Bio
Grace is a strategic advisor to funders and investors, supporting them in navigating the terrain between good intentions and meaningful impact. At Caribou, she works across scalable and cost-effective fund development, innovative finance, responsible AI and digital transformation, and impact measurement and management.
Grace brings cutting-edge research and foresight analysis to the decisions that carry the most risk and the least precedent, including adopting AI responsibly. She also lends senior support to Caribou’s Measurement & Impact practice, developing architecture that shows what works, how, and at what cost.
Grace has spent recent years embedded inside private philanthropy. She worked alongside a CEO to build a new foundation’s inaugural strategy and has designed learning and impact systems across grants and deals for multiple foundations undergoing strategic transitions. She also leads client strategy for AI risk monitoring and AI governance. Grace has published peer-reviewed research and practitioner tools on social sector AI use. She began her career in frontline humanitarian work in the Dadaab settlement, Kenya, and Za’atari settlement, Jordan. Grace holds a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and a master’s degree in power, participation, and social change from the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex (UK). She is based in Kenya.