Laurie Starr

Laurie Starr is an applied researcher with nine years of experience in gender issues, resilience, livelihoods, and food security. The geographic range of her experience encompasses East Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. As a Senior Technical Advisor for TANGO International, Laurie uses a mixed-method approach (qualitative and quantitative) to develop context-specific tools, carry out primary research, and conduct data analysis. Her role is to provide strategic support to NGOs and donors seeking to design gender sensitive resilience and food security programs, and accurately monitor and evaluate the changes they aim to stimulate. Recently, Laurie has become one of TANGO’s key facilitators for theory of change workshops around the world, assisting NGO staff to bring a systems thinking perspective to problem analysis and program design.