World Savvy
Paida Chikate has a diverse work experience in the field of evaluation and data analytics. They are currently serving as the National Director of Evaluation at World Savvy since 2022. Prior to this, Paida worked as a PhD student in Evaluation and Data Analytics at the University of Minnesota starting from 2020.
Paida also has experience working as a Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant at the United Nations from 2017 to 2018. They were a Presidential Fellow at Open Society Foundations from 2016 to 2017. Paida holds a Master of Public Policy from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, completed between 2014 and 2016.
They have worked as a Program Development Evaluator at Relief International from 2014 to 2016 and as a Program and Development Intern at Women's Foundation of Minnesota from 2014 to 2015. Prior to this, Paida served as a Youth Education Evaluator at Youth Communication Center from 2011 to 2014. They started their career as an International Higher Education Coordinator at the United States Education Advising Center from 2007 to 2009.
Paida Chikate, MA, MPP has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. They also have a Masters of Global Public Policy from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. In addition to their degrees, they have obtained a Nonprofit Management Certificate from the University of Minnesota in 2015.
World Savvy
World Savvy prepares the next generation of leaders to learn, work and thrive as responsible global citizens in the 21st century. We support systemic change in K-12 education to provide every student in every classroom with the content knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to be leaders and changemakers in their diverse communities, locally and globally. World Savvy was founded in 2002 by Dana Mortenson and Madiha Murshed in response to a critical need for youth to acquire global knowledge and 21st century skills within the conspicuous absence of global education programs in K-12 education in the United States. Since that time, we have grown from serving 90 students and 20 teachers in our first year, to reaching nearly 700,000 youth and 5,000 teachers. This growing need for true global competency in our increasingly diverse and interconnected local & global communities has helped to propel World Savvy into a national leader in global education. Our dynamic programs and services help youth in middle and high school learn how to think rather than what to think about critical global and community issues, which are often complex and not addressed in school, and have enormous implications for their local community. Watch Dana's TED talk on global competence here -- http://bit.ly/1DDR5qP.