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Emily Crane Program Coordinator Emily Crane is a program coordinator providing financial, program, and contract management support to STS’s projects. Crane’s work in the education sector includes supporting youth employment and life-skills programming in Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, and Tunisia; research on early childhood education policy and finance; and literacy tutoring with primary and middle-schoolRead more

Esther Lali Whole Child Model Partner, Tanzania Esther Lali is a vibrant development expert with a passion for community-driven development to co-create solutions to their everyday challenges. Lali is STS’s Whole Child Model Tanzania partner based in Arusha, Tanzania. In this role, she supports the coordination of STS’s activities on the ground. Lali previously workedRead more

Fanny Nkunika Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, STEP Malawi Fanny Nkunika is a Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for the USAID Strengthening Teacher Education and Practice Activity (STEP) in Malawi. Nkunka has 16 years of work experience in monitoring and evaluation. She worked as a monitoring, evaluation, and learning advisor for Abt Associates for aRead more

Fiona Eichinger Technical Manager Fiona Eichinger is a technical manager with international experience in project management, education, curriculum development, monitoring, and evaluation since 2016. In her current position and previous role as STS program coordinator, Eichinger has gathered experience in Malawi, Morocco, Togo, the Philippines, and Nepal. Prior to joining STS, Eichinger worked with migrant,Read more

Ian Sambrano Senior Operations Manager Ian Sambrano is responsible for a variety of different finance and operation tasks at School-to-School International. Before joining STS, Sambrano has several years of experience providing support to finance and operations teams in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. He enjoys providing support to the organization and finds satisfaction inRead more

Jennifer McMillan Member, Board of Directors Jennifer McMillan is the co-founder & head of school at Detroit Prep, a small public charter school on Detroit’s east side. Born and raised in metro-Detroit, McMillan spent seven years in the San Francisco Bay Area teaching high school and middle school; she also worked in teacher support andRead more

John Greisberger Member, Board of Directors John E. Greisberger is an esteemed international education consultant with a rich work history in the field since the early 1970s. Prior to his work as a consultant, Greisberger served as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching English as a Foreign Language in Afghanistan (1973–75). Upon returning to the U.S.,Read more

Jarret Guajardo Principal Researcher Jarret Guajardo is a monitoring, evaluation, research, & learning (MERL) practitioner with over a decade of experience in teaching, evaluating, and building MERL capacity in international education. At STS, Guajardo is a Principal Researcher, leading quantitative evaluation design and providing high-level technical input, mentorship, and quality assurance on a portfolio ofRead more

Juliet Kalolo-Tembo Communications and Logistics Officer, TTE Zambia Juliet Kalolo-Tembo is the communications and logistics officer for the USAID Transforming Teacher Education (TTE) activity in Zambia. She performs administrative and customer service tasks to ensure efficient operations of the STS Zambia office environment. Kalolo-Tembo has eight years of experience in administration and information. She previouslyRead more

Kafeka Alutuli Programs and M&E Officer, TTE Zambia Kafeka Alutuli is the programs and M&E officer for the USAID Transforming Teacher Education (TTE) activity in Zambia. In her role, she provides programmatic and administrative support to the TTE team. Alutuli began her career at Development Finance Associates, a local NGO that aims to increase accessRead more