Amy Passaro
USA, Remote
Research and evidence
Malnutrition

Amy Passaro

Sr. Program Coordinator, Nutrition Research & Innovation

Amy Passaro serves as the Senior Program Coordinator for Malnutrition GRIP, where she drives strategic projects and initiatives across the portfolio. In addition to overseeing subcontractor management and ensuring overall contract compliance for the IRC's long-term agreement with UNICEF for the uptake of Simplified Approaches, Amy manages knowledge management and coordination efforts across the GRIP. Before joining the IRC, Amy worked in UNRWA’s Donor Relations Unit in Beirut, Lebanon, helping manage proposals and reports for government donors. She also worked as the Event Assistant for WITNESS, a Brooklyn based non-profit that strives to use technology to expose human rights abuses. Amy holds a Master of Arts in Global Policy Studies from Rutgers University. Amy is proficient in Levantine Arabic, and actively participates in the IRC's Global Anti-racism and Decoloniality group, advocating for systemic change within the humanitarian sector.