Eric Li serves as the data governance manager for the Strategy and Learning team. His responsibilities include management and analysis of Ford’s grantmaking data, and communications about what the Strategy and Learning office learns through data.

Prior to Ford, Eric was the monitoring, evaluation, and learning associate at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), where he designed and managed their Strategic Online Learning and Reporting System, collected and analyzed program data for reporting, and coordinated an external evaluation to inform NRGI’s strategy. Prior to NRGI, Eric interned with the United States Mission to the United Nations.

Eric holds an MA in global affairs, a BA in economics and political science, and a diploma in data analytics from New York University.