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Natasha Mooney
Senior External Relations Officer, Asian Development Bank

BA Political Science, Concentration in International Relations (2013)

Natasha currently works at the Asian Development Bank’s office in Washington, DC, as a Senior External Relations Officer. In her role, Natasha is responsible for engaging key US and Canadian stakeholders, as well as other multilateral development and international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Natasha’s career includes over a decade of experience in international development, both in Canada and abroad. She spent a considerable portion of her career with Canada’s Foreign Ministry, Global Affairs Canada, leading International Development Policies and Strategies. She also worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation Manager for a local non-governmental organization in Northern Ghana, and with the Canadian Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

While at Global Affairs Canada, she led the development of Canada’s first Feminist Civil Society Partnerships Policy, adopting a gender-based approach to partnerships with the civil society sector. She also developed international assistance components of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, including leading a targeted Infrastructure investment of $750M to support sustainable and green infrastructure in the region.

An experienced researcher, Natasha holds a Master of Research in Political Science and Development and is set to graduate with a PhD in the field of Policy and Evaluation. She is fluent in four languages, where her work and studies have allowed her to partake in projects in Europe, Latin America and West Africa.