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Dr. Brian Ezeonu 

Senior Researcher, Center for Healthy Aging,

National Council on Aging


 

Biography 

 

Brian Ezeonu’s scholarly work examines the role of civil society in development, with particular focus on how institutional and contextual factors shape nonprofit activities and governance in the Global South. His research spans issues of collaborative governance, economic development, and social enterprise, with a geographic emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. As a former Research Manager at Social Impact, he led USAID- and MCC-funded evaluations across sectors such as health, education, security, and agriculture, overseeing teams and data collection efforts in countries including Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, and Honduras. He also previously served as a Kirchner Fellow, where he conducted impact investment due diligence for startups focused on tackling food insecurity in Latin America.

 

 

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His work has been published in journals such as Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, and Nonprofit Policy Forum. He has contributed to field-based research in collaboration with universities, development agencies, and philanthropic organizations. Brian Ezeonu currently serves as a Senior Researcher at the National Council on Aging, where he leads applied research and evaluation activities for the Center for Healthy Aging’s Innovation Lab. His current work focuses on measuring the impact and return on investment (ROI) of evidence-based programs, including falls prevention and chronic disease self-management education (CDSME) programs, to promote evidence-based policymaking for the US Administration for Community Living (ACL) within the Department of Health and Human Services. He is an active member of the American Evaluation Association, ARNOVA, and the International Society for Third-Sector Research.

Expertise

Applied Research and Evaluation, Data Science, Health Economics, Impact Investing

Publications

01

Weber, Peter, Kelly Ann Krawczyk, Lucky Chambers Umezulike, Brittany Branyon, Brian Ezeonu, Elena Roversi, Sindhu Weber, and Benedict Quato. 2025. “Capacity Building and Localization: Insights From Liberia.” Nonprofit Management and Leadership. 

02

Weber, Peter, Kelly Krawczyk, Brian Ezeonu and Felicia Tuggle. 2023. “How to Leverage Action Research to Develop Context-Specific Capacity Building for Civil Society.” Nonprofit Policy Forum.             https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/npf-2022-0041/html.

03

Krawczyk, Kelly, Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima, and Brian Ezeonu. 2022. “An Exploratory Analysis of Cross- National Variations in Pro-Social Behaviors.” Voluntas: The International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-022-00525-z.

04

Ezeonu, Brian and Kelly Krawczyk. 2022. “Lending Corruption and Bank Loan Contracting: Implications for Gender Inequity and Inclusive Growth in Nigeria.” ACE SOAS Consortium Briefing Paper 17. https://ace.soas.ac.uk/publication/lending-corruption-and- bank-loan-contracting-implications-for-gender-inequity-and-inclusive-growth-in-westnigeria/

05

Ezeonu, Brian and Kelly Krawczyk. 2022. “Lending Corruption and Bank Loan Contracting: Implications for Gender Inequity and Inclusive Growth in Nigeria.” ACE SOAS Consortium Working Paper 41. https://ace.soas.ac.uk/publication/lending-corruption-and- bank-loan-contracting-implications-for-gender-inequity-and-inclusive-growth-in-nigeria/ 

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