About

Consulting and public policy professional with experience in strategy consulting; financial inclusion and microfinance; and market and political risk assessment

Excited about innovative policy design and economic development, especially at the local level

Functional experience including project management, organizational design and effectiveness, strategy development, and analytical analysis and insights.

Currently

Independent consultant based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

Previously:

Senior Associate at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco. Served multiple clients, with a focus on financial services, in areas including growth strategy, risk management, cost reduction, and performance management

Microfinance and financial inclusion in Boston and Uganda. Consulted for a non-profit that supports innovations in financial inclusion. Advised an agribusiness in Uganda on their smallholder farmer lending program

Political and economic risk analyst in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Washington DC. Focused on North and West Africa. Conducted on-the-ground research in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire

Education:
MPP (Master in Public Policy) from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Focused on economic development and financial inclusion, including

BA in International Relations and Arabic from Tufts University

Languages & travel

Love learning and speaking languages and am a proficient Arabic, French, and Spanish speaker. Have lived, worked, and studied around the world, including in the UAE, Qatar, Morocco, Algeria, and Uganda, and have traveled to 70+ countries.