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Amani Nicolas Whole Child Model Partner Amani Nicolas has worked as a Whole Child Model consultant, assisting in teacher trainings and research since STS began partnering in the Arusha district in 2018. Nicolas is a professional teacher with proven teaching, mentoring, and leadership skills. He has multiple years of experience in monitoring and evaluation workingRead more

Briona Graham-Clayton Program Coordinator Briona Graham-Clayton is a program coordinator at School-to-School International, where she provides administrative, logistical, technical, and financial management support to the programs department. Graham-Clayton’s work in the education sector includes teaching pre-kindergarten, developing social and emotional learning (SEL) interactive radio instruction, and managing training-of-trainers programs. As a Peace Corps volunteer inRead more

Candace Debnam Executive Director As School-to-School International’s executive director, Candace Debnam oversees STS’s global operations and business development activities, which includes programmatic work in 15 countries. Debnam has a decade of experience across the nonprofit sector including managing large development contracts and grants for education, health, agriculture, energy, and community engagement projects overseas. She hasRead 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

Dr. Mark Lynd President and Co-Founder Mark Lynd, STS’s President and Co-founder, serves as a technical advisor for 15 projects and 30 staff in over 20 countries. Lynd began his career in education in 1983 when he taught English as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a secondary school in the Central African Republic. Since thatRead more

Shannon Reiffen Communications Coordinator Shannon Reiffen is a communications coordinator with multiple years’ experience in nonprofits and more experience outside of the private sector. At STS, Reiffen works on various projects, assisting with copy editing, proofreading, and graphics creation, among other responsibilities. Before joining STS, Reiffen worked as a program coordinator at a literacy nonprofit,Read more