Program Evaluator - California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB) - California
(2025-04)
- Lead performance measurement and evaluation for Tribal health prevention programs, developing logic models, goals, indicators, reporting frameworks, and flexible data models that strengthen program quality and strategic decisions.
- Manage quantitative, financial, and statistical analysis across multiple data sources; resolve data-quality issues and produce dashboards, performance tools, portfolio reviews, and funder reports.
- Partner with Tribes, program leaders, and technical specialists; communicate complex results through executive briefings, tailored technical assistance, and training while respecting Tribal priorities and data governance.
Consultant Economist - World Bank - Nepal
(2024-09 - 2025-02)
- Led economic appraisal and cost-benefit analysis for the Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project III, comparing investment and baseline scenarios and testing sensitivity to emissions and socioeconomic constraints.
- Developed monitoring and evaluation indicators, assessed implementation risks, and delivered actionable recommendations to the World Bank and Government of Nepal.
Development Economist - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
(2022-10 - 2024-08)
- Coordinated field implementation and socioeconomic analysis for a multi-country sustainable intensification initiative; designed methods and tools for piloting, monitoring, evaluation, and scaling climate-smart mixed farming systems.
- Led participatory research with government, research, and community partners; mentored early-career staff and represented the program in national and international policy and science forums.
Resilient Agriculture Specialist - Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, World Bank-funded CARE Project
(2022-02 - 2022-10)
- Supported provincial and local governments in developing climate-resilient agriculture policies and implementation guidance aligned with national climate and agriculture strategies.
- Conducted cost-benefit analysis and monitoring and evaluation of climate-smart interventions against baselines and comparison groups.
Socio-economist - ICIMOD - Upper Koshi Basin Program
(2021-04 - 2022-01)
- Analyzed farming systems, livelihoods, and vulnerability across a transboundary river basin; identified priority communities and developed and piloted integrated resilience packages.
- Prepared policy briefs and translated community and quantitative evidence for government and development stakeholders.
Socio-economist - Oxford Policy Management - Nepal National Adaptation Plan
(2020-03 - 2021-03)
- Developed socioeconomic trends and scenarios for the national Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, integrating farming and livelihood attributes into the dynamic assessment model and identifying adaptation options with government partners.
Socio-economist - ICIMOD - Community-Based Flood Early Warning Systems
(2020-09 - 2021-06)
- Evaluated institutional, financial, and community sustainability of flood early-warning systems through focus groups and consultations with local and provincial governments; recommended scaling strategies.
Socio-economic Analyst / Researcher - ICIMOD
(2014-01 - 2020-12)
- Led research design, field engagement, socioeconomic and vulnerability analysis, and policy-gap assessment for climate, water, agriculture, livelihoods, and food-water-energy nexus programs.
- Operationalized catchment-level Water Use Master Plans and contributed to climate-resilience research with government and international scientific partners.
Carlo Schmid Fellow - United Nations World Food Programme - Kenya
(2011-10 - 2013-09)
- Supported design, monitoring, and evaluation of home-grown school meals and prepared program evidence and reports.
District Project Coordinator - Poverty Alleviation Fund - Nepal
(2005-01 - 2007-04)
- Coordinated community-based agricultural livelihood projects, stakeholder needs assessment, proposal development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
