West Africa DirectorAcumen
Meghan is the West Africa Director for Acumen, where she oversees the organization’s work supporting entrepreneurial solutions to problems of poverty, through Acumen’s pioneer investing and leadership development programs. Meghan joined Acumen in 2013, and was leading the global Talent function before relocating to West Africa in 2018. Her commitment to market-driven approaches to tackling poverty is rooted in her experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala, after which she facilitated microfinance loans and created a financial literacy program for Grameen America, the U.S. affiliate of Muhammad Yunus' Grameen Bank. Meghan holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, and a bachelor's degree from American University in Political Science, and is fluent in Spanish.