Our Team

Meet the Leaders Steering Our Global Impact

Azra K. Nurkic, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Dr. Azra Kacapor Nurkic is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of I4DI, and one of the international development sector’s most experienced monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) practitioners. With over 30 years of experience spanning program design, impact evaluation, and institutional capacity building…

Emir Nurkic Kacapor, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder

Dr. Emir Nurkic Kacapor is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of I4DI, where he oversees global operations, human resources, and the strategic partnerships that have grown I4DI into a leading firm globally. Emir brings more than 25 years of executive leadership in international…

Lauren Ropp, Managing Director

Lauren Ropp is Managing Director at I4DI, leading strategy, delivery, and growth. Lauren brings more than 15 years of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating social- and environmental-impact initiatives across five continents, with deep expertise as an operator and impact evaluator….

Kaity Smoot, Senior MEL Specialist

Kaity Smoot is a Senior MEL Specialist at I4DI, bringing over 15 years of experience spanning program management, mixed-methods research, and agricultural market development. At I4DI, she designs and leads evaluations, develops MEL frameworks, and brings a practitioner’s lens to every assessment, grounded in…

Paul Hollwedel, Senior Program Manager

Paul Hollwedel is a Senior Program Manager at I4DI, where he manages projects and specializes in living income, responsible supply chains, and sustainable sourcing. He brings a builder’s mindset to everything he does, shaped by nine years of launching and scaling programs across sub-Saharan…

Tommie Thompson, Social Scientist

Tommie Yeo Thompson is a Social Scientist at I4DI, where he brings rigorous quantitative methods to bear on questions of program impact and effectiveness. With nearly a decade of experience spanning impact evaluation, behavioral economics, and policy research, Tommie designs and implements evaluations that…

Anna Fairbairn, Agricultural Economist

Anna Fairbairn is an Agricultural Economist at I4DI, where she leads impact evaluations and program design for smallholder farmer interventions. Her work blends rigorous econometric analysis with deep on-the-ground operational knowledge — a combination that comes from spending years not just studying agricultural development,…

Jovana Bulatovic-Dimitrova, MEL Specialist

Jovana Bulatovic-Dimitrova is a MEL Specialist at I4DI, where she designs evaluation frameworks, builds monitoring systems, and leads adaptive learning processes across the firm’s global portfolio. With over a decade of experience in MEL, she brings a particular strength in translating complex program logic…

Neha Paliwal, Impact Evaluation Specialist

Neha Paliwal is an Impact Evaluation Specialist at I4DI, where she designs and leads rigorous evaluations and assessments that help clients understand what’s working, what isn’t, and why it matters. Her work spans econometric analysis, survey design, and deep theory of change thinking —…

Andrea Pozderac, Senior Program Analyst

Andrea Pozderac is a Senior Program Analyst at I4DI, where she drives strategic oversight, program coordination, and stakeholder engagement across the firm’s global portfolio. She also supports business development efforts and proposal development — working at the intersection of technical programming and institutional growth….

Amel Osmanovic, Digital Innovation & Analytics Specialist

Amel Osmanovic is I4DI’s Digital Innovation & Analytics Specialist, where he product manages the firm’s suite of AI and digital tools, builds interactive data visualization platforms and web applications, manages database architecture, and oversees the design and development of I4DI’s web presence. He sits…

Hariom Sahu, AI Engineer

Hariom Sahu is an AI Engineer at I4DI, where he builds the AI tools that augment the firm’s evaluation and analytical capabilities. He is the lead engineer behind DECipher, I4DI’s AI-powered platform that lets development practitioners query decades of global development knowledge and get…

Ochanya Adah, Design & Data Visualization Specialist

Ochanya Adah is a Design & Data Visualization Specialist at I4DI, where she transforms complex evaluation findings and program data into clear, compelling visual products — from interactive dashboards and infographics to polished reports and training materials. She leads the design of user interfaces…

Saswat Rath, Senior Technical Advisor, Water & Public Health

Saswat Rath is a Senior Technical Advisor at I4DI, where he provides technical leadership on water stewardship, WASH, and public health programming. With 20 years of experience spanning evaluation design, corporate sustainability strategy, and large-scale public health systems in India and across the Global…

