Staff

Marin MacLeod

Executive Director

Academic Partner

Marin is a global programs executive who has built relationships across government, foundations, the private sector, and community-based organizations around the world. As the Founding Executive Director, Marin leads strategic growth and scale up of the Reach Alliance, a global consortium of cross-sector partners developing leaders to co-create climate, public health, and economic solutions with hard-to-reach communities. Prior to joining the Reach Alliance, Marin led Grand Challenges Canada’s approach to impact measurement across their maternal, newborn and child health innovation portfolio. Her focus was on the systems and processes used to capture results, and to share knowledge generated by grantees through the organization’s unique innovation platform. Marin holds a Master in Public Health degree from the University of Toronto, and a BA (Hons) from Queen’s University as a Loran Scholar.

Research Reports

Jordan

UNHCR Jordan’s Biometric Cash Assistance Program for Syrian Refugees

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