Carrie Hasselback

MERL Technical Specialist

Carrie Hasselback is an analytical professional with over 20 years of experience in international development, humanitarian affairs, and stabilization. Her background straddles technical roles in monitoring and evaluation with program management roles, focusing on leveraging data-driven strategies to enhance program impact. She brings over fifteen years of leadership experience managing multi-million-dollar foreign assistance projects in complex humanitarian, emergency response, and recovery settings. Most recently, Carrie served as the Senior Director for the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Practice Area with Dexis Consulting Group where she oversaw the full cycle of USAID-funded projects from proposal development, to implementation, to close-out, including providing strategic direction and management for MEL platform contracts.

Carrie has also served in roles with the International Medical Corps, Alight (American Refugee Committee), FHI 360, and DAI supporting technical oversight on diverse portfolios funded by USAID, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNDP, WFP, and World Bank, among others.

With nearly a decade of experience overseas, and more than five years of experience in non-permissive environments, her work is informed by insights into the complexities of field operations and MEL technical challenges. As a seasoned MEL professional, she excels in building consensus, thinking strategically, establishing goals and objectives, and providing technical assistance and support with a lens on long range planning. Currently located in Washington, DC, Carrie brings field experience in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, Malawi, Mozambique, Jordan, and Kenya. She received her MPA from New York University and BA from Michigan State University.

As a MERL Specialist at i-APS Global, Carrie provides comprehensive technical support and guidance to evaluation teams, research, and technical projects, contributing to the design and refinement of MERL methodologies, including third-party monitoring, evaluation approaches, and M&E frameworks. She offers technical mentoring to staff, partners, and clients, supports the development of MERL initiatives and training, and conducts rigorous quality assurance reviews of project deliverables to ensure adherence to client requirements and best practices. Additionally, Carrie actively supports business development efforts by identifying opportunities and providing technical expertise for high-quality proposal development, leveraging her skills to enhance i-APS's MERL capabilities and outreach.