Anthony Barrows

Anthony Barrows is a Managing Partner at Project Evident where he founded the Center for Behavioral Design & Social Justice. The Center organizes people with lived experience to build community and pursue systems change rooted in research evidence and lived expertise. Previously, Anthony was a Managing Director at the applied behavioral science firm ideas42 where he led the Economic Justice portfolio for 9 years, and before that spent over ten years in child welfare, spanning positions in direct service, supervision, training, advocacy, and system improvement.

In 2018 Anthony was selected as an Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow for his work advancing the well-being of children and families. ‘

Anthony holds a BA in Philosophy and Art from UMass Boston, an MFA in Printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government where he was a Gleitsman Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership.