Board Members

Our Board of Directors, which is composed of J-PAL affiliated professors and senior management, provides overall strategic guidance to J-PAL, our sector programs, and regional offices. The nine-member Executive Committee of the Board takes decisions on behalf of the full Board on an ongoing basis.

Sule Alan

Professor of Economics and Behavioral Science

Cornell University and Bilkent University

Co-Chair, Education

Cally Ardington

Professor

University of Cape Town

Scientific Director, J-PAL Africa

David Atkin

Barton L. Weller (1940) Professor of Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Co-Chair, Firms

Abhijit Banerjee

Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member, Executive Committee

Director, J-PAL

Scientific Director, J-PAL Europe

Lori Beaman

Professor

Northwestern University

Co-Chair, Gender

Marianne Bertrand

Chris P. Dialynas Professor of Economics

University of Chicago

Co-Chair, Labor Markets

Vinayak Bhardwaj

Executive Director, J-PAL Africa

Chris Blattman

Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies

University of Chicago

Co-Chair, Crime, Violence, and Conflict

Emily Breza

Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics

Harvard University

Co-Chair, Finance

Jing Cai

Associate Professor

University of Maryland

Co-Chair, Firms

Cristine Campos de Xavier Pinto

Professor

Insper

Scientific Director, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean

Stefano Caria

Professor

University of Warwick

Co-Chair, Labor Markets

Shawn Cole

John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration

Harvard University

Scientific Advisor, ESG and Corporate Partnerships

Emanuele Colonnelli

Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship

University of Chicago

Co-Chair, Finance

Bruno Crépon

Professor

ENSAE and École Polytechnique

Scientific Director, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa

Jishnu Das

Distinguished Professor

Georgetown University

Co-Chair, Health

Iqbal Dhaliwal

Global Executive Director, J-PAL

Scientific Director, J-PAL South Asia

Member, Executive Committee

Joseph Doyle

Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management

Professor of Applied Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Co-Chair, Health

Oeindrila Dube

Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies

University of Chicago

Co-Chair, Crime, Violence, and Conflict

Esther Duflo

Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member, Executive Committee

Director, J-PAL

Scientific Director, J-PAL South Asia

Pascaline Dupas

Professor of Economics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Scientific Director, J-PAL Africa

Ahmed Elsayed

Executive Director, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa

Alison Fahey

Global Director of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives, J-PAL

Laura Feeney

Co-Executive Director, J-PAL North America

Frederico Finan

Professor of Economics

University of California, Berkeley

Co-Chair, Political Economy and Governance

Amy Finkelstein

John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member, Executive Committee

Scientific Director, J-PAL North America

John Floretta

Global Deputy Executive Director, J-PAL

Director of Evidence to Scale, J-PAL

Michael Greenstone

Milton Friedman Professor of Economics

University of Chicago

Co-Chair, Environment, Energy, and Climate Change

Marc Gurgand

Professor

Paris School of Economics

Scientific Director, J-PAL Europe

Rema Hanna

Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies

Harvard University

Member, Executive Committee

Scientific Director, J-PAL Southeast Asia

Co-Chair, Social Protection

Kelsey Jack

Associate Professor

University of California, Berkeley

Member, Executive Committee

Co-Chair, Environment, Energy, and Climate Change

Seema Jayachandran

Professor of Economics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Co-Chair, Gender

Jeanne Lafortune

Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Scientific Director, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean

Karen Macours

Chaired Professor

Paris School of Economics

Co-Chair, Health

Lina Marliani

Executive Director, J-PAL Southeast Asia

Isaac Mbiti

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics

University of Virginia

Scientific Director, J-PAL Africa

Craig McIntosh

Professor of Economics

University of California, San Diego

Co-Chair, Agriculture

Shobhini Mukerji

Executive Director, J-PAL South Asia

Cillian Nolan

Executive Director, J-PAL Europe

Matthew Notowidigdo

Professor of Economics

University of Chicago

Scientific Director, J-PAL North America

Ben Olken

Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member, Executive Committee

Director, J-PAL

Scientific Director, J-PAL Southeast Asia

Co-Chair, Social Protection

Philip Oreopoulos

Professor of Economics and Public Policy

University of Toronto

Co-Chair, Education

Adam Osman

Associate Professor of Economics

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Scientific Director, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa

Rohini Pande

Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics and Director of Economic Growth Center

Yale University

Co-Chair, Political Economy and Governance

William Pariente

Professor of Economics

Université Catholique de Louvain

Co-Chair, Research, Education, and Training

Paula Pedro

Executive Director, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean

Vincent Quan

Co-Executive Director, J-PAL North America

Abhijeet Singh

Associate Professor of Economics

Stockholm School of Economics

Co-Chair, Education

Cindy Smith

Global Director of Finance, J-PAL

Tavneet Suri

Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member, Executive Committee

Co-Chair, Agriculture

Claire Walsh

Global Director of Policy and Communications, J-PAL