Emma Catalfamo (she, her, hers) is an international development professional with several years of experience managing evaluation and research initiatives for education, health and social policy programs across Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
Emma is a program manager at Results for Development (R4D), where she manages activities on the innovation and evaluation and adaptive learning (EAL) teams. She provides support to partners in the Frontier Technologies Hub seeking to pilot new innovations for social impact, working with teams to implement agile and adaptive learning methodologies and to embed evidence into the pilot process. She also conducts research on the impact of technology on international development and analyses trends and learnings from projects which have implemented digital, data, and technology innovations for social good.
Prior to joining R4D, Emma was a monitoring, evaluation and research (MER) supervisor at Education Development Center, Inc. She also spent a summer with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Directorate for Education, supporting the Global Teaching Insights project and the Schools+ Network. Additionally, she worked with the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) team on her capstone Policy Analysis Exercise at the Harvard Kennedy School, which focused on including students with disabilities and special education needs in the international assessment.
Emma holds a master’s degree in public policy (MPP) from the Harvard Kennedy School and bachelor of arts degrees in international affairs and economics from the George Washington University. She is a native English speaker and speaks fluent French.
