Medora Brown

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About Medora Brown

I have strategy, operations, and communications experience spanning five continents. I'm passionate about sustainable social impact and the role market forces and emerging technologies can play in economic development. My professional experience includes executive-level management, strategy consulting, and communications consulting across four continents; government policy and diplomacy focused on East Asia and East Africa; supporting the development and improving the operational efficiency of start-ups in both the US and East Africa; and developing and managing grants programs. My sectoral experience includes climate-smart and sustainable land use practices, sustainable / eco-focused tourism, circular economies and green livelihoods, water and sanitation, global and public health, education to employment pipelines, national digitization strategies, manufacturing and industrialization, FinTech, COVID recovery plans, agribusiness, and blockchain / web3 solutions for international development.I have worked with national governments and government agencies, large foundations, multinationals, non-profits, social enterprises, and start-ups in a range of industries. I hold an MBA and MA in International Studies from Wharton and The Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in political science and French from Vanderbilt University. I speak French fluently and have a smattering of Spanish and Swahili.