ABOUT
Natasha Madorsky is a strategy consultant in social impact and global development.
I advise leaders and organizations as they assess their impact, refresh their strategic ambitions, and launch new initiatives and partnerships. My passion for global development was sparked in 2010 as a youth activist with Girl Up (UN Foundation), and fueled in the years since as I’ve advised leading social impact organizations working in gender equity, health, entrepreneurship and economic mobility, climate, and more. My firm experience includes Dalberg Advisors and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
I hold a MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology from the London School of Economics, and BA in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. A native of Cleveland and longtime Washingtonian, I am now based in London, UK.
My passion for global development was sparked in 2010 as a youth activist for Girl Up, a United Nations Foundation movement dedicated to building solidarity and improving the lives of adolescent girls across the globe. What started as local fundraising and advocacy in my hometown of Cleveland evolved into a position on Girl Up’s global Teen Advisory Board - an experience that both grew my skills as an advisor and deepened my belief in centering the perspectives of those you seek to impact. In 2012, I further crystallized my understanding of development as joining together the grassroots and ‘grasstops’ in my winning essay for the U.S. Foreign Service Association essay competition. These ideas continue to guide my approach to each project and challenge I take on.
Receiving the AFSA Essay Competition Award from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Before introducing Malala Yousafzai at the UN Social Good Summit, on behalf of Girl Up
My professional career began in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ public sector advisory practice in Washington, D.C., where I worked on projects including a large-scale health supply chain transformation with USAID in Tanzania and South Africa and an evaluation of the UN’s delivery model for small island developing states for the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. I joined Dalberg Advisors in 2020, where I supported and managed strategy projects for a wide range of clients in the philanthropic, private, and social sectors. Select projects include supporting a leading women's health pharmaceutical company to launch a flagship philanthropic initiative, analyzing opportunities to strengthen primary healthcare financing in Kenya for the Gates Foundation, and driving a strategy refresh for the Women Donors Network.
Since relocating to London, I have continued to support clients directly as an independent consultant. My journey with Girl Up came full circle when I advised its executive team on a refresh of its theory of change and operating model through an inclusive strategy process that engaged stakeholders across the globe and brought together six analytical streams. Among other clients, I have also worked extensively with The Rockefeller Foundation’s Connected Leaders Platform on a range of strategic efforts, including a review of its historic fellowship programming, a refinement of its overall offerings, and managing the rollout of the Bellagio Residency Program’s open call.
Meeting with Tongan Prime Minister Pōhiva, on behalf of the UN Executive Office of the Secretary-General
Speaking engagements have included the International Conference on Population and Development at the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Social Good Summit, and the Society for International Development - and my work has been published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
My academic research has focused on the development, maintenance, and subversion of narratives in the public sphere. As an undergraduate at Princeton University, my thesis outlined strategies to counter recruitment narratives propagated by the Islamic State; my Master’s dissertation from the London School of Economics examined opportunities to drive gender equity through locally-rooted, culturally-sensitive, and decolonial development programs.
When I’m not on client calls or polishing PowerPoint slides, I can be found cooking an elaborate meal for friends, taking long podcast-fuelled walks around London, or plotting my next travel adventure.