Political economist. Senior United Nations official. Quantitative social scientist.
For more than a decade I have served the United Nations in some of its most demanding duty stations: Jerusalem, Baghdad, Kabul, Yangon, Nicosia, Beirut, and Pristina. I have led multinational teams through war and crisis, advised under-secretaries-general and ambassadors, facilitated negotiations alongside UN mediators, and co-led the international assessments that put a number on the cost of war. Through all of it runs a single conviction: rigorous analysis, honestly communicated, improves decisions when the stakes are highest.
I am a political scientist by training (Ph.D., UC Berkeley) and a quantitative social scientist by practice. I currently serve as the senior economist for the United Nations in Kosovo, and I am based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I grew up.
More about my work on the About page. Selected research and reports under Research & Publications.