Andrea Bertone

Andrea M. Bertone has 19 years of international development and research experience in gender equality, girls’ education, gender-based violence, anti-human trafficking, and female economic empowerment. She has managed large, complex development projects and conducted research in Afghanistan, Thailand, Nigeria, Guinea, Tanzania, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Myanmar, and Zambia. Dr. Bertone has worked with a variety of donors including USAID, UK DFID, GE Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Corporate Giving, Alcoa Foundation, ExxonMobil, Coca Cola Foundation, among others. Dr. Bertone’s technical expertise includes conducting gender assessments, project implementation and management, gender integration and mainstreaming, monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, and training. She has co-authored three girls’ mentoring guides on life skills, HIV prevention and transition from school to work called Girls’ Success, and authored several peer-reviewed articles on human trafficking. Currently, Dr. Bertone is the Director of FHI 360’s Gender Department where she provides strategic programmatic and technical leadership; advocates to donors for better attention to gender in development; coordinates gender mainstreaming and integration across technical sectors and geographic locations; consults on technical program implementation; and liaises with a range of funders, collaborating organizations, and other partners. Concurrently, she serves as Adjunct Professor at George Washington University where she has taught graduate level courses on human trafficking, gender and development, and gender advising. Dr. Bertone earned her doctorate in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park.