Cindy Smith joined J-PAL in November 2022 and directs its administrative and financial functions. She serves as the chief administrative and financial officer for the J-PAL head office (Global) based at MIT in Cambridge and also provides advice, guidance, and mentoring to the seven regional CFOs...

Brynn Fieldhouse is a Senior Operations Associate at J-PAL Global where she provides operational support to the Research, Education, and Training (RET) vertical. For the Education team, she works on the MITx MicroMasters and the master’s program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP).

Yuri Machkasov is a Senior Finance and Operations Manager at J-PAL Global, where he leads systems improvement projects and provides support for financial and operational management.

Manaswini Rao is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware. Her primary research interests are in development economics, organizational economics, and the economics of institutions, with a particular focus on legal and...

Sabrin Beg is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on development, economic history, political economy, and applied microeconomics, specifically in developing countries.

Michael Braun is a Policy Manager at J-PAL Europe where he works on the labor market sector in Europe as well as on J-PAL’s relationships with European policymakers. Within J-PAL, Michael coordinates the Chair on Development Methodologies held by J-PAL co-founders Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo...

Naretta Veronica is a Research Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia, where she currently works on the disaster index insurance project in Nusa Tenggara.