Alumni Spotlights

Foluyinka (Yinka) Fakoya is a second-year GHD student who is passionate about access to quality education and the development and implementation of inclusive, evidence-based education policies. This semester, she…

Olivia Nesbit is a GHD ’18 alumna who has been working with USAID’s Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance since graduation. Read more about her current role, experience at GHD,…

Tell us about your current role(s): I work as Manager, Insights and Impact at the United Nations Foundation’s Digital Impact Alliance. My job mainly entails conducting and managing…

Tell us about your current role: I recently started a coffee company, Elysian Coffee Roasters! I’m doing a little bit of every job of a complex organization, but on…

Foreign Policy Magazine recognized the success of Resilience Action International, an organization co-founded by Muzabel Welongo GHD ’19, in a recent article. Resilience Action International is one of the…

GHDs Class of 2014: Peter Cook is front row, third from the left. A little bit about Peter’s current position: I have been working for the World Bank’s Global Agribusiness…

What does GHD mean to you? Eugenia Valdez Tamayo, GHD’16, shares how the Global Human Development Program expanded her understanding of private sector participation in development. I started working at…

What does GHD mean to you? Marion Abboud, GHD’17, shares how the Global Human Development Program challenged her to think practically about development solutions. I joined the Iraq country program…

What does GHD mean to you? Jake Wheeler, GHD’14, reflects on his experiences and challenges during his time at the Global Human Development Program. I’m currently a Technical Advisor for…

Currently, I work as the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Advisor for Trócaire Malawi. Trócaire is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic church in Ireland and a member…