Jason Wendle
Managing Director - GDI Americas @ Global Development Incubator
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- Has 20 years of strategy and build experience in the social impact space
- Oversees the People on the Move portfolio of initiatives, which span across labor mobility, refugee economic inclusion, and combatting human trafficking
- Plays the lead strategy role at Labor Mobility Partnerships (LaMP)
- Previously played a strategy role for the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS)
- Helped develop GFEMS' strategy to deploy $80M to transform systems of slavery in high-prevalence sectors and grow the evidence base for the field
- Launched and directed the Mastercard Foundation Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab
- Helped establish and build the Nairobi office of Dalberg and its evaluation practice on the continent
- Advised the world's largest private foundations, donor countries, international institutions, African governments, Fortune 100 firms, and upstart innovators on achieving greater impact in agriculture, energy, technology, finance and investment, economic growth, and poverty reduction
- Serves on the boards of Jibu, Justice Rising, and LaMP
- Founded and led a church early in his career
- Holds an MPA/ID from Harvard's Kennedy School
- Has published and presented on migration, modern slavery, agricultural finance, impact investment, and impact measurement
- Enjoys taking people, especially his kids, on outdoor adventures they didn't know they needed
About Global Development Incubator
Global Development Incubator (GDI) is a multi-sector organization dedicated to creating social impact by supporting the development and scaling of various ventures across continents including Africa, the Americas, East Asia, and South Asia.