Maria Wrabel serves as Technical Advisor, Program Strategy and Development, supporting the development of OES’s technical positions and translating them into proposals, concept notes, and papers.

Maria is a humanitarian nutrition specialist with nearly a decade of experience spanning research and program implementation for acute malnutrition. She joins OES from the International Rescue Committee, where, as Nutrition MEAL Advisor, she led cross-functional initiatives across global and country teams and rolled out a digital data toolkit to streamline acute malnutrition treatment program monitoring. Prior to IRC, Maria held key research and program management roles at Action Against Hunger, including leading the design and start-up of the $4.9 million Modified Dosages for Acute Malnutrition (MODAM) study, an operational research project on simplified approaches to treating acute malnutrition in Ethiopia.

Maria holds an M.S. from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and an M.Sc. in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics.