Laurel Schmitt is a Senior Program Officer at Results for Development, where she leads projects across
R4D’s Global Education and Evaluation and Adaptive Learning practices. She has extensive experience
designing and implementing “right fit” evaluation and adaptive learning approaches to support the
learning journeys of non-profit organizations, donors, and policymakers, and is currently a member of
the team providing network facilitation leadership to the School Action Learning Exchange (SALEX). Ms.
Schmitt holds an M.Ed. in international education policy from Harvard University and a BA in
international affairs from the George Washington University. A native English speaker, she is proficient
in Portuguese and speaks basic Arabic.