Ms Elisa Guerra
Elisa Guerra is an early childhood educator from Mexico. She holds a Master’s Degree from Tecnologico de Monterrey. She is the author of 12 textbooks and teaching materials with Pearson Education. Through her books, she has reached more than 15,000 young children and teachers across Mexico and Latin America. She founded a school: Colegio Valle […]
Ms Natalie Denmeade
Natalie researches and implements Educational Technology. Through Social Media, she participates in global communities of Mobile Learning, Moodle Learning Management Systems, Gamification Designers, and Technology Innovation Groups. She has recently relocated from Australia to live in Zanzibar, East Africa with her two Tanzanian/Australian children. Natalie believes that it is the responsibility of this generation to […]
Mr. Tariq Fancy
Tariq Fancy is the founder of Rumie, which brings affordable digital education to remote, underserved communities worldwide ranging from Indian villages to Syrian refugee camps. Tariq founded Rumie after a career at the intersection of finance, technology and emerging markets, and his business career and unique decision to found Rumie has been chronicled in extensive […]
Badr Jafar
Badr Jafar is CEO of Crescent Enterprises, a multinational company headquartered in the UAE, with diversified global businesses across six core sectors. He is also President of Crescent Petroleum, the region’s first independent and privately-owned petroleum company in the Middle East. Badr serves as Chairman of Gas Cities LLC, a joint venture between Crescent Petroleum […]
Paula Melisa Trad Malmod
Melisa is an Argentinean journalist with a degree in Social Communication. She has created her own political blog, has worked in radio stations since she was 12, and is currently a reporter for a local newspaper. At 18, Melisa worked with a team to establish a regional office of the Youth Argentinean Organization for the […]
Shevika Mishra
Shevika grew up in Mumbai and has been excited about the education sector since she attended St. Xavier’s College to pursue a BA of Economics. She first volunteered with a grassroots NGO called CHIP (Children In Progress) which aims at providing quality education in government schools across Mumbai. After graduating, Shevika moved to work at […]
Ms Farah Mohamed
Farah Mohamed is Chief Executive Officer at Malala Fund, where she leads on guiding and expanding the organisation’s work to ensure that all girls have the opportunity to learn for 12 years. Prior to joining, she served as founder and CEO of G(irls)20. Farah also held senior leadership positions at The Belinda Stronach Foundation, VON Canada […]
Ms Rebecca Leege
Building on her passion for collective impact for the most vulnerable, Rebecca Chandler Leege leads World Vision’s engagement in All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development. All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development, a partnership of USAID, World Vision and the Australian Government, is an ongoing series of grant and prize competitions that leverages science and technology to […]
Ms Ashley Haywood
Ashley Haywood is the Kiziba Refugee Campus Director at Kepler. Founded in 2013, the vision of Kepler is to reinvent higher education to develop the skills emerging economies need at a price all talented students can afford. Learn more at www.kepler.org. Ashley holds a BA in Anthropology and an MA in Teaching, both from the University […]
Mr. Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly
Joseph is Head of Education Policy & Advocacy at Save the Children where he works alongside a global team committed to increasing children’s access to quality education around the world. Joseph’s worked in Africa, Asia and the Middle East designing and implementing education programmes and leading policy development and influencing designed to improve educational access and outcomes. […]