Elina Sarkisova is a Senior Manager on Resonance’s (formerly SSG Advisors) Impact Investing and Innovative Finance team, overseeing the firm’s engagements with corporate, philanthropic and nonprofit clients. She brings over nearly 15 years of experience in international development, and nearly 10 years in innovative finance. Elina is an expert in results-based financing, having been involved in the feasibility, design and structuring of multiple mechanisms over the last decade, including 2 high-profile development impact bonds. Elina’s RBF work spans multiple issue areas, including workforce development, agriculture and forced migration, as well as countries and operating contexts, from middle-income countries to fragile and conflict-affected states. Prior to joining Resonance, Elina worked as an independent consultant, advising a variety of clients including the Center for Global Development, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, InterAction, CARE and FHI360. Prior to this, she oversaw a $14M refugee resettlement program in Europe and Central Asia for the U.S. Department of State. She earned a Master of Public Affairs (MPA) from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) from Georgetown University.