EASST Administrators

Maya Ranganath
maya.ranganath@berkeley.edu

Maya manages CEGA's international research capacity building programs in East Africa and Bangladesh, contributing to local leadership in rigorous program evaluation. She has previously worked as a Research Associate for J-PAL South Asia, supporting a randomized evaluation seeking to improve crop prices for smallholder farmers in Gujarat, and later focused on building a partnership between J-PAL and the Government of Tamil Nadu. She has also worked as a Research Assistant for Women in Cities International, where she supported an initiative to make five cities around the world safer and more inclusive for adolescent girls.  Maya holds an MA in International Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a BA in International Development and World Religions from McGill University.

Alexandra Orsola-Vidal
aorsolavidal@berkeley.edu

Alexandra Orsola-Vidal advises all training and capacity building initiatives and leads CEGA's efforts to create a network of universities, development agencies and local research institutions that promote rigorous program evaluation. Since 2006, she has consulted for the World Bank, designing and implementing randomized controlled trials of large-scale development programs globally. She has extensive expertise facilitating impact evaluation workshops for local counterparts and bilateral agencies. Previously, she worked for international and local NGOs such as BRAC and Engineers Without Borders. Alex holds a MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.

Chelsea Downs
cdowns@berkeley.edu

Chelsea supports CEGA's training and capacity building networks. Prior to joining the center, she worked in the International Students and Programs Office at UC San Diego, and was an Impact Evaluation Intern with Ashoka. Chelsea has a Master's in International Affairs from UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy and a BA in International Relations from San Francisco State.