Annie Schwartz

Annie Schwartz is the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning at Bixal. Annie has dedicated their career to improving public health systems and has a wealth of experience in strategy development, data quality assessment, and capacity building.

Annie began their career as a Consultant for the American Refugee Committee, before becoming the Manager of Monitoring and Evaluation for the District of Columbia Department of Health's HIV/AIDS, STD, TB and Hepatitis Program. In this role, they were responsible for overseeing program evaluation and data analysis to inform programmatic decision-making.

In September 2014, Annie joined The Global Fund as a Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor. In this role, they led efforts to develop strategy and tools to assess program and data quality within the 140 countries funded by Global Fund. Annie also served on the Global Fund committee to assess and mitigate risk in the organization related to program and data quality. Additionally, they coordinated efforts to implement and improve national health information systems, including coordinating technical assistance and building the capacity to use the systems effectively. During their time at The Global Fund, Annie also collaborated with the World Health Organization to develop a standard suite of data quality and health facility assessment tools.

In January 2017, Annie joined Peace Corps as a Supervisory Public Health Analyst. In this role, they were responsible for providing technical assistance to Peace Corps country offices on monitoring and evaluation system strengthening. Annie also oversaw the development and implementation of new data collection tools and processes.

Annie's work has had a significant impact on public health systems around the world. Annie is an expert

Annie Schwartz has a Bachelor's degree in International Business/Spanish from the University of St. Thomas and a Master's Degree in International Policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

Annie Schwartz reports to Carla Briceno, CEO & Co-founder. They work with Andrew Parrucci - Content Strategy Lead, Joselo Briceno - President & Co-founder, and Bob Keating - VP, Digital Transformation.