Encina Hall
Office C150
Stanford, California 94305-6055

sbeges@stanford.edu
(650) 724-4216 (voice)
(650) 724-2996 (fax)

In October 2010, Sarina Beges joined CDDRL to serve as program manager coordinating the Center’s diverse research programs, overseeing strategic communications, planning seminars and conferences, and identifying new opportunities to expand the Center's reach and influence. Beges actively works to manage the center's growing practitioner-based programming, which includes the Draper Hills Summer Fellows program and the Program on Social Entrepreneurship. 

Sarina comes to CDDRL from the Synergos Institute, a New York based non-profit organization committed to addressing issues of poverty and inequality worldwide. At Synergos, Sarina managed the Arab World Social Innovators program, a USAID-funded initiative identifying and supporting social entrepreneurs in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Palestine. During her three years managing the program, Sarina advised entrepreneurs in the scaling-up of their entrepreneurial ventures, designed monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess impact, and traveled to the region for program activities.

Before joining Synergos, Sarina received her master’s degree in 2007 from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC where she concentrated in Middle East studies and international economics. In 2005, Sarina pursued advanced Arabic language studies at the American University of Cairo’s prestigious Arabic Language Institute. Prior to beginning graduate school, Sarina worked at Pfizer in the Corporate Finance group. She holds a B.A. in international relations from Boston University. Sarina has traveled extensively in the Middle East and is proficient in French and Arabic.