Evan Tachovsky is the Chief Data & AI Officer at WRI, where he leads the Data Lab and drives the organization's data and AI strategy and implementation.

Prior to joining WRI, he served as Director of Innovation and Lead Data Scientist at the Rockefeller Foundation. Evan previously led research and analytics at Media Development Investment Fund, managed media and technology programs for IREX across the Middle East and was a Fulbright Fellow in Azerbaijan. He is a data scientist and cartographer by training with a master's in quantitative methods from Columbia University and a bachelor's in political science and psychology from Hiram College.

He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife. In his spare time, Evan loves to make pasta and maps. He has yet to combine those two passions, but there's always tomorrow.