review • Performed data cleaning and conducted multiple regression analysis on panel survey data • Produced a final report and policy brief; presented research findings to 35 Mercy Corps staff • Received 1st place Georgetown University MIDP Capstone Prize

  • Kidame Mart
    • Ethiopia
    • Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Graduate Consultant
      • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

      Kidame Mart is an Ethiopian social enterprise empowering rural women entrepreneurs to provide last-mile distribution of high impact and fast moving consumer goods. • Supported CEO with business development and supplier engagement, including writing two grant proposals (Danida $1.5 million; USAID $0.5 million) • Developed two mobile-based performance evaluation tools for deployment to 30 field staff • Conducted market research and piloting to explore innovative sales strategies and evaluate scale-up channels, including new product testing and new client recruitment schemes https://kidamemart.com/

  • Innovations for Poverty Action
    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Implementation Associate, Precision Agriculture for Development
      • Jul 2016 - Jun 2018

      • Managed day-to-day field operations of agricultural randomized control trial involving 15,000 smallholder farmers for Principal Investigator Michael Kremer (Harvard) • Supported development and piloting of mobile phone-based agricultural extension products • Coordinated impact evaluation activities, survey development, and data management using Stata • Oversaw project financial management, including developing and monitoring budgets and timelines • Hired, trained, mentored, and supervised team of 20-30 local field staff

  • U.S. Department of State
    • United States
    • International Affairs
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • English Teaching Assistant
      • Jan 2015 - Nov 2015

      • Developed curriculum for and taught English language classes to 1,700 Malaysian secondary school students (ages 13-17) • Collaborated with the Ministry of Education to implement 30 statewide education programs • Organized a multi-day camp with the Asian Forestry Company (Sabah) to teach students about sustainable forestry practices • Designed and led extracurricular activities, including a bi-weekly English speaking workshop and a school-wide environmental club • Initiated and coached the school's first-ever girls' basketball team to district-level competition

  • DAI
    • United States
    • International Trade and Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Logistics Coordinator (SERVIR Program Demand Activity)
      • Nov 2013 - Dec 2014

      • Provided logistical and operational support to a global USAID/NASA climate change project • Improved efficiency of project's financial, contractual, administrative, and travel processes • Traveled to Kenya to evaluate 50 grant proposals and select recipients • Led USAID Rules & Regulations training for 20 grant recipients in Nepal • Managed and monitored $11.4 million project budget pipeline SERVIR Global: Connecting Space to Village https://www.servirglobal.net/ • Provided logistical and operational support to a global USAID/NASA climate change project • Improved efficiency of project's financial, contractual, administrative, and travel processes • Traveled to Kenya to evaluate 50 grant proposals and select recipients • Led USAID Rules & Regulations training for 20 grant recipients in Nepal • Managed and monitored $11.4 million project budget pipeline SERVIR Global: Connecting Space to Village https://www.servirglobal.net/

  • Harvard University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Peer Advising Fellow
      • Sep 2010 - May 2013

      • Advised and supported a group of 10 undergraduate students in navigating their first year at Harvard • Organized and implemented weekly study breaks for 30 first-year students • Attended monthly advising planning meetings and periodic advising events for the freshman class • Advised and supported a group of 10 undergraduate students in navigating their first year at Harvard • Organized and implemented weekly study breaks for 30 first-year students • Attended monthly advising planning meetings and periodic advising events for the freshman class

  • NAADS Secretariat
    • Uganda
    • Farming
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Independent Field Researcher
      • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

      • Designed and conducted over 200 qualitative surveys of smallholder farmers about climate change, agriculture, and food security • Organized and co-led 15 farmer group trainings on sustainable agricultural practices • Awarded $6,600 research grant from the Harvard Global Health Institute http://www.naads.or.ug/ • Designed and conducted over 200 qualitative surveys of smallholder farmers about climate change, agriculture, and food security • Organized and co-led 15 farmer group trainings on sustainable agricultural practices • Awarded $6,600 research grant from the Harvard Global Health Institute http://www.naads.or.ug/

  • Initiative to End Child Malnutrition (MGH Division of Global Health and Human Rights)
    • Rukungiri, Uganda
    • Agriculture and Nutrition Intern
      • Jun 2011 - Aug 2012

      • Supported the development of an inpatient malnutrition treatment program • Conducted weekly malnutrition outreach visits to rural health centers • Coordinated and implemented the construction of four community nutrition gardens • Developed and taught a nutrition curriculum to 200 primary school students, ages 5-12 • Supported the development of an inpatient malnutrition treatment program • Conducted weekly malnutrition outreach visits to rural health centers • Coordinated and implemented the construction of four community nutrition gardens • Developed and taught a nutrition curriculum to 200 primary school students, ages 5-12

Education

  • Harvard College
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Environmental Science and Public Policy (Secondary Field: Global Health and Health Policy)
    2009 - 2013
  • Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
    Master of International Development Policy, Development Economics and International Development
    2018 - 2020
  • United States Senate Page School
    Washington, DC
    2007 - 2008
  • Cabot School
    High School Diploma
    2005 - 2009

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