Emma Hokoda

Emma Hokoda is the program delivery manager with the AIM for Scale Secretariat, hosted within the Keough School of Global Affairs. She previously worked at the World Resources Institute, supporting monitoring, evaluation and learning for the Forest Data Partnership, a global initiative to reduce deforestation.

Hokoda has consulted for organizations including Chemonics’ Famine Early Warning Systems Network, Catholic Relief Services, and the FLARE research network on forests and livelihoods. A Fulbright grantee in Guatemala, Hokoda conducted field research on disaster risk management and has contributed to food security and sustainable development research in Nigeria, Colombia and Tanzania. Prior to her international work, she worked in U.S. local government environmental services and refugee resettlement.

Hokoda holds a master of global affairs in sustainable development from the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame and a BS in environmental studies from Santa Clara University.