Jack Clift

Senior Director of Policy, Research, and Scaling

Jack Clift

Dr. Jack Clift serves as the Senior Director of Policy and Research of the Eleanor Crook Foundation. Jack has worked in evidence-based policy and action-oriented research for more than 15 years, working across the public, private and non-profit sectors. In his role, Jack is responsible for developing and executing ECF’s Policy Agenda, overseeing and managing the Research & Policy grants portfolio, and managing the expert Research & Policy team. Prior to joining ECF, Jack worked as a Program Director at the Results for Development Institute (R4D), leading policy and research work on strategy, sustainable financing, and market-shaping for global nutrition and health.

Earlier in his career, Jack worked on pharmaceutical sector strategy at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a top-tier strategy consulting organization, and worked across a range of public policy areas at the RAND Corporation, a leading global policy research institution. Jack holds a Ph.D. in Policy Analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School, a Masters in Public Policy from UCLA, and an undergraduate degree in Literae Humaniores from the University of Oxford. In a personal capacity, Jack also serves as the Chair of the Technical Advisory Panel for the Power of Nutrition, an innovative financing and partnership platform to tackle global malnutrition.