Co-Founders

Elizabeth Weissberg

Elizabeth Weissberg

15+ years of research and communications experience including work at Yale's SCAN Lab and the Aspen Institute. Focused on bringing technical research into practical use.

Rens Bakker

Rens Bakker

9+ years of policy experience at the national government of the Netherlands. Specialized in coalition-building. Worked on labor market and livelihood reforms.

Research Fellows

Aqsa Zaidi

Aqsa Zaidi

9+ years of experience in the education sector, from rural tribal classrooms to partnerships with governments and multilaterals. Focused on state capacity, implementation science, and the mechanisms that make evidence matter on the ground.

Arshia Haque

Arshia Haque

5+ years of development research experience and current first-year MPP student at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. Previously consulted for the World Bank, focusing on studies tracking refugee well-being and community livelihood recovery.

Volunteers

Matthew Lee

Matthew Lee

6+ years of experience in nonprofit project coordination and government, and 3+ years as a software engineer. Motivated by tech and operations work for the greater good.

Sylia Hanana

Sylia Hanana

5+ years in strategy and operations at McKinsey, across public and social sector work in Europe and Africa. Energised by staying in the room past the strategy, and by getting resources where they do the most good.