Joelle Cook, Managing Director, leads FSG’s Strategic Learning and Evaluation team and FSG’s rural practice. Her work over the past 15 years has spanned many issue areas, including agriculture, global health, and U.S. education. Since joining FSG in 2013, she has led a number of evaluation and learning projects for philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. Prior to joining FSG, Joelle was a consultant with ORS Impact, a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, a research assistant with the University of Washington, and, just after college, worked on an archaeologic dig in the Netherlands. Joelle holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Political Science with a minor in Statistics from the University of Iowa.