Carolyn Wetzel Chen is a Senior Operations Advisor in the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Department of Compact Operations, where she advances organizational transformation and the delivery of international investments that promote economic growth. With more than two decades of experience in international development and public health, she has led multidisciplinary teams and complex initiatives across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, directing portfolios valued at more than $200 million and overseeing multimillion-dollar contracts and program resources. Her expertise spans health systems strengthening, nutrition, energy, critical minerals, institutional capacity building, and results-based financing. Throughout her career, Carolyn has forged effective partnerships across U.S. Government agencies, partner governments, multilateral institutions, and other stakeholders mobilizing their collective expertise to advance shared objectives.  She holds a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine from Tulane University.