As an Associate Partner and Itad’s US Director, Stefanie Wallach has two focus areas. She leads on our portfolio of work on governance, policy and advocacy and research impact, and heads up our office in Washington, D.C. She has over 20 years’ experience in international development programme leadership and MEL across more than 20 countries. Stefanie’s technical expertise is in portfolio evaluation, organisational evaluation, learning partnerships, and training and capacity building. Her work spans a range of sectors and development areas including policy advocacy, evidence-informed decision-making, health and agriculture. She is skilled both in managing teams for complex evaluations and as a senior member of teams delivering evaluations using theory-based and utilization-focused approaches, contribution analysis and case-based evaluation. Stefanie joined Itad in 2016. She brings to Itad over 20 years’ experience managing health programmes, including eight years based in Latin America and Asia. She has high-level experience developing cross-cultural country platforms for international development organisations, leading organisational change and restructuring, and establishing and improving organisational systems.

Giovanna Voltolina is a Consultant at Itad. She carries out research and analysis for projects in health and is a member of Itad's Knowledge Hub. Giovanna has experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods, data visualisation and workshop facilitation. Prior to joining Itad, Giovanna was Curriculum Development Fellow at the NGO EarthRights International in Chiang Mai, Thailand, gained experience at the think tank Universal Rights Group in Geneva and volunteered with Emergency NGO and the Italian Red Cross. Giovanna earned her master’s degree in development studies at Cambridge University and holds a degree in languages and international relations from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. She is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish and is currently studying French.