Kristen Check

Vice President, EIG Insights

Kristen brings over 10 years of experience in the international development non-profit sector including designing and supporting monitoring & evaluation for multi-million-dollar development projects funded by World Bank, UNICEF, Pentair Foundation, among others; executing training programs, hosting webinars and podcasts, facilitating community networks, and advising numerous organizations on their monitoring & evaluation strategies in order to help clients ‘measure what matters’ so that they fulfill their mission and vision.

After a number of years working in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector as an evaluation specialist, Kristen realized there was a need for skilled monitoring & evaluation professionals who could serve a wide variety of organizations and who also understood the importance of spirituality and faith in poverty alleviation. It was then that she founded her own boutique consulting firm, Edessa Research.

While operating Edessa, Kristen also led the Qualitative Research team at Compassion International, and has been pivotal in building Compassion’s capacity for qualitative research, knowledge management, and utilization of feedback data and constituent voice in program strategy.

Kristen has carried out monitoring, evaluation, and research work in a number of different countries across multiple sectors. To date she has worked with organizations providing safe water in Honduras, educating children and youth in Tanzania, rescuing victims of human trafficking in India, and sharing the gospel in South Sudan, to name a few.  

Kristen holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Cultural Anthropology, and a Graduate Certificate in Public Health from the London School of Tropical Medicine.

Kristen resides on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, USVI with her husband and two sons. She enjoys any activity in and on the water.