Mr. Dean Brooks
Dean Brooks has over two decades of international education experience working in complex emergencies including conflict, disaster and development contexts. Initially, he worked in international schools as a primary teacher, middle-school teacher, and a teacher for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. For the past 14 years, he has focused his work on education in emergencies and […]
Ms Naadiya Moosajee
Naadiya Moosajee is a serial social entrepreneur by passion, a civil engineer by training, and is Co-founder and CEO at WomEng, an international non-profit company developing the next generation of female engineering leaders in Africa. She holds a BSc Civil Engineering and MSc Engineering degrees. Ms Moosajee is a board director at Pegasys, a management […]
Mr. Chris Hedrick
Chris Hedrick is an expert in international development, learning, and technology. Before joining Kepler as its CEO, Chris was the Country Director for the Peace Corps in Senegal, the largest Peace Corps program in the world. While there, he led its anti-malaria efforts in Africa. Previously, Chris built a corporate blended learning venture, Intrepid, and […]
Ms Rita El Kadiri
Dr. Noora Al Thani
Dr. Noora Al Thani is the project developer and manager. She is keen on attracting young students to develop their research skills and an advocate of inquiry–based education.
Mr. Mostafa Farahat
Mostafa Farahat has a BS in Architecture Engineering with more than 14 years of experience in the digital field including Management, Marketing, Advertising, Web and Mobile Design. Mr Faharat worked for ten years at Sarmady – a Vodafone company – as Creative Director and Art Department Manager.
Mr. Cliff Schmidt
Cliff Schmidt started Literacy Bridge in 2007 to address global poverty and disease by making practical agriculture and health knowledge accessible to those who need it the most. He led the development of an audio-based mobile device called the Talking Book for people with minimal literacy skills living in rural areas without electricity or Internet […]
Ms Silvana Veinberg
Silvana Veinberg has a degree in Speech Therapy and an MS from Purdue University, USA. In 1987 she received a scholarship from the American Association of University Women and in 1990 a studentship to research LSA linguistics in Argentina. Since 1995 she has been developing educational projects for deaf people and advises schools for the […]
Ms Njideka Harry
A social entrepreneur and Ashoka Fellow, Ms Njideka Harry has a global reputation as a key thought leader in the area of ICTs and as an advocate for the awareness of and participatory development through gender and technology. She serves as a consultant to several social enterprises, for-profit businesses with a social mission, and international […]
Mr. Luis Szaran
Luis Szarán is an orchestra director, songwriter, musicologist and social entrepreneur. He studied music in Asunción and in the Conservatory of Saint Cecilia in Rome, perfected his studies at the Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires, in the Chigiana Academy of Siena and in Bayreuth, Germany. In 1990 he became director of the Symphonic Orchestra of […]