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Amanda Glassman
Executive Advisor to the President at the Inter-American Development Bank
Amanda Glassman has over 25 years of experience working and publishing on health, social protection, evidence, and data issues in low- and middle-income countries, emphasizing Latin America and the Caribbean. Before her current role, Ms. Glassman was Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow of the Center for Global Development (CGD), a think tank in Washington, D.C., as well as CEO of CGD Europe based in London, UK. Before CGD, Amanda was Principal Technical Lead-Social Protection and Health in the IDB’s Social Sector, where she led policy dialogue and operations with member countries. Previous positions since entering the Bank in 1997 as a Junior Professional include Senior Social Development Specialist in the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (2005-2006) and Social Development Specialist in the previous Regional Operations 3 Department (1998-2005). From 2006-2008, while on leave from the IDB, Amanda worked as a Fellow and Deputy Director for the Global Health Financing Initiative at the Brookings Institution and worked as a PRB Fellow at the US Agency for International Development as well as for Harvard University.
Amanda holds a Master of Science from the Harvard University School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.