Allegra_P

I've spent my career deploying capital and building systems in some of the world's most difficult environments: scaling a $116M program from the ground up, managing $186M across 700+ grants, and applying rigorous evaluation frameworks to reach some of the world's most neglected populations.

  What drives me is a simple question: is what we're doing actually working? That instinct has shaped everything from how I designed grantmaking systems in active conflict to how I think about counterfactual impact, evidence-based adaptation, and where philanthropic giving has the most leverage. What gets me out of bed is the people - the ones working against long odds in places most funders never look - and the belief that thoughtful support can make a real difference to whether they succeed.

I'm transitioning into effective philanthropy, drawn to roles in multi-cause fund management, portfolio strategy, and evidence-based grantmaking. I'm particularly interested in cause areas where the stakes are highest and the funding most neglected: global development, improving institutions, and catastrophic risk.

 My background spans strategic grantmaking, program evaluation, policy engagement, and operational scale-up across Africa, Europe, and Asia. I bring the judgment to make hard funding decisions and the systems-thinking to build infrastructure that makes those decisions better over time.