Maya is an experienced economist and evaluator with a PhD in applied economics from Clemson University. In her current role at the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Independent Evaluation Department (IED) she advises on evaluation methods, leads innovation initiatives, and manages the flagship Shanghai International Program for Development Evaluation Training (SHIPDET).
She has also previously led IED’s signature annual event, the Asian Evaluation Week. Early in her career with IED, she evaluated ADB’s policies, strategies, and operations at the thematic, country, sector, and project levels.
Before joining ADB, Maya was a civil servant with the US federal government, where she worked as a Lead Economist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. In this role, she led impact and economic evaluations of international health programs at global, regional, and country levels. Maya has also worked as an econometrician with the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C.
