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Mena Boyadzhiev

Director, Assessment and Advisory Services

Mena leads relationships with funders using CEP’s assessments and custom advisory services. She oversees the design and presentation of CEP assessments and the implementation of CEP’s advisory services practice. Mena is a frequent speaker to foundation staff and boards on topics of philanthropic effectiveness and funder-grantee relationships.

Previously, Mena worked at CEP from 2010 – 2012 as a senior analyst on the Assessment Tools team. Prior to rejoining CEP in 2015, she worked on consumer protection issues at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Consumers Union. Her professional experience also includes work in economic consulting and campaign finance reform.

Mena holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and a B.A. in Economics from Oberlin College. In her free time, Mena can be found exploring her Boston neighborhood with her spouse, energetic twins, and dog.

Mena Boyadzhiev's Blog Posts

Our Own Medicine: Learning from Feedback at CEP

It will surprise no one that at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), we’re big fans of feedback. For more than two decades, we’ve been encouraging funders to seek confidential feedback to get a clearer sense of their impact, build stronger relationships, and...

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2022 in Review: A Note of Thanks to Our Partners

This winter, I celebrated my 10th year at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). Many of the foundations I worked with in my earliest few years here were first-time partners who had signed up for their first CEP assessment — and in some cases, their...

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An AI Roadmap for Philanthropy in 2025
An AI Roadmap for Philanthropy in 2025

As grantmaking organizations increasingly explore how AI tools can transform the way we work in civil society, the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) recently released results from a global survey of grantmakers in our 2024 State of Philanthropy Tech report....

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