Hayden is an Engagement Manager at Cicero Social Impact / MGT. He has experience with a range of clients including major global philanthropic organizations, investors, foundations, educational institutions, and fortune 500 companies. His past work includes monitoring and evaluation for $150 million+ of giving in more than 10 countries, conducting customer research and message testing on-the-ground in 40+ countries, leading user research for a $1 billion AI product launch at a Fortune 10 company, helping rebrand a Fortune 500 waste management company, supporting 27 school districts with learning acceleration post-Covid, and working with the Mayor of a major U.S. city to design and implement an equity-focused workforce development program. He has expertise in impact strategy, mixed methods research design and implementation, international development, investment due diligence and market sizing, and stakeholder engagement and communication strategy.

Hayden has worked with the OECD Centre for Skills to advise the Portuguese Secretary of State on adult education programming. He also worked with the World Bank to develop social security policy recommendations in Vietnam and track global migration policy changes during Covid-19. Outside of research and consulting, Hayden is the founder of a non-profit after school program called Resilient Service that has helped hundreds of disadvantaged middle-school students across Utah become involved in community service.

He has an M.A. in International Affairs from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies where he was a Harvey and Lynn Meyerhoff Fellow and Student Government Executive Board Member. He also graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University where he was a Presidential Scholar.