Bio

Mary Kate Adgie is an impact-driven researcher with a mixed methods background and experience in international security and international development. As a researcher at the RAND Corporation, she contributed to evaluations of the impact of global U.S. security assistance. She has also worked with non-governmental organizations in Kenya and Rwanda to improve the monitoring, evaluation, and learning of their livelihood development and climate resilience programming. Mary Kate’s additional field experience includes conducting research in Tanzania on the impact of mobile phone ownership on the welfare of low-income women and the effectiveness of initiatives to improve birth registration. At Frontier Design, Mary Kate works with the U.S. Government, non-profit, and private sector partners to understand and improve their processes, programming, and impact strategies. She is passionate about data-driven decision-making and building an understanding of the power of monitoring, evaluation, and learning.

Mary Kate has a Master’s degree in international development and humanitarian affairs from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and her Bachelor of Arts in international relations and economics from the College of William & Mary.