Carey Kluttz is a governance and partnerships expert with over 15 years of experience leading reforms to strengthen public institutions, advance digital transformation, and drive inclusive development across Africa and globally. Through roles with the World Bank, USAID, and the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), her work spans strategy design, multi-country program management, stakeholder engagement, and evaluation, with a strong focus on citizen participation, transparency, and gender equality.

Carey brings deep expertise in policy reform, program design and evaluation, and technical assistance in areas such as public financial management, extractive industries, open government, and institutional strengthening. She spent nearly a decade at OCP, a global organization spun out of the World Bank to promote anti-corruption and innovation in public procurement. As Director of Partnerships, she led OCP’s global engagement and fundraising strategy, securing over $30 million in funding and expanding implementation across 20+ countries to position public procurement as a lever for equitable, transparent service delivery.

Regionally, Carey led OCP’s strategy and programs in Africa and the Middle East, advising governments and local partners on inclusive, data-driven digital reforms. She worked directly with ministries, procurement authorities, and civil society to design digital systems that support transparency and competition, improve access to finance, and drive inclusive service delivery. She designed, implemented, and evaluated programs to enhance women’s participation in public procurement and address barriers to access for local businesses in Senegal and Uganda, as well as in France and the United States. As a key contributor to OCP’s Gender and Inclusion Expert Group, she also helped shape cross-cutting approaches and authored publications that prioritized meaningful, measurable impact for underserved groups.

Carey previously worked on the World Bank’s Governance of Extractive Industries and Open Contracting teams, where she managed capacity-building programs, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge systems related to public financial management and accountability. As a Fulbright Public Policy Fellow in Côte d’Ivoire, she supported governance reforms in the extractives sector and coordinated donor engagement during the country’s successful accession to the Open Government Partnership.

Fluent in French and English, and conversant in Spanish with some Arabic, Carey holds a Master’s in Middle East and Islamic Studies from the American University of Paris and dual BAs in French and Anthropology from the University of Virginia. She has presented at global forums on digital transformation, gender equity in governance, and systems change in public financial management. She is passionate about helping public systems work better for people, through partnerships that are locally rooted, strategically guided, and focused on real impact.