Sonia Moldovan leads the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Strategy, Learning, and Evaluation Division (SLED).  In her role, Sonia provides thought leadership on strategy, evaluation, and the ongoing development and revision of the learning plans.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Sonia worked for Mercy Corps where she was the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). In this role, she managed an international team that worked on capturing, disseminating and using program evidence for organizational learning in sectors including humanitarian relief, food security and governance. She also worked at Research Triangle Institute, where she developed the cross-division learning strategy to promote sharing of lessons learned and to strengthen the evaluation capacity of teams working on education and governance programs.

Earlier in her career, Sonia was the MEL Director on development programs in Afghanistan, South Sudan and the Sahel.  

Sonia holds a master’s degree in international economic development from George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs.  She lives in Moorpark and has two children attending Moorpark schools.