Letter from Our CEO
As we approach Abt’s 60th anniversary, we celebrate many achievements that demonstrate our perseverance to bring the best solutions to complex challenges. Through massive geopolitical and social shifts, we remain committed to our mission and our values, always focused on improving the lives of those most in need.
This year, we officially became Abt Global. While our name has changed, our commitment to addressing the world’s most pressing problems with equity and agility remains the same. Changing our name underscores the scope of our mission to improve the quality of life and economic well-being of people worldwide. It honors both the impact of our founder Clark Abt’s dream and the relationships we’ve built and nurtured around the globe.
And, more recently, we joined forces with TSPi, an award-winning digital solutions firm that is now a Division of Abt Global. This deepens our ability to deliver transformative data-driven insights and end-to-end capabilities our clients are asking for to accelerate their impact. With TSPi’s forward-leaning expertise, we will advance citizen-centric, real-time solutions that put data into the hands of people and policymakers around the world for equitable change.
Our Mission Impact Reports allow us to share insights into how we make this happen every day. We adapt to change and help communities and those most affected by crises recover. In Ukraine, for example, female entrepreneurs are paving the way for a sustainable recovery. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, our government and community partners are adopting innovative pathways to invest in health.
As an organization, we learn from what has worked—and what hasn’t—to challenge the status quo and adapt. From supporting a just energy transition in Mongolia, to strengthening the evidence base for community child welfare in the U.S., to ensuring clean water is available to communities in Bangladesh, to collecting data in the U.S. that will inform epidemic responses for years to come. Our global teams focus on tailored solutions that strengthen livelihoods and resilience.
We continue to transform how we connect Abt’s expertise—in health, housing, economic growth, environment, governance, and more—to the digital, data, research, equity, and program design and implementation solutions needed for today’s connected challenges. Welcoming Chief Solutions Officer Debra Cammer Hines to the helm of Solutions at Abt, and Chief Growth Officer, Baris Yener, our teams are primed to innovate together to deliver the next generation tools, systems, and support our clients and partners need globally.
We remain steadfast stewards of the environment and run Abt with a laser focus on implementing responsible business practices and transparent and equity-focused climate actions every day. As recipients of the 2024 Climate Leadership Award for Organizational Leadership, we hasten our efforts to address the climate crisis in our work and operations.
I am proud of our progress, and I know there is work yet to be done. As a global community, we recently surpassed the halfway point of the 2030 Agenda to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and targets. The United Nations shows a bleak picture of uncertain progress across many SDGs and called upon all of us to act with urgency. We are ready.
At Abt, we believe in the possibilities of a just tomorrow. Creating impact for people, communities, systems, and the planet is our driving force.
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