Commissioner Madrigal

Lucia Madrigal is an economist currently working as an independent international consultant. She specializes in policy and social inclusion projects related to job markets and gender issues. Additionally, she is an expert in survey development and dataset management. Her work has focused on countries such as Bolivia, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Thailand, The Philippines, and Vietnam.

She has more than 14 years of professional experience working in multilateral organizations such as the International Food Policy Research Institute, the Interamerican Development Bank, UN Women, and the World Bank. She has published works on many social topics, such as social sustainability, poverty, access to justice, female labor force participation, social security, education spending, productivity, food insecurity, indigenous populations, and job informality. Her articles have been published in academic journals like Sustainability, Journal of International Development, Development Policy Review, Food Policy, and the Journal of Development Studies. She has also published chapters in books like No data, no story indigenous people in The Philippines, Gender Inequalities and Development in Latin America During the Twentieth Century, and Innovation for inclusive value-chain development: Successes and challenges.

She has a Master of Science in Economics and Social Policy Analysis from The University of York in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City.

She is passionate about advocating for vulnerable populations and giving back to her community. After many years of living in different cities, she found her home in Ogden, where she lives with her six-year-old daughter and husband.