From its founding in 2008 until retiring in 2019, Elisabeth Rhyne was the Managing Director of CFI. As senior vice president of Accion since 2000, Beth led Accion’s initial entry into Africa and India, directed the organization’s research efforts to develop new financial products, and managed Accion’s publications and educational activities.
Recognized as a leading thinker and writer in the field of microfinance, Beth has published numerous articles and four books on the topic, including Mainstreaming Microfinance: How Lending to the Poor Began, Grew and Came of Age in Bolivia (Kumarian Press, 2001). She was also co-editor of The New World of Microenterprise Finance (Kumarian, 1994), which provided the introduction to microfinance for many of the field’s current professionals.
Beth was director of the Office of Microenterprise Development at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from 1994 to 1998, where she developed and led USAID’s Microenterprise Initiative. While there, she contributed to the founding of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and the Boulder Institute of Microfinance. Beth’s experience includes eight years of residence in Africa (Kenya and Mozambique) and independent consulting on microfinance policy and operations for governments, international organizations and microfinance institutions.
She holds a master’s and Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University. She earned a bachelor’s degree in history and humanities from Stanford University.
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Former Managing Director

Elisabeth Rhyne

Susy Cheston is a consultant in financial inclusion and financial wellness. She focuses on building strategies and partnerships to advance customer-centered innovations on behalf of those who have been excluded, in the U.S. and emerging markets. Her recent publications include “<a href="http://www.centerforfinancialinclusion.org/fi2020/roadmap-to-inclusion/the-business-of-financial-inclusion">The Business of Financial Inclusion: Insights from Banks in Emerging Markets</a>” and “Financial Inclusion and Pension Inclusion: Lessons Learned on Access, Usage and Financial Capability,” a chapter co-authored with Elisabeth Rhyne in <a href="http://www.pinboxsolutions.com/book.html">Saving the Next Billion from Old Age Poverty: Global Lessons for Local Action</a>.
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Independent Consultant

Susy Cheston

Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank Group

William Price

Co-Founder and Director, pinBox Solutions

Gautam Bhardwaj

Parul Seth Khanna

Sonja Kelly is the global lead for Women’s World Banking research and was the research director at CFI from 2011 to 2018. Through research on the financial sector, policy trends, financial services providers, and end users, Sonja and her team advocate for women’s financial inclusion. Before joining Women’s World Banking, she advised the U.S. Department of State on strategy for U.S. Embassy engagement in digital finance around the world. She has also held consulting roles at the World Bank and the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), and has worked in microfinance at Opportunity International. Sonja holds a doctorate in international relations from American University where she researched financial inclusion policy and regulation.
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Director of Research and Advocacy, Women's World Banking

Sonja Kelly

Webinar

On January 18th CFI hosted a webinar to discuss “Financial Inclusion and Pension Inclusion: Lessons learned on access, usage and financial capability”— a chapter from the recent publication Saving the Next Billion from Old Age Poverty: Global Lessons for Local Action. This webinar explores the innovations in pension inclusion, including strategies to reduce costs, build financial capability, and protect consumers.
Webinar panelists include: 
&#8211; Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, CFI 
&#8211; Susy Cheston, Financial Inclusion Consultant 
&#8211; William Price, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank Group 
&#8211; Gautam Bhardwaj, Co-Founder and Director, pinBox Solutions 
&#8211; Parul Seth Khanna, Co-Founder and Director, pinBox Solutions

Webinar: Financial Inclusion and Pension Inclusion

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