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Caitlin McGugan

Caitlin McGugan

Senior Researcher

Caitlin is a development economist specializing in impact evaluations of global health and livelihoods programs. She joined Founders Pledge as a Senior Researcher in May 2025. Caitlin has extensive experience in high-impact grant-making that spans evaluation of early-stage catalytic funding opportunities at USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures and six years as a Senior Researcher at GiveWell. Her work at GiveWell included leading cost-effectiveness research for top charities, and serving as technical adviser to two randomized controlled trials of new global health interventions in Mozambique and Nigeria. Earlier, she worked as an economic consultant for antitrust litigation. Caitlin holds an MA in Economics from Princeton University, where she also pursued doctoral research, and a BA in Economics and Mathematics from Williams College.

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