International Network for Economics and Conflict

Alice Willard is Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at International Relief and Development (IRD). In this position, she is responsible for providing M&E technical assistance to all IRD projects and proposals on demand for a two billion dollar portfolio across 40 countries.   She develops standards, policies, and training programs for IRD headquarters and field staff; supervises consultants; conducts needs assessments, surveys, and evaluations; reviews/revises technical scopes of work and analytical deliverables; and works with ongoing projects to refine/revise M&E systems. Dr. Willard has also served as a monitoring and evaluation consultant with Catholic Relief Services, American Association of Blood Banks, International Relief and Development, Land O'Lakes International Programs, Save the Children, Ferris-Morris Associates, and Catholic Relief Services/Zambia.

Dr. Willard has her Ph.D. in Sociology from The Johns Hopkins University and M.A.'s from  The Johns Hopkins University and the American University in Sociology and International Development respectively.