Ashley Meadow

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About Ashley Meadow

Cross-sector and entrepreneurial international development professional with over thirteen years of experience across 40 countries and 12 donors. Proven track record leading programs, evaluations, mixed method projects, and teams, emphasizing impact through community-centric design and locally-led development, MERLA, participatory evaluations, impact evaluations, effective capacity building and development, Complexity Aware Monitoring (CAM), Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptability (CLA), effective research and reporting, resource mobilization, and aid effectiveness.Fluent in addressing critical topics such as community capacity and adaptivity building against environmental challenges, climate change, impact investing, social entrepreneurship in emerging markets, social mobility, post-colonial resiliency, rule of law, social policy storytelling, microfinance, Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG), environmental economics, water and sanitation, public policy analysis and implementation, and women and girls' economic empowerment and equity. Recognizes the important interplay between theory, policy, and social processes and is a strong proponent of using this intersection to build effective programming.Respected and acknowledged manager of cross-functional teams, both at headquarters and in the field. Possesses an outcome-focused approach and successful mentoring style that empowers critical thinking and self-direction. Exceptional at navigating cultural complexities and sensitivities, bridging gaps between subject matter experts, public policies, and program implementers. Demonstrated ability of combing research and theory to practical endeavors on the ground.Skilled and diplomatic interlocutor and mediator, adept at engaging with high-level officials, executives, policymakers, academia, donors, NGOs, CSOs, private sector interests, the media, and other diverse program beneficiaries. Highly effective in navigating complex, high-risk/high-profile transactions, negotiations, and decision-making processes involving multiple stakeholders, beneficiaries across different regions, competing agendas, and diverse objectives in order to achieve sustainability, efficiency, transparency, and accountability in all work.