Joe Ballard

Joe Ballard works with philanthropic leaders, family offices, and Fortune 500s at the nexus of public, private, and non-governmental sectors to achieve measurable impact in their work to address the world’s most pressing challenges.

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Joe helps Beyond clients in four primary areas: landscape mapping and strategic planning; program design & management; impact assessment & storytelling; and development & fundraising strategy. Joe helps clients identify their unique competitive advantage, articulate new, specific, and actionable goals, and operationalize their core values in real ways. 

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For more than 15 years, Joe has supported diverse teams working across complex environments on a range of critical issue areas. He is an expert in strategic program design, project management, data analysis, partnership development, and network mapping.

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Prior to joining Beyond, Joe led the monitoring and evaluation team at the Clinton Global Initiative, where he was responsible for data, impact assessment, and related analytics.  In this role, Joe led partnerships with Palantir Technologies, IBM, and other leading technology companies to develop intelligence utilized by CGI and its member organizations in improving their social impact work.

 

Prior to that, Joe managed the Global Energy and domestic Rural Economic Development portfolios working with groups including Coca-Cola, NRG Energy, the US Department of State, the Rocky Mountain Institute, the United Nations Foundation, and Lockheed Martin.

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Joe received a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Creighton University and a Master of Public Service degree from the University of Arkansas. Joe completed three terms of national service with AmeriCorps and served on the faculty of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service as an instructor and Director of International Projects and Partnerships.