Our People and Our Values
At Pencils of Promise, our core values guide everything we do.
AUDACITY
We are dreamers, risk-takers and boundary-pushers. We innovate to advance sustainable change.
LEARNING
We are knowledge-seekers and life-long learners. We iterate and evolve in order to deliver quality programming.
Transparency
We are open and honest. We seek to collaborate through successes and challenges, speaking hard truths when it matters most.
Community
We represent and honor diverse identities. We work to address injustices and global education inequality.
Global Leadership
Kailee Scales
Chief Executive Officer
Adam Braun
Founder & Executive Chairman
Freeman Gobah
Ghana Country Director
Jorge bolom
Guatemala Country Director
Lanoy Keosuvan
Lao Co-Country Director
Guiliya Laoxayda
Lao Co-Country Director
Global Staff
AUGUSTINA OFORI
Programs Coordinator, WASH
ANTHONY QUASHIGAH
Projects Manager
COURAGE TETTEH
Programs Coordinator, Teacher Support
DERICK ASEM
WASH Officer
DOROTHY DAVORDZI
Teacher Support Officer
DENNIS WOATSI
Driver
EDWIN ASARE
L&E Manager
EMMANUEL DEI
Programs Officer, Teacher Support
EVELYN KANGAH
Programs Officer, Teacher Support
ERIC TSORHE
Senior Assistant, Administration
GILBERT DZIMABI
Driver
GIFTY NYAMASHIE
Teacher Support Officer
HILDA EBELIN
Administration Manager
JESSICA GEH
WASH Officer
LEBENE KPODO
L&E Coordinator
MARGARET BANINI
Accountant
MARGARET MARY DEBRE
Lead Programs Coordinator, WASH
NELSON AGBOTEY
Projects Coordinator
NELSON KLU
Lead Programs Coordinator, Teacher Support
REUBEN AFETSI
L&E Officer
RAPHAEL BANDIM
Programs Manager
RICHARD GLALAH
L&E Officer
ROBERT MENSAH
WASH Coordinator
SAMUEL KPO
Programs Officer, Teacher Support
SENYO AGBLEZE
TEACHER SUPPORT OFFICER
STEPHEN AGOZI
Site Supervisor
STEPHEN FUGAR
Administration Assistant
WILFRED AGBO
Teacher Support Officer
WISDOM VORDZORGBE
L&E Coordinator
Alicia Alvarado
Maintenance
AMANDA DE LEÓN
Teacher Support Coordinator
CARLOS MéNDEZ
Programs Manager
DIEGO IXCOL CUIN
School Infrastructure Coordinator
ELISA WEISSENBERG
Operations & Finance Manager
ESTELA SAC
Evaluation & Data Coordinator
HENRY SAJCHÉ
School Infrastructure Manager
Joely Pérez
Community Engagement Coordinator
JONATHAN TOC
Accounting & Finance Coordinator
LUIS COR
Data Analyst Coordinator
MANOLO CASTRO
Accounting Assistant
MARINÉ ROMERO
WASH Pedagogy Coordinator
NESTOR RODRIGUEZ
Operations Coordinator
Rodrigo Cifuentes
Human Talent Coordinator
ROLANDO XURUC
Teacher Support Pedagogy Coordinator
VIVI PEREZ
Learning & Evaluation Manager
AI KEUNG CHITTAVANH
Construction Technician
AI MAI KEOVIENGKHAM
Driver
BAY SOULIVANH
Finance & HR Manager
BOUNLAM KHANTY
Senior L&E Teacher Support Technician
BOUNSAI PHONEGADITH
Senior WASH Technician
DAVANH XAYYALAY
Finance Associate
HOUASAI XIONG
Senior Teacher Support Technician
JUA YANGSANSAI
Programs Manager
KHAMLA SOUKSOMBATH
Teacher Support Technician
KHAMPHAT LATTANA
Teacher Support Technician
LEE VONG LAO
L&E Technician
MAI NYIA YANG
WASH Technician
NA LAO
Teacher Support Technician
NORKEO DUANGKHAM
Senior L&E Build Technician
PICK PHOOMPANHYA
Senior Finance Associate
THONG LOR
L&E Manager
UNTOU YANGSANESAY
Teacher Support Technician
carly mortensen
Associate, Strategic Initiatives
ELIZA FETTER
Associate, Operations
HANNAH FORDHAM
Global Finance Support Specialist
JULIA CARVALHO
Assistant Director, Learning & Evaluation
LESLIE ENGLE YOUNG
Senior Managing Director, Programs
Nekeidra Taylor
Managing Director, Marketing & Communications
Board of Directors
Adam Braun (Chair)
Founder, Pencils of Promise
Brad Haugen*
CEO, Westbrook Media
Dan Cahill*
Former President, Viking Global
Gabriel Bourgeois
CEO, Revere Resources
Hope Taitz*
President, ELY Capital
Jason Hodes
Partner, William Morris Endeavor
Linda Riefler
Former Chairman, Global Research, Morgan Stanley
Phitsamay S. Uy
Co-Director of Center of Asian American Studies and Associate Professor, UMASS-Lowell
Astrid Womble
Director and General Counsel, EverWatch Financial
Courtney Beale
Executive Assistant, United States Secretary of State
David Hyrck
Partner, Duane Morris LLP
Gary Vaynerchuk
Co-Founder, VaynerMedia; Chairman, VaynerX
Karen Harris*
Managing Director, Bain & Co.
Meighan Stone *
Senior Fellow, Women & Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Michael Weiss*
Co-Founder and CEO, ISLY
Robert Hamwee
Managing Director, New Mountain Capital
*Denotes Emeritus Board Member
Advisory Board
Brittny Knight
Editor-in-Chief, Love Inc. Magazine
Eric Knight
Senior Trader, Jane Street Capital
Jim Kwik
CEO, Kwik Learning
Kyle Fogg
Professional Basketball Player
Lewis Howes
Entrepreneur
Lisa Novak
Executive Director, Novak Family Foundation
Ricky Novak
Co-Managing Partner, The Strategic Group of Companies
Robert Hamwee
Managing Director, CEO and Director, New Mountain Finance Corporation
Scott “Scooter” Braun
Founder, SB Projects
Sophia Bush
Actress and Activist
Tammy Farley
Co-Founder and President, Rainmaker Group
