• Marnie Coons
  Marnie graduated from the University of Virginia in 2010, with a degree in Urban and Environmental Planning. While in college, she gained experience in non profit management as board co chair of Madison House, an umbrella organization that facilitates weekly service opportunities for UVA students in the Charlottesville community. She currently works at Bain and Company, a management consulting firm in Boston.

• Paul Wang
  Paul is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy schools. Paul has previously worked in Kenya, Uganda, South Africa and Swaziland for TechnoServe, McKinsey and Company and MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. Paul currently works for IDInsight, an organization that helps managers make evidence-based decisions and have large-scale impact at non-profits, foundations and government organizations.

• Dina Pomeranz
  Dina completed her Ph.D. in economics at Harvard University, and her undergraduate degree in international relations from the Graduate Institute for International Studies in Geneva. She is currently an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, she served as a postdoctoral fellow at MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

• Esther Wang
  Esther graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in International Studies and Business. Esther joined the TAMTAM team during her graduate studies at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. Esther has worked in management consulting with Bain & Company and co-launched Shokay, a social enterprise in China. She also worked in Swaziland and Uganda in international development. Esther currently works for IDInsight, an organization that helps managers make evidence-based decisions and have large-scale impact at non-profits, foundations and government organizations.

• Jesika Clergé
  Jesika Clergé graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in Economics and English. She currently works as a Financial Research Coordinator at MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). Jesika is also completing her Master's in Nonprofit Management -specialization in Accounting and Business Management at Northeastern University.
  

• Leah Horgan
  Leah holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Suffolk University Leah joined J-PAL's Global Office in 2010 and is responsible for website management, in-house graphic design and marketing, and coordination of the Policy Group’s programs and conferences.

• Nicole Paulet Piedra
  Nicole joined the TAMTAM team as a Social Studies concentrator at Harvard University. She has work experience in North, Central and South America for organizations such as Ashoka and Harvard Medical School, and is the current Co-President of the United World Club of Harvard College.

• Ifedayo Kuye
  Ifedayo graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics. He has worked for a non-profit organization in Lagos (Nigeria), in investment banking in New York City and as a health policy analyst in San Francisco. He is currently a medical student at Harvard Medical School.

• Alice Nawfal
  Alice recently graduated from MIT with two degrees in Mathematics and Economics. During her undergraduate years, she worked on various development projects and did research for a microfinance organization in Lebanon. Most recently, as part of Vody, she did non-profit consulting for Pure Home Water in Ghana. Alice is working in management consulting at Bain & Company.

• Heather Sarsons
  Heather graduated from the University of British Columbia in Canada with a BA in Economics. She previously worked on development research projects in Swaziland and India. Heather now works as a research assistant at the Harvard Kennedy School.

• Jingying Yang
  Jingying graduated from Yale University in 2011 with a degree in Biology. She has previously worked at the International Herald Tribune in Paris as the Special Reports Assistant on topics ranging from Energy, Water Sustainability, and Education. She also worked with the Joint US China Collaboration on Clean Energy in Shanghai on their initiative to train government officials on bringing green initiatives to cities all over China. She currently works at Bain and company in Boston.

• Alyssa Schecter
  Alyssa graduated from the University of Virginia with degrees in Political Philosophy and Spanish. During college, she spent three years as an executive member of Students for Students International, a student-run group that raises money and awareness to support education-related initiatives in Africa. Alyssa currently works at Bain and Company, a management consulting firm in Boston.

• Rae Dong
  Rae Dong graduated from Duke University with a degree in Philosophy, concentrating in medical ethics, and a minor in Economics. At Duke, Rae was heavily involved with the Kenan Institute for Ethics, an on campus “think and do tank.” She has also previously worked in investment banking, and has spent a summer at a health care NGO in New Delhi, India. Rae currently works as a management consultant with Bain & Company in Boston.