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Todd Appel

Quantified Ventures
Vice President

Todd leads the environmental practice with Quantified Ventures, which structures Pay for Success transactions across multiple sectors.  Currently, he’s leading several Environmental Impact Bond projects, working with governments, private companies, and nonprofit organizations to deploy green infrastructure and other resilience investments, improve energy efficiency, address water quality issues through on-farm management practices, and promote sustainable urban wood economies. 

Todd joined Quantified Ventures from IBM, where he was a leader in the IBM Smarter Cities Initiative, structuring projects to improve delivery of government programs and infrastructure through predictive data analytics. He led strategy and business development for IBM's entry into the intelligent transportation market, and led a global deal structuring team, providing expertise in development of public-private partnership contracts with government departments in the U.S. and Europe.  Prior to IBM, Todd was a Strategic Change consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working with Executives of multiple government organizations in design and implementation of performance improvement and organizational restructuring initiatives. He started his career as a Program Evaluator with the Government Accountability Office, completing reviews for Congress recommending improved coordination and targeting of foreign aid programs and strengthening of nuclear-related export controls.

Todd has a Masters in International Development from Columbia University's School of Public and International Affairs and a B.A. in Political Science from UC-Berkeley.  He is based in Boulder, Colorado.