Jenny Frankel-Reed is a Senior Officer in climate adaptation with the Agricultural Development team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In this role, she develops strategic partnerships and grants to accelerate climate resilience in smallholder agriculture around the world. Focus areas include delivering weather and climate analytics for agricultural risk management, increasing private finance for climate adaptation, and engaging Global South organizations in the leadership of research and policy agendas. Prior to joining the foundation in 2020, she led the climate adaptation team and served as deputy director for the Center for Resilience at USAID, providing strategic input and leadership to USAID’s Adaptation portfolio in more than 20 countries and the SERVIR program, a joint initiative with NASA to help developing countries access and apply Earth science and satellite data to challenges in agriculture, water, weather, land use, and climate. She started her career in climate and development in 2002 and has worked for the German development agency (GIZ), the United Nations Development Program, the Global Environment Facility, the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, and the World Resources Institute. She is active on the steering board of the Adaptation Research Alliance and passionate about science-practice collaboration.