Jeffrey Brown is the Chief Executive Officer of Evidence Action. He is responsible for the strategic leadership and oversight of Evidence Action’s evidence-based approach to scaling up development interventions to millions of people.

Prior, Brown was interim CEO of the Global Innovation Fund, a $200M venture fund that finds, tests, and scales cost-effective solutions to the biggest international development challenges. He previously served as the Managing Director of USAID's Development Innovation Ventures.

Jeff’s earlier career focused on the evaluation and oversight of large international development portfolios while in positions at the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. He has also worked for the Federal Reserve and been an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University.  

He holds an MPA in International Development from Harvard University and an MA in Economics from Brown University.