Megan Colnar

Interim Executive Director

Megan is a recognised expert and thought leader in strategy, impact measurement and management, learning, and organisational resilience for complex, dynamic social change efforts. She joins the Accountable Now team after previously serving on Accountable Now’s Board and has previously held roles as Director for Strategy & Impact of the Open Society Foundation (OSF) and as Global Director for MEL at The Hunger Project. Her passions include helping organisations and other social change actors to be as resilient and impactful as possible, and is fiercely dedicated to equity and inclusion and applying these lenses to social change work.

Megan received her Master’s in Public Administration in Development Practice from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and has a BA in International Studies and Latin American Studies from Rhodes College. She has worked in over 50 countries across six continents including long-term engagement and lived experience in Argentina, Brazil, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chile, India, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Northern Ireland/UK, Rwanda, and the United States.