Tina Chelidze

Tina Chelidze is Senior Manager of Innovation & Impact at the Tobin Center for Economic Policy where she works with researchers and other stakeholders to promote evidence-based policy work.

Before joining the Tobin Center, Tina was a Policy Program Manager at the Urban Institute’s Research to Action Lab, where she helped inform policy change at the local, state, and organizational levels by translating research into actionable insights through projects like the Upward Mobility Initiative. Previously, Tina worked at Opportunity Insights, a nonprofit organization at Harvard University that translates economic research to empower economic mobility.

Tina has a Bachelor of Arts in economic theory and mathematics with a minor in creative writing from New York University, and she has a Master of Public Affairs from Brown University, where she specialized in data-driven policy.