Meet our Team
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CV Madhukar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Madhukar leads Co-Develop, leveraging more than 25 years of experience in impact investing, policy, and scaling nonprofits.
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Aura Cifuentes
FELLOW - INVESTMENTS
Aura brings a dynamic blend of expertise in digital government, public innovation, and data-based public policy to CoDevelop.
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Christine Kim
DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
Christine focuses on developing and operationalizing Co-Develop’s investment strategy by identifying promising DPI technology adoption investments.
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Desire Kachenje
SENIOR PRINCIPAL, INVESTMENTS - AFRICA
Desire advances Co-Develop's investment strategy by identifying and implementing the most promising DPI investments in Africa.
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Garikai Nhongo
SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Garikai oversees translating the ideas, work, and mission of Co-Develop into strategic messages that effectively engage key stakeholders and partners.
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Garth Willis
VISITING FELLOW
Garth joins Co-Develop as a visiting Fellow from USAID. Garth is a Foreign Service Officer at USAID based in the Bureau of Democracy Rights and Governance.
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Jordan Sandman
PRINCIPAL, INVESTMENTS
Jordan leads Co-Develop’s research grantmaking and serves as an investment lead for civil society grantmaking.
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Lindsey Crumbaugh
CHIEF INVESTMENTS OFFICER
Lindsey leads the investment team and process for identifying, funding, and supporting a global portfolio of high-impact DPI.
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Liz Ramey
DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS
Liz Ramey leads Operations at Co-Develop, crafting organizational systems and processes that allow us to operate efficiently and that ground our work in the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Matthew McNaughton
DIRECTOR, INCLUSION, SAFETY & CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT
Matthew is a digital development practitioner who leads civil society engagement in the shaping of digital public infrastructure initiatives in partner countries.
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Robert Karanja
SENIOR DIRECTOR, AFRICA
Robert leads Co-Develop’s investments and strategic partnerships in Africa working closely with the global investments team.
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Tim Wood
CHIEF PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER
Tim leads Co-Develop’s global partnerships and strategy for DPI in the Climate Change and Health domains.
Investment Committee
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David Eaves
David is as an Associate Professor of Digital Government at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL. He has taught current and future public leaders on digital transformation and digital public infrastructure for over 8 years.
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Liz Clyma
Liz Clyma served over 10 years in leadership roles in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, developing and approving millions of dollars in philanthropic investments.
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Magdi M. Amin
Magdi M. Amin is the Founder and Managing Partner of African Renaissance Partners, an investment and advisory firm focused on the Horn of Africa.
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Srikanth Nadhamuni
Srikanth Nadhamuni was the Founder CTO of the Aadhaar(Indian National ID) project. He is Managing Trustee of the eGovernments Foundation and Chairman of Trustt a digital banking provider.
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Yasodara Cordova
Yasodara is the head of Privacy Research at a Brazilian unicorn, unico IDtech, working at the intersection of research, public policy, and product management.
Technical Advisors
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Dasun Hegoda
Dasun Hegoda also works at Newlogic as an Enterprise Architect / Platform Evangelist. Dasun specializes in enterprise application development (EAD) and has 16+ years of industry experience in IT and the digital arena.
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Rosa Akbari
Rosa Akbari is an independent consultant working on digitalization within humanitarian contexts, with a special focus on cash transfers. Rosa has worked at the intersection of humanitarian response and technology since 2009.
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Dr. Shikoh Gitau
Shikoh is the CEO of Qhala, a Digital Innovation company that catalyzes digital transformation capabilities for organizations across Africa. She has over 10 years of experience in the Research, Design, Implementation, and Management of Digital Technologies.