Adele Waugaman

Adele Waugaman is a senior leader at the intersection of digital technologies and global development with over 15 years’ experience driving cross-sector collaboration to scale digital transformation in emerging markets. She is passionate about harnessing the potential of digital technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and data to advance health and wellbeing through cutting-edge programs, frontier research, and organizational strategy. During her WomenLift Health Journey she served as Senior Digital Health Advisor at USAID Bureau for Global Health, seated in the Center for Innovation and Impact (CII). In this role she guided the development and implementation of agency policy and partnerships supporting country-based health programs. Previously she managed a $30M public-private partnership between the Vodafone and the United Nations foundations, and founded and led a digital development consultancy. She has authored and edited reports on trends at the intersection of digital technologies and development, including Fighting Ebola with Information, and Disaster Relief 2.0. A former fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, she holds an MA in International Affairs from the George Washington University and BA in from Bard College, with study abroad at Sciences Po-Paris, and the University of the Western Cape in South Africa.