Our Team
Julia Lowe
Julia Lowe works on strategy and research with global health and social change organizations. Prior to consulting, she spent five years at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she was a Program Officer and Advisor in the office of Co-Chair. Melinda Gates. Her $85M portfolio of grants focused on platforms and programs that aim to reduce information asymmetries and accelerate behavior change, including self-help groups and innovative models of behavior change communication. Previously, Julia worked at the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Liberia and Jamaica, where she supported the government on health system strengthening initiatives, and as part of a University of Washington/Microsoft Research team that was investigating the impact of low-cost technologies on behavior change. Julia studied Microbiology and International Studies at the University of Washington and attended executive strategy, leadership, and sustainability courses at Cambridge Business School. She was selected as an Emerging Global Leader by the Tallberg Foundation in 2012, which included training and mentoring in design and systems thinking.
Fiona Walsh
Fiona Walsh designs and evaluates strategies, programs, and partnerships that advance global health and development. With nearly 20 years of experience, she provides a diverse range of services, including strategic and operational planning and technical assistance on monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Previously, Fiona was the Executive Managing Director for Last Mile Health where she led the development of the organization’s FY2017-19 strategic plan to guide LMH’s shift from a period of rapid to strategic growth. Before joining LMH, Fiona worked with the Clinton Health Access Initiative’s Applied Analytics Team as a Senior Technical Advisor, supporting ministries of health and CHAI’s teams across a dozen countries with technical expertise to identify and address bottlenecks in health service delivery and prepare evidence-based recommendations to inform national policy decisions. Fiona started her career at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA, where she led the organization’s $60 million direct marketing program. Fiona holds a Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology and a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University.
