Dan joined IYF in 2009 with 15+ years of experience in monitoring & evaluation, vocational education and business development. He has worked with a variety of donors, both US government (USAID, USDOL, NIH), multilaterals (IDB, World Bank, UNICEF) and private foundations (Gates, GE, Hewlett).  Dan has lived and worked in Southern Africa, most recently in Limpopo, where he conducted doctoral fieldwork on the impact of university outreach on rural livelihoods.  Prior to joining IYF, Dan was Senior Research Analyst at the American Institutes for Research.  In addition to backstopping field offices, he assisted in program design, provided budgetary oversight and served as a technical expert to projects in Egypt, Georgia, Haiti, Malawi and Mali. In 2006-2007, Dan served as Acting Chief of Party for a vocational education project in Macedonia.   Dan received a B.A. from Mary Washington College, an M.A. from Miami University, and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University.