Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1996. National Science Foundation Fellow and Michigan Regents Fellow.
M.A., Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1992.
M.A., Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1991.
B.A., Economics and Russian double major with Honors, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1988. Phi Beta Kappa, 1987.
Country Experience
Antigua, Armenia (resident), Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Georgia, Herzegovina, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malawi, Moldova, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen and Zambia.
Languages
English (native), Russian (proficient)
Professional Experience
The Research & Evaluation Centre
Senior Research Associate (part-time contract basis) 2025 - present
FHI 360
Chief Strategy and Evidence Officer 2023 - 2025
Head of Strategy and Principal Economist 2022 - 2023
Principal Economist 2018 - 2023
Director, Research and Evaluation Strategic Initiative 2016 - 2019
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
Deputy Director and Head, Washington Office 2012 - 2016
Chief Evaluation Officer 2010 - 2012
Chemonics International
Director 2007 - 2010
Urban Institute
Center Director, International Activities Center 2005 - 2007
BearingPoint, Inc. (now part of Deloitte)
Senior Manager 2003 - 2005
Manager 2001 - 2003
Senior Associate 1999 - 2001
Resident Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Yerevan, Armenia 2002 - 2003
Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics
Research Associate (in residence during summers) 1996 - 1999
Western Michigan University
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics 1996 - 1999
University of Michigan
National Science Foundation Fellow and Michigan Regents Fellow in Graduate Studies 1989 - 1996
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
Research Team Member, 1996 World Development Report 1995 - 1996
Research Assistant, Socialist Economies Reform Unit 1992 - 1993
The Brookings Institution
Research Assistant, Economic Studies Program 1988 - 1989