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Education.org's team is made up of individuals with a wide range of education, evidence and national policymaking experience, expertise and knowledge. With a global reach spanning Europe, Africa and North America our team is committed to advancing evidence for every learner.
Randa Grob-Zakhary, M.D., PhD, is the Founder and CEO of Education.org (EO). Motivated by training in medicine and neuroscience, she moved into global education to contribute to reducing the gap between knowledge and practice and has worked closely with ministries of education and other education leaders. She is a former Board Member with the Global Partnership for Education, and the former Chair of its Strategy and Impact Committee. Prior roles include: CEO, LEGO Foundation; Global Head of Education, Porticus; High-Level Working Group OECD Education 2030; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute; Management Consultant, McKinsey. She holds an M.D. and PhD in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University (USA).
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Suzanne is Chair of Education Science and Policy of Education.org. She provides strategic and technical guidance into global and country programme design and implementation, helps to build critical partnerships and participates in further building of EO’s technical team. She has extensive experience in improving educational opportunities in the developing world, particularly in education policy and planning in Africa. Prior roles include: Director of the International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP-UNESCO), co-founder of the International Education Funders Group (IEFG), Director of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa and Harvard University faculty member (1997-2006). Dr Grant Lewis pursued graduate studies at the Kenyatta University (Kenya) and holds a PhD in International Development Education from Stanford University (USA).
Jean-Marc is a global education expert with three decades of experience spanning Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Caribbean. He leads the Country Programmes Department and contributes to synthesis planning and work. As a member of the Senior Management Team, he supports the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and contributes to the organisational management of Education.org and successful implementation of its Strategy 2023-2028. Jean-Marc has spearheaded initiatives to enhance education quality, promote evidence-informed decision-making, and drive systemic change in education systems worldwide. With a strong focus on research, policy, and institutional strengthening, he has held leadership roles at various international organisations such as the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), UNESCO-Dakar, PASEC-CONFEMEN. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Burgundy (France).
Kilemi is Education.org's Managing Director, Africa. He supports the growth of our Africa team in identifying, designing, and implementing initiatives developed with country partners to improve the enabling institutional and policy environments for heightening evidence use in education at the government level in Sub-Saharan Africa. He served as Kenya’s Assistant Minister for Education, was an elected member of parliament and Senior Education Advisor to Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta. Previously, he was a university lecturer and researcher (Kenyatta University, Kenya and the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa); development consultant; member of the Bureau of Education Ministers, Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA); Board member of UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning; and Chairman of Kenya's National Qualifications Authority. Dr Mwiria holds a doctorate degree in international education from Stanford University, a master’s degree in comparative education from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nairobi.
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Evelyn leads Education.org's engagement with the Ministries of Education in Kenya and Uganda, helping to drive the development of best-in-class technical leadership to Education.org's partners and collaborators in East Africa. Her role involves identifying, designing, and implementing initiatives developed with country partners to improve the enabling institutional and policy environments for promoting evidence use in education at the government level in Sub-Saharan Africa. Evelyn is currently the Executive Secretary for Education Evidence for Action in Kenya, and has previously worked as: Regional Education Advisor, World University Service of Canada; Senior Education Specialist, RTI-International; and, Senior Assistant Director, Curriculum and Research, Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development. She holds a PhD in education management and policy studies from Moi University Kenya, where she also earned a bachelor’s degree in education; and a master’s degree in education research from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Giulia has more than 10 years’ professional experience in programme design, management, research and evaluation in the development and humanitarian sector. Before joining Education.Org she held both leadership and technical roles with various INGO and UN Agencies. Giulia holds a Master of International Affairs from the University of Trieste, Italy, with a specialisation in Oriental Studies from the INALCO-Paris (Institut National de Langues et Civilisation Orientales), and a Master of Education from the Institute of Education of the University College of London. Passionate about girls and women’s rights, she also conducted research on gender issues in the MENA region with the Faculty of Political Sciences of Cairo University, the Al Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies and the Arab Reform Forum, the IMA (Institut du Monde Arabe) and IREMMO (Institut de Recherche et d'Études sur la Méditerranée et le Moyen Orient), with a focus on anthropology of Islam and gender issues.
Erin is an Education Officer with Education.org. She is responsible for contributing to analyses and research related to Education.org’s projects and partnerships and provides technical leadership in the development of core portfolio activities. Erin also contributed extensively to Education.org's evidence synthesis. She has experience working on various global education research projects, resettling refugees with the International Rescue Committee, and teaching as a university instructor. Erin holds an MA in Folklore Studies from Utah State University and a PhD in International Education Policy from the University of Maryland.
Sophia is an education specialist supporting Education.org’s Evidence Synthesis team. With over 12 years of experiencing working in development and humanitarian contexts, she has a proven track record of conducting systematic and rapid evidence reviews, mappings, policy analyses, as well as primary research. Sophia has consulted for various organisations, including the World Bank, GPE, INEE, and UNICEF, and has published on a range of topics, including teacher professional development, gender-transformative and disability-inclusive education, EdTech, ECCE, and youth development. Based in the Dominican Republic, Sophia has extensive experience working in the regions of Latin America and the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a PhD and MPhil from the University of Cambridge’s The REAL Centre, and a BA from Princeton University.
Deirdre is responsible for information retrieval and management for Education.org's projects and evidence syntheses. She has many years' experience working as an information specialist with Cochrane and holds a masters in Library and Information Science from Aberystwyth University, UK.
Originally from Nigeria, Kenechukwu is a third-year PhD candidate in Education and International Development at the University of Cambridge. Her research explores the political economy of education reforms with a focus on public-private partnerships in education. Before the PhD, Kenechukwu managed global and domestic partnerships for education and international development around the world. This included coordinating the implementation of a USAID-funded education activity for 200,000 students in northern Nigeria, to managing research collaborations between UN agencies and think tanks across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. She holds an MPhil in Education, Globalisation and International Development from the University of Cambridge, and a B.A. in International and Comparative Politics from the American University of Nigeria.
Carmen is originally from the USA and has lived in the Zurich area for more than 20 years. Her administrative experience comes from time spent working and volunteering in both local and international educational organisations in the USA, England, Italy and Switzerland. Carmen holds a BA in Spanish Literature from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
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