Azfar Karim, MEL Specialist

Azfar Karim is a MEL Specialist at I4DI, where he leads stakeholder engagement, manages data collection processes, and supports program evaluation across the firm’s South Asia portfolio. He brings nearly a decade of experience building MEL systems and leading field teams across Asia and…

Pritta Basuki, MSME Finance Specialist

Pritta is a Consultant Deputy Team Leader at I4DI, where she leads day-to-day management of the MSME Finance Program under the MCA-Indonesia II project. With nearly 20 years of experience in inclusive finance, microfinance, and social investment across Indonesia’s corporate and development sectors, she…

Reyki Gantare, MEL Specialist

Reyki Gantare is a Consultant MEL Specialist at I4DI, where he provides strategic oversight of monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks for the MCA-Indonesia II project. With over 15 years of experience in international development across Indonesia, he ensures that complex, multi-sector compact initiatives are…

Novita Sari, MSME Finance and Development Specialist

Novita supports I4DI’s engagement with the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Indonesia. With more than 15 years of experience across microfinance and social development, she brings deep expertise in WASH financing, digital product development, and financial inclusion for rural and peri-urban communities. Novita has strong…

Zehra K. Dzihic, Senior Technical Advisor, Program Effectiveness & Evaluation

Zehra Kacapor-Dzihic is a Senior Technical Advisor at I4DI, where she provides strategic evaluation leadership grounded in over 20 years of designing and conducting complex, multi-country evaluations for some of the world’s most prominent development institutions. Her expertise spans governance and democracy, public administration…

Sandra Moscoso, Senior Advisor, Organizational Learning & Data Systems

Sandra Moscoso is a Senior Advisor at I4DI, where she helps organizations strengthen the systems, processes, and capacities that turn data into better decisions. Her work sits at the intersection of knowledge management, open data, business process design, and institutional capacity building — making…

Steven Lichty, Senior Technical Advisor, Strategic Foresight & Evaluation

Dr. Steven Lichty is a Senior Technical Advisor at I4DI, where he brings a rare combination of rigorous evaluation expertise and transformative foresight — helping clients not only understand what happened and why, but anticipate what’s coming next. With over 25 years of experience…

Jon-Paul Bowles, Senior Advisor, Strategy & Partnerships

Jon-Paul Bowles is a Senior Advisor at I4DI, where he helps organizations design and refine strategies that generate social, environmental, and financial returns — and build the cross-sector partnerships needed to sustain them. His approach is rooted in a conviction that market-based solutions to…

Adi Karisik, Senior Advisor, Global Cybersecurity and Operational Technology

Adi Karisik is a Senior Advisor at I4DI, where he brings over 20 years of global experience in cybersecurity, operational technology, and digital strategy to strengthen the firm’s work at the intersection of technology, security, and international development. His expertise helps I4DI and its…

Adnan Hadrovic, Senior Advisor, International Affairs & Security

Adnan Hadrovic is a Senior Advisor at I4DI, where he brings over 25 years of experience in diplomacy, global security, and international affairs to strengthen the firm’s work in complex geopolitical environments. His career spanning foreign ministries, embassies, multilateral institutions, and the private sector…

Dzenana Sabic Hamidovic, Social Protection & Behavioral Change Specialist

Dzenana Sabic Hamidovic is a Social Protection & Behavioral Change Specialist at I4DI, where she advises on social protection, inclusion, and human rights-based approaches to program design, policy development, and implementation strategy. With over two decades of experience working at the intersection of social…

Abi Riak, Senior Advisor, Organizational Effectiveness & Leadership

Abi Riak is a Senior Advisor at I4DI, where she helps organizations diagnose what’s working, fix what isn’t, and build the leadership cultures and operational systems needed to sustain performance through complexity and change. With more than 25 years of executive and advisory experience…

Sarah Petrin, Senior Advisor, Humanitarian Policy & Donor Strategy

Sarah Petrin is a Senior Advisor at I4DI, where she brings over 25 years of experience at the intersection of humanitarian response, foreign policy, and philanthropic strategy to help clients navigate complex donor landscapes and translate policy priorities into effective programming. She is the…