Judith A. Hermanson, Ph.D., is the director of the International Cooperative Research Group, the research and learning arm of the U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council. As director, she leads OCDC’s research activities that seek to develop evidence about the effectiveness of the cooperative business model and to enhance learning to improve program design and impact. Her career in international development includes leadership roles in several international cooperative development, U.S. civil society organizations as well as having been a tenured university faculty member.