Yolanda works on AI economic preparedness with national governments, central banks, and multilateral institutions, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Over 2026-2027 she is leading Windfall’s advisory with the UNDP in several countries.
From 2020-2025, Yolanda co-developed four national AI strategies in Africa with GIZ and government ministries towards inclusion and sustainable development (Rwanda, Togo, Ghana, Tunisia). She was an AI policy consultant at The World Bank, and served as Director of Global AI Governance at The Future Society.
Yolanda is an appointed expert to the OECD AI Policy Observatory and taught AI Policy at IE University in Madrid. Previously, she advised Fortune 500 multinationals on machine learning, innovation, and market entry strategy as a business strategy consultant in Copenhagen. She also worked on digital trade and regulation at the U.S. Embassy in Paris and on global human capital research at The Conference Board in New York.
Yolanda has a Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School and a BA in Economics from Barnard College at Columbia University with Phi Beta Kappa honors. She studied advanced game theory and econometrics at the LSE in London. Yolanda is Turkish-American.
