Erica Brown helped the State of South Carolina with its social impact bond initiative. Erica completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and graduated from Brown University with a Master's of Public Policy. During her time at Brown, Erica assessed the feasibility of implementing a Social Impact Bond in Rhode Island as part of her Capstone Project. Prior to joining the SIB Lab, Erica worked for The DREAM Project in Cabarete, Dominican Republic and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) in Kampala, Uganda.