Our Team
A GLOBAL COMMUNITY COMMITTED TO CHANGING THE WAY THE WORLD TACKLES POVERTY
Nigeria
Adekemi Ajayi
Director - Acumen West Africa
Colombia
Adela Andrea González Pacheco
Gender & Diversity Specialist
San Francisco
Alexandra Trabulsi
Director of Philanthropy
London
Alisha Mahen
Senior Associate, Instructional Design
Amon Anderson
Acumen America Director
India
Amrit Paul Singh
Senior Portfolio Associate
New York
Amrita Bhandari
Chief of Insights and Strategy
Anna Stillwell
Director of Talent
Ariella Goodman
Head of Program Finance
Pakistan
Ayesha Khan
Regional Director, Pakistan
Babatunde Usman
Senior Investment Associate
Bavidra Mohan
Director, Leadership
Bekah Vigil
Executive Assistant
Bowofade Elegbede
Associate Director, Investing in West Africa
Caitlin Ferguson
Development & Partnerships Manager
Cara Doble
Grants Project Manager
Carlos Alberto Ramirez
Portfolio Senior Associate
Carlyle Singer
President
Catherine Casey Nanda
Chandana Jasti
Associate Director, Acumen Academy
Chris Emmott
Associate Director, Investing in Energy Access
Christopher Wayne
Associate Director, Investing in Agriculture
Clemency Brookfield
Accelerator Associate
Coco Lim
Senior Associate, Insights & Strategy
Dan Waldron
Head of Insights
Daniel Londono Hoyos
Operations Associate
David Lee
Finance Grants Analyst
Efemena Odu
Manager, Leadership Programs Curriculum
Elvia Gómez
Portfolio Manager for Latin America
Eman Ahmed
Communications Associate
America
Emily Fagundes
Operations Associate, Development and Partnerships
Emily Gannam
Manager, Strategic Planning
Eric Carroll
Risk and Compliance Manager
Erica Ajayi
Senior Business Associate, Executive Assistant, Regional Director West Africa
Erin McManmon
Associate Director, Audience Engagement
Faheem Ahmed
Senior Associate, Community Strategy
Feyisola Adekogbe
Senior Associate Portfolio
Francisco Cuesta
Engagement and Outreach Associate
Gabriela Estrada
Executive Assistant to the CEO and President
Giselle Salgado
Course Operations, Academy, Senior Associate
Kenya
Gladwel Anzaye
Senior Associate, Acumen Academy
Gustavo Cardenas
Hannah Tofilska
Director of Finance
Hannah Wheatley
Head of Development & Partnerships: Europe
Heartie Look-Dougherty
Manager, Community Fundraising
Hifsa Manzoor
Accounts Payable Analyst
Iqra Shahbaz
Manager, Recruiting
Irtiza Ali
Portfolio Associate
Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jacqueline Woo
Chief Financial Officer
Jeannie Valkevich
Jiwoo Choi
Chief of Strategic Initiatives
Jocelyn Dee
Grants Management Associate
Joel Sam
Associate Director, Energy Access for the Hardest-to-Reach
Jorge de Angulo
Latin America Associate Director
Judy Montañez
Leadership Analyst
Julia Mensink
Head of Impact
Julia Miller
Manager of Curriculum and Learning Design
Julian Ortiz
Finance Manager, Portfolio
Kanhay Kubal
Associate, Community Development
Kate Montgomery
Director, Development and Partnerships
KC Brown
Senior Associate, Data & Systems
Kesha Williams
Talent Manager
Kevin Guaranda
Senior Associate, Digital Marketing
Kevin Njagi
Digital Communications Associate
Kinza Mahmud
Program Manager, Food Systems Fellowship
Lara Gulia
Senior Associate, India Fellows Program
Laura Gómez Almansa
Fellowship Senior Associate
Laura Ruiz Diaz
Associate Director Acumen Academy Latin America
Laura Victoria Polanco
Leadership Associate
Lawrence de Laubadere
Executive Assistant to the Chief of Development & Partnerships
Leonie Jarett
Accelerator Programs Manager
Lina Rueda
Senior Associate, Communications
Lindsay Camacho
Development and Partnerships Manager
Loise Nduati
Luan Mans
Impact Manager
Lucia Ferrarese
Lynn Roland
General Counsel
Maaham Khan
Senior Associate, Development & Partnerships
MAHESH YAGNARAMAN
India Director
María del Pilar Rodríguez Salcedo
Community Associate
Maria Juliana Cardenas
Legal Asssociate
Mark Harding
Chief of Staff to the CEO
Maya Makkawi
Partnerships Senior Associate
Meg Yebei
Administrative Associate
Mercedes de la Vega
Energy Partnerships Manager
Meredith Kiss
Associate Director, Communications
Michael Dobranski
Operations & CRM Manager
Moyin Okubor
Manager, Acumen Academy in West Africa
Muhammad Hammad Siddiqui
Mwalya Wambua
Program Data Analyst
Nancy Njoki
Associate Director, Finance and Administration
Natalia Rojas
Malaysia
Navin Muruga
Associate Director, Southeast Asia
Nicolás Corrales
Leadership Manager
Nicole Simpson
Manager, Brand Communications
Nidhisha Philip
Partnerships Lead India
Nikhita Nadkarni
Program Lead, Agriculture & Workforce development
Nivritti Samtaney
Program Manager
Nnenne Okorafor
Legal Counsel
Noelle Cancro
Accounting Manager
Global
Oghenekome Oruade
Global Program Manager, Acumen Angels
Oluchi Okoroafor
Associate, Acumen Academy in West Africa
Omar Benitez
Senior Associate
Oyindamola Adegboye
Senior Associate, West Africa Foundry
Paraag Sabhlok
Associate Director, Portfolio (India)
Priyanka Bhasin
Head of Corporate Engagement
Priyanka Dudeja
Rebecca Narh
Renaldo Smit
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Sabrina Lee Sanchez
Head of Development and Partnerships, Foundations
Sam Jewett
ESG Insights Manager
Santiago Rodríguez
Senior Designer
Sara Nisar
Manager, Acumen Academy Pakistan
Sarah Bieber
Director, Energy Partnerships
Sarah Farooq
Associate Director, Fellowship
Shahroze Nizami
Shahzad Ul Hasan
Manager Finance and Regulatory Affairs
Shruti Bhiwandiwala
Senior Associate, Digital & Design
Shweta Nagaria
India Fellows Senior Associate
Sonya Khattak
Special Projects for the CEO
Steven Peralta
Investment Manager
Sunny Kim
Legal Associate Director
Taanya Khare
Senior Associate, Impact
Taha Rashid
Vaida Odongo
Community Manager, East Africa
Valentina Aranguren
Data and Systems Associate, Acumen Academy
Valentina Correa
Innovation and Communications Analyst
Valentina Londoño
Communications Intern
Veena Shetty
Virgilio Barco
Latin America Director
Vision Nyaji
Senior Legal Associate
Yash Vardhan Gaddhyan
Portfolio Analyst
Yasmina Zaidman
Chief Development and Partnerships Officer
February 16, 2020