Erica Behrens joined the Center for Digital Acceleration in December 2019, providing support for research and implementation projects as well as new business efforts. Prior to DAI, Erica worked in nonprofit management consulting, working with teams to analyze and improve client operations. Before her consulting work, Erica gained development experience interning with AMAR U.S., an international nonprofit providing skills training and basic services to refugees and internally displaced people in Iraq and in Jordan with a local development consulting firm. Erica graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in international relations with a concentration in the Middle East.