Who We Are

Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr is the director of Columbia World Projects and Executive Vice President for Columbia Global. She is also the founder and director of ICAP at Columbia...

Ira Katznelson is Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University. His 2013 book, "Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time," received the...

Peter Twyman is a social impact leader with over 30 years of experience working on complex social challenges in the U.S. and globally. He is currently Deputy Director...

Ann joined Columbia World Projects in April 2019 as Director, Project Management. She has spent most of her career working with non-profit and for-profit organizations and...

Sarah joined Columbia World Projects in July 2019. As part of the project management team, she works across projects to support their success and enable project teams to...

Lisa Dolberry Hancock is the Director of Experiential Learning and Innovation at Columbia World Projects where she directs initiatives designed to develop and empower emerging...

Sia Mensah joins the Experiential Learning and Innovation team at Columbia World Projects after assuming various administrative roles at the university between 2015-2022, including...

Thomas Asher joined Columbia University in 2018 where he shapes and sustains networks drawing together civic leaders, policymakers, practitioners, and researchers and leads work to...

Anna supports CWP’s Research and Engagement division, which convenes scholarly and practitioner communities to address long-standing challenges to democratic futures. Anna came...

Daniella joined Columbia World Project in July 2022 after over a decade at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), directing the International Dissertation Research Fellowship...

Stachel joined Columbia World Projects as a Project Officer in September 2024. Prior to joining CWP, she was a Senior Program Coordinator at 92NY's Belfer Center for Innovation...

Yebin joined Columbia World Projects in 2024. Previously, she taught in the English department at Ginling Women’s College in Nanjing, China as a Wellesley-Yenching fellow. She...

Kathryn joined the Center for Political Economy at Columbia World Projects in April 2023 as a Project Officer. Prior to joining CWP, Kathryn worked for Survivor Corps, a grassroots...

William O’Connell is a postdoctoral researcher for the Money and Finance Idea Lab in the Center for Political Economy. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto in 2024....

Dario Laudati received his PhD in Economics from the University of Southern California. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Bocconi University (Italy), and a Joint...