Robert Medina

As Program Manager of the Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program (APEP), Robert regularly consults with foundations, such as The Connect US Fund and the Twenty-First Century Foundation, on the process of planning for advocacy using APEP’s Advocacy Progress Planner tool. He also performs quantitative and qualitative data analyses for our assessments of policymaker champion advocacy—what we call “champion-ness”—for multiple clients, including CARE USA and The Aspen Institute’s Global Health and Development Program.

Before joining the APEP team, Robert was an analyst in the intellectual property practice of litigation consulting firm Charles River Associates, where he developed a profound appreciation for Microsoft Excel.  In this role, he conducted research and quantitative analyses for a series of pending cases in the US and internationally, primarily on patent and trademark infringement.

Robert earned his bachelor's degree, summa cum laude and with distinction, from the University of Pennsylvania and later a master's from the University of California, Berkeley.