Our Team

Rena Eichler, PhD

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:50:31 -0500

BBA President, Rena Eichler, Center for Global Development Visiting Fellow, concentrates on the application of incentives to improve health system performance. She is an economist with more than fifteen years of experience working on health financing and health systems strengthening in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Rena served as technical lead for the Performance Based Incentives Working Group run by the Center for Global Development and is the technical advisor to the Inter-Agency Working Group on Results Based Financing. She is co-author with Ruth Levine of the book, Performance Incentives for Health- Potential and Pitfalls.

As President of Broad Branch Associates, Rena leads the global work program on pay for performance in the USAID Health Systems 20/20 project and manages a portfolio on health systems strengthening in the USAID MCHIP project. Rena has worked for clients that include AusAID, Norad, and the World Bank. Rena received her PhD from Boston University.

(Contact: renaeichler@broadbranch.org)

Alex Ergo, MSc PhD

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:24:41 -0500

Alex Ergo is a Senior Health Economist with Broad Branch Associates. He started his career in global health twenty years ago as a health economist with Médecins Sans Frontières in Chad.
He has lived and worked in numerous countries, from middle-income to fragile states. These include Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Senegal, Slovakia and Tanzania. His professional expertise includes the development of national health insurance, the design of performance-based financing schemes, the strengthening of health information systems, results-based management, economic evaluation and strategic planning. Alex has tackled health systems challenges from different perspectives and positions, namely service delivery NGOs, Ministries of Health, local health authorities, bilaterals such as Danida and DFID, and multilaterals such as WHO and the World Bank.
He has conducted research and analytical work in the areas of health equity and results-based financing. Alex received his masters in Health Economics from University of York in the UK and his PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. When he's not working on health, he's enjoying a good glass of wine over jazz, that is after his 5-year old is fast asleep.

(Contact: alexergo@broadbranch.org)

Lindsay Morgan, MA

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:02:13 -0500

Lindsay Morgan is a Senior Health Analyst with Broad Branch Associates, specializing in research and analysis on the planning, design and implementation of pay for performance (P4P) schemes, particularly in post-conflict states and severely disrupted health sectors. As well as conducting assessments and process documentation, Lindsay provides technical assistance with pilot design, implementation planning and advises on strategies to increase transparency, particularly by engaging civil society. She previously worked with the World Bank, based in Tanzania, analyzing the design and implementation of pay for performance schemes in sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining the Bank, she worked with the Center for Global Development, a Washington DC-based think tank, where she provided analysis and advice for senior management at the Center and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on a range of development policy issues, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.

(Contact: lindsaymorgan@broadbranch.org)

Ingo Puhl

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:48:48 -0500

Ingo has a distinguished 17-year career in international carbon markets, the first fully formalized results-based finance market for the delivery of climate mitigation actions (with an annual traded volume of billions USD). He is a market pioneer and has worked on all aspects of carbon market design and operation, including the development of the regulatory framework, methodologies, development and financing of project- and program based interventions, capacity building, contracting and trade.

Alix Beith, MSc

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 22:38:09 -0500

Alexandra (Alix) Beith is a Senior Health Analyst who joined Broad Branch as a consultant shortly after its founding. Her experience covers a number of technical and programmatic areas, including use of performance-based incentives and rational drug use. Her passion lies primarily in the area of drug resistance, on which she has also worked with the Center for Global Development and continues to work with the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy.

Alix has strong analytical, research and writing skills and extensive experience conducting desktop research and policy analysis for BBA and for previous employers such as Management Sciences for Health and HLSP (UK). She holds a Masters Degree in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is fluent in Spanish, French and English.

(Contact: alixbeith@broadbranch.org)

Ligia Paina, MHS, PhD candidate

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:26:04 -0500

Ligia Paina is a consultant with Broad Branch Associates. She specializes in the development of results-based financing programs, program and economic evaluation, and health systems research. Her prior experience includes health systems strengthening and project management with USAID.
She is particularly interested in organizational capacity development, health workforce and health policy. Ligia has worked on health systems strengthening issues in Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda.
Ligia earned her Master of Health Science at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health. While consulting, she is pursuing her PhD in International Health at the Bloomberg School. Apart from work and school, she enjoys recreating her grandmother’s delicious Romanian cuisine, as well as outdoor activities.

(Contact: lpaina@broadbranch.org)

Katherine Scaife Diaz, MALD

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:13:37 -0500

Katherine Scaife Diaz specializes in qualitative research and analysis on topics that include financial inclusion, small and medium enterprises, migration and development, and community engagement. Katherine's regional strength is in Latin America, and she speaks Spanish fluently. In addition to Broad Branch Associates, she has consulted for the Inter-American Dialogue, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. She holds a Master's in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago.