Who We Are
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Our Team
Leigh Fraiser
Leigh leads Weiss Asset Management Foundation as Managing Director. Prior to joining the Foundation, she spent more than a decade at the U.S. Agency for International Development, including leading Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) and working with the Office of the Chief Economist, where she was on the team that helped found the office.
Her work focused on advancing cost-effectiveness and evidence in major funding decisions, including efforts that reoriented hundreds of millions of dollars toward more effective programs, in close collaboration with agency leadership and Congress. At DIV, she led a strategic repositioning, including a full redesign of its funding approach. She has also been closely involved in advancing unconditional cash transfers as a leading tool for international development and served on the initial decision panel for DIV’s Open Philanthropy–supported scaling awards.
Harlan Downs-Tepper
Harlan is Program Director at Weiss Asset Management Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, Harlan was Chief of Staff at IDinsight, based in India and Zambia, where he advised foundations, governments, NGOs, and social businesses on the social impact of their engagements. He has authored several articles on global health and development. Harlan received his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University and his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.
Becky Scurlock
Becky Scurlock is Impact Officer at Weiss Asset Management Foundation, where she leads the Foundation’s work on impact assessment and supports evidence review and decision-making across the grantmaking portfolio. Before joining the Foundation, she conducted predoctoral research at the Harvard Center for International Development and at the University of Chicago Development Innovation Lab. She studied economics, statistics, and international development at the University of Chicago, where she graduated in 2022.