Ana M. Grijalva
UNDP Ecuador Accelerator Lab - Head of Exploration
Ana M. Grijalva is an economist, social innovator, and digital advocate with 10 years of experience. She has vast experience in development contexts in program management, implementation, advocacy, partnership building, resource mobilization, monitoring, and evaluation in social projects. She has expertise on key issues related to education, governance, digitalization, labor market, and gender. She has worked for different agencies of the United Nations (International Institute for Educational Planning and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) and for international organizations such as University of Oxford, Inter-American Development Bank, and World Bank. Also, she has experience in Ecuador's public sector and has worked for academia in the United Kingdom and Ecuador. She is excited to collaborate in changing the status quo through public and social innovation, digital transformation, technology, and civic engagement in her current role as Head of Exploration at the UNDP Accelerator Lab.