Ryan Gillette
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Director of Advisory Services at Social Finance
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Social Finance, Inc.

Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
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Government reformer with a track record for helping state and local governments tackle their most pressing public policy challenges through innovative program models and internal process improvements
Experience
Social Finance, Inc.
Director of Advisory Services
Company NameSocial Finance, Inc.
Dates EmployedJan 2019 – Present
Employment Duration10 mos
LocationSan Francisco Bay Area
As a Director of Advisory Services, I oversee projects to help governments, non-profits, and other stakeholders identify opportunities to incorporate outcomes and performance measurement into the way they contract for and implement social service programs.
Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab
Company NameHarvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab
Total Duration6 yrs 9 mos
TitleProgram Director
Dates EmployedSep 2014 – Jan 2019
Employment Duration4 yrs 5 mos
LocationSan Francisco
As a Program Director with the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (previously known as the Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab), I oversaw a team of Government Innovation Fellows working to implement Pay for Success/Social Impact Bond and other performance improvement and outcomes-based contracting projects i... See more
TitleSocial Impact Bond Government Innovation Fellow
Dates EmployedMay 2012 – Aug 2014
Employment Duration2 yrs 4 mos
LocationBoston, MA & Chicago, IL
Served as a Government Innovation Fellow/Project Manager with the Harvard Kennedy School Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab to help government in Massachusetts and Chicago launch two of the country's first Social Impact Bonds.
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Office of Management and Budget
Data Analyst
Company NameOffice of Management and Budget
Dates EmployedJun 2011 – Aug 2011
Employment Duration3 mos
LocationWashington D.C. Metro Area
Served as an intern in the Executive Office of the President, working for the Health Insurance Data and Analysis unit of OMB

- Conducted analyses and forecasts using health insurance data to help model t... See more
National Bureau of Economic Research
Research Assistant
Company NameNational Bureau of Economic Research
Dates EmployedJul 2008 – Apr 2011
Employment Duration2 yrs 10 mos
LocationCambridge, MA
Research Assistant for final evaluation of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Moving to Opportunity program, a randomized control trial study designed to examine the effects of neighborhoods on the socio-economic outcomes of families... See more
Harvard University
Research Assistant
Company NameHarvard University
Dates EmployedJul 2008 – Jun 2009
Employment Duration1 yr
Research Assistant for special one-year assignment at ideas42, a behavioral economics initiative led by Harvard Economics Professor Sendhil Mullainathan

- Managed and assisted in design of field experiment with Allstate Insurance to s... See more
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Visiting Scholar
Company NameFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Dates EmployedJun 2007 – Aug 2007
Employment Duration3 mos
- Intern to Mary Daly, Vice President of Economic Research
- Conducted preliminary research into Fed pension and healthcare plan selection and reform
- Created and delivered presentation on inflation and pension erosion to senior economists
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Education
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Degree NameMPP Field Of StudySocial and Urban Policy
Dates attended or expected graduation 2010 – 2012
Activities and Societies: Chair of Social Policy Professional Interest Council, Statistics tutor/course assistant
Master's Thesis: "Rebuilding HomeBASE," a budget and policy analysis of a statewide Massachusetts program designed to end homelessness.

Coursework includes program evaluation, statistics, economics, urban policy and planning, policy analysis, and econometrics
Middlebury College
Middlebury College
Degree NameBA Field Of StudyEconomics, Russian
Dates attended or expected graduation 2004 – 2008
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors
• Senior Thesis: "The Effects of Bureaucracy on Corruption in Regions of Russia"