Ben Jaques has a Master in Pacific and International Affairs from the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at University of California, San Diego and a Bachelors of Science in Pure Math from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While at the University of California, San Diego, he was a research assistant investigating consumer demand for Fair Trade coffee and interned with the Grameen Foundation and PlaNet Finance in Beijing. Ben's responsibilities include tracking projects from birth to completion, hiring for positions globally, providing research help for Rachel Glennerster, and writing general proposals and annual reports.