Adriana Pepe

Adriana is a results-based management specialist, focusing on human development and social impact programmes.

At Public Digital, Adriana supports our partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, Johns Hopkins University and Results for America. She ensures successful delivery of Public Digital's work on Bloomberg Philanthropies City Data Alliance and What Works Cities certification. Leveraging institutional learnings and expertise, Adriana guides cities in Latin America to develop and strengthen data services, prioritising a human-centred approach.

Also in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, Adriana is part of the team supporting the Dominican Republic to become a user-centred government that delivers better services to citizens, ensuring efficiency, accessibility and sustainability in digital transformation.

With public purpose at the forefront, Adriana leads efforts to measure the social impact of our work, and to generate learning for programme design that seeks to improve people's lives and experiences.

Prior to Public Digital, Adriana led social impact projects at non-profits, the United Nations and the private sector. At the Down's Syndrome Association UK, she managed the supported employment programme in West London. During her time at the World Food Programme (WFP), Adriana focused on monitoring, evaluation and data analysis, and she contributed to WFP's State of School Feeding Worldwide 2020, by drafting the special report on COVID-19.

Adriana also took part in community outreach and corporate social responsibility projects in her home country, Venezuela. Her academic background is in Public Policy, Human Development, Innovation and International Studies.

Adriana is fluent in Spanish and Italian.