Carolyn is the Executive Director of OpenBiome. She was a member of the founding team and previously served as Director of Outreach and Public Affairs, where she oversaw OpenBiome’s efforts to expand the availability of FMT across 1,000 hospitals and clinics, present its work to the public, and contribute to the discourse on the regulation of fecal microbiota.
Previously, Carolyn worked at the US Agency for International Development, where she helped launch the Global Innovation Fund, a $200 million institution backed by foreign aid agencies from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Sweden, and South Africa to test and support low-cost, high-impact interventions to improve global health and prosperity.
She holds an MPA and a BA from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where she was awarded the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI) Fellowship, a four-year program to support outstanding individuals to launch careers in public service.
