Sebastian Chaskel is an Associate Partner at Instiglio, where he works closely with governments, multilateral agencies, and other development actors at catalyzing the impact of the funding they deploy.
Before joining Instiglio, Sebastian spent half a decade with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), where he founded and led the Colombia and Dominican Republic country programs, directed the Peace and Recovery program, and managed the organization’s research response to the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting governments with rapid data and analysis. Sebastian has also held research and program management positions at the Government Performance Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Cerrejón Foundation, and Princeton University’s Innovations for Successful Societies. Sebastian has an MPA from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and a BA in Anthropology and International Relations from Tufts University.