

Previously, Dana worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for six years, where he co-created and led the Integrated Delivery team. He joined the Hewlett Foundation in 2019 to lead the team responsible for grantmaking to improve lives and livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries, and to promote the health and economic well-being of women in the United States and around the world.


Dana is an experienced leader of both philanthropic and global nonprofit organizations. He is a frequent author and blogger and misses his time as a radio DJ.ĭana Hovig is the Program Director of Global Development and Population at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Michael has advanced degrees from the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University. Michael previously worked on industry codes of conduct and as a consultant on corporate responsibility and transparency issues, including a focus on the agribusiness, chemical and defense industries. This included a focus on contracting issues through which he helped shepherd development of a new global initiative on Open Contracting to promote better outcomes from the estimated $9.5 trillion in public-private contracts globally. Overall, Michael worked over ten years with the World Bank in a variety of roles relating to anti corruption, private sector partnerships for development, and multi-stakeholder governance. He led the institution’s programming to reinforce knowledge, learning and innovative approaches to strengthening good governance in the critical oil, gas and mining sectors. Prior to joining TAI in 2016, Michael was the Global Lead for Extractives Governance within the World Bank Group’s Governance Global Practice. He has led the development of TAI’s new strategy and approach, and directs engagement across the new priorities for the donor members. Michael Jarvis joined TAI after almost two decades working on different aspects of the global good governance and development agenda. STAFF Michael Jarvis Executive Director TAI Yery Menéndez García Communications Fellow TAI Mehdi Bousnina Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Fellow TAI STEERING COMMITTEE Dana Hovig Program Director of Gender Equity and Governance William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Ousseynou Ngom Program Officer of Gender Equity and Governance William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Andrew Clarke Director, Fiscal Transparency Luminate Laura Bacon Director, Partner Support Luminate Erin Sines Director, On Nigeria MacArthur Foundation Oladayo (Dayo) Olaide Deputy Director, On Nigeria MacArthur Foundation Leslie Tsai Director of Social Impact of the Chandler Foundation Chandler Foundation Ana Carolina González Senior Program Officer, Andean Region Ford Foundation Tony Bebbington International Program Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change Ford Foundation Robin Varghese Associate Director, Knowledge and Innovation, Economic Justice Program Open Society Foundations Andrea Azevedo Acting Director of Strategy and Impact, Economic Justice Program Open Society Foundations

TAI’s small and nimble team helps donors identify new opportunities for collaboration, supports design of out-of-the-box solutions and helps produce and share knowledge.
