Our Team
Dr. Amel Karboul
Chief Executive Officer
Commissioner of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity (Education Commission); former Minister of Tourism, Tunisia
Max McCabe
Chief Operating Officer
Formerly at Teach First,
Rising Academy Network
& Diageo PLC
Tinacho Chitongo
Manager
Former Director of development at African Leadership Academy
Juanita Bodmer
Manager
Former Advisor at Colombian Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance, National Planning Department, and World Bank
Mahri Nicholson
Operations Senior Associate
Former Administrator and Operations Officer at Ark and the Scottish Government
Madiana Samba
Program Leader
Former Founder and Team Leader at Community Action to Restore Lives
Özsel Beleli
Head of Global Ecosystem Development
Former Senior Consultant at UNESCO-IIEP and UNICEF, Former Lecturer at SAIS; JHU and SPIA; Princeton
Jared Lee
Chief Programs Officer
Formerly with UK National Advisory Board on Impact Investment, Bain & Company, Clinton Health Access Initiative & Goldman Sachs
Miléna Castellnou
Chief Programs Officer
Former Associate Partner at Instiglio
Adriana Balducci
Manager
Former Senior Programs Manager at FCDO and WISE-Qatar Foundation, Special Education Consultant at UNESCO and Brazilian Government
Diana Duran
Manager
Former Senior Associate, Instiglio, and Consultant, IFC
Oana Malcica
Operations Specialist
Former Business Analyst and Field Support Specialist with UNICEF
Stephen Chandler
Associate
Former Investment Analyst at a London-based hedge fund and treasury
Jemima Morrow
Manager
Former Senior Programme Manager at Education Partnerships Group, and previously Education Adviser with Cambridge Education
Emmanuel Block
Associate
Former Consultant at Nova Escola; Investment analyst at Omidyar Network
Jane Brandon
Administrative Assistant
Former Buyer for Tesco and Programme Operations Manager at Ambition Institute
Juanita Penuela
Associate
Former Associate at Instiglio
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Louise Albertyn
Global Ecosystem Development Associate
Former Education Innovations Project Manager at the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Sara Bonetti
Manager
Former Director of Early Years at Education Policy Institute
Michael Marah
Operations Specialist
Former district Program Officer with the SSEIP project in the ministry of education
Cory Richardson
Analyst
Former research assistant, UNESCO FLI; Fulbright scholar Estonia.
Christopher Burningham
Associate
Former Education Economist Consultant for the WB and ODI fellow with MOF Malawi
Mayra Gramani
Associate
Former Research Assistant at the Government Outcomes Lab, University of Oxford
Walt Hetzel
Associate
Former educator with Peace Corps Guinea, senior program coordinator with Boys and Girls Clubs
Bobbi Quincey-Jones
Executive Assistant
Former Director of Production and Operations at In Place of War.
Rachel Leonard
Team Assistant
Formerly with the Wohl Legacy Group of Foundations, ActionAid and the British civil service.
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Elsiemae Buckle
Team Assistant
Former Project Lead on the School Leader Support Programme with Rising Academy Network
Louise Dessendier
Analyst
Former Grant Management Intern, reporting lead at Education Cannot Wait