Monika is the Senior Director of Research and Programs. She develops the pipeline of projects ripe for Convergence’s collaborative problem-solving methodology, conducts research assessments into project issue areas, and leads collaboratives. Her work at Convergence spans technology and society, democracy and elections, and climate, among others. 

Monika received her master’s from the University of Oxford and her bachelor’s from Harvard University, in the social and computational sciences. She has previously worked at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the Oxford Internet Institute in the United Kingdom and the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Originally from New York, Monika enjoys playing pickleball, swimming, cross-country skiing, video games, cooking vegan dishes, and learning new languages.