Staff

NYU

Caitlin Weaver

Deputy Managing Director

Caitlin Weaver joins the Financial Access Initiative as the Deputy Managing Director. Her previous work experience encompasses the private and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining the Financial Access Initiative she worked at Citigroup in the Capital Markets division. She has also worked to launch Nacel International School, a network of not-for-profit international high schools in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. She received her MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. Caitlin speaks Spanish and French and has lived in Chile and France. She is currently Chair of the Microfinance Club of New York.

Aparna Dalal

Director of Special Projects

Aparna Dalal joins the Financial Access Initiative as Director of Special Projects.  She has a Masters in Public Administration in International Development from the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University. At Wagner, she helped re-launch the NYU MIcrofinance Initiative a student-led university-wide forum that raised awareness about the latest development and debates in the micofinance sector.  Aparna brings a diverse set of management and technology consulting experience from the private and public sector.  Prior to Wagner, she was a Senior Consultant at Deloitte, implementing workforce development solutions for government agencies. She has a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Texas, Austin.

Jonathan Bauchet

Project Assistant

Jonathan is a Ph.D. student in the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, focusing on international development policy and microfinance. Prior to that, he worked with Innovations for Poverty Action in South Africa, the Philippines, and the United States, managing randomized field experiments, implementing surveys, and conducting data analysis. He has a Master's degree in Sustainable International Development from Brandeis University and a BA degree in Economics, Management, and Law from Université Paris II, France.

Lara Gidvani

Research Assistant

Lara Gidvani is a Masters in Public Administration candidate at the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University ('09). Prior to arriving at the Wagner School, Lara spent a year working at Swadhaar FinAccess, an urban microfinance institution in Mumbai, India. She received her BA in Economics and Political Science with a focus on International Development from McGill University in Montreal.

IPA

Benin

• Sarojini Hirshleifer
  Project Associate, Cotonou, Benin

Bolivia:

• Doug Parkerson
  Country Director, Bolivia

Ghana:

• Jacob Appel
  Project Associate, Accra, Ghana
• Justin Oliver
  Country Director, Ghana

India:

• Daniel Keniston
  Project Associate, New Delhi and Jaunpur, India
• Danielle Li
  Project Coordinator, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Mexico

• Alissa Fishbane
  Latin America Director, Mexico
• Nathan Paluck
  Project Associate, Mexico

Peru:

• Tania Alfonso
  Country Director, Peru
• Miguel Almunia
  Project Associate, Peru
• Kate Ambler
  Project Coordinator, Peru
• Zoe Cohen
  Project Associate, Peru
• Lucia Franzese
  Project Associate, Peru
• Dan Kahn
  Project Associate, Peru
• Giordano Palloni
  Project Associate, Peru
• Silvia Robles
  Project Associate, Peru

Philippines:

• Paulette Cha
  Project Coordinator, Philippines
• Luke Crowley
  Project Coordinator, Philippines
• Genevieve DeGuzman
  Project Coordinator, Philippines
• Tomoko Harigaya
  Country Director, Philippines
• Girlie Lopez
  Project Associate, Philippines
• Rean Zarsuelo
  Project Associate, Philippines

USA:

• Stephanie Aquila
  Director of Development & Office Manager, New Haven, CT
• Nathanael Goldberg
  Project Director, Washington, D.C.
• Rebecca Lowry
  Project Associate, New Haven, CT
• Sidney Povall
  Director of Finance and Administration, New Haven, CT
• Katie Wilson
  Project Associate, New Haven, CT