The Pulte Institute for Global Development invites you to join Paul Perrin, Evidence and Learning Director and Keough School Associate Professor of the Practice, and Rachel Svetanoff (MS'15), Visiting Associate of Policy and Practice, for a discussion centered on the adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in American policy—including here in Indiana. Just ahead of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly, Rachel and Paul will share research insights exploring the potential of the SDG framework to support municipal- and state-level development across the Hoosier state, and open a dialogue on the critical importance of global-to-local learnings, cultivating bipartisanship in development, and creating opportunities for vulnerable populations in the U.S. and around the world.

About the Presenters
Paul Perrin leads the Pulte Institute's Evidence and Learning Division and is an international health, humanitarian, and development research and practice professional with over a decade of work experience in academic, government, and non-governmental settings. To date, his work has largely focused on supporting the conceptualization, design, implementation, analysis, and reporting on monitoring and evaluation and implementation science activities in resource-challenged environments. He has extensive experience in adult education and technical writing, including briefings for senior government officials, peer-reviewed publications, and technical reports.
Prior to joining the Pulte Institute, Perrin served as the director for monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning at Catholic Relief Services (CRS). He has also worked as senior technical advisor for health research and evaluation at CRS, and an information officer at the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). During his tenure at USAID, Perrin served as editor-in-chief for two of the office’s annual reports, an information coordinator for the Haiti earthquake response management team, and provided information support to the Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia team.
Perrin completed his Ph.D. in international health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a certificate in humanitarian assistance. He also holds a master's in public health and a bachelor's of arts in linguistics from Brigham Young University.

Rachel Svetanoff is an award-winning activist and social entrepreneur with a history of supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by mobilizing resources for 120 organizations across 37 countries. She currently holds a Visiting Associateship of Policy & Practice at the University of Notre Dame Pulte Institute for Global Development where she is conducting local U.S. policy research on the SDGs in collaboration with the Pulte Institute's Director of Evidence and Learning,  Paul Perrin. This research collaboration aims to broadly inform decisionmakers, civil society actors, and the public about the applicability of the SDGs as a guiding framework for municipal-level development and as a pathway for cultivating bi-partisanship on international and local development.In her entrepreneurial pursuits, Rachel founded the SDG advocacy youth organization Global Futurist Initiative™, the community development consortium Project Energy for Life Cameroon, and her consulting practice where the SDGs are intrinsic to her operations. Through consulting, Rachel worked for institutions such as UNICEF USA, Sesame Street, Johnson & Johnson, Fashion Community Foundation, and Friends U.S. of the Global Fund to foster strategic partnerships for advancing their SDGs objectives. Rachel has held appointments that have also enabled her to promote the SDGs including the United Nations Association of the USA, International Monetary Fund, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, Foreign Policy for America, and the AFS Intercultural Programs Youth Assembly. Born and raised in Indiana, Rachel received her BS in Chemistry and MBA from Purdue University and her MS in Global Health from Notre Dame.
Originally published at pulte.nd.edu.