Our People
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
Leslie Engle
Chief Executive Officer
Adam Braun
Founder & 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
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
MARGARET BANINI
Accountant
MARGARET MARY DEBRE
Lead Programs Coordinator, WASH
NELSON KLU
Lead Programs Coordinator, Teacher Support
REUBEN AFETSI
L&E Officer
RAPHAEL BANDIM
Programs Manager
ROBERT MENSAH
WASH Coordinator
SAMUEL KPO
Programs Officer, Teacher Support
SENYO AGBLEZE
TEACHER SUPPORT OFFICER
STEPHEN AGOZI
Projects Coordinator
WILFRED AGBO
Teacher Support Officer
WISDOM VORDZORGBE
L&E Coordinator
Alex Alvarado
Teacher Support Coordinator
Ana Silvia Santéliz
Pedagogy Coordinator
DIEGO IXCOL CUIN
School Infrastructure Coordinator
Elena Pinto
WASH Coordinator
ESTELA SAC
Evaluation & Data Coordinator
HENRY SAJCHÉ
School Infrastructure Manager
Inés Alcazar
Pedagogy Coordinator
JONATHAN TOC
Accounting & Finance Coordinator
LUIS COR
Impact Analysis Coordinator
MANOLO CASTRO
Accounting Assistant
MELVYN BETETA
Head of Human Talent
NESTOR RODRIGUEZ
Logistics Coordinator
Onelia Elías
Maintenance
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
HR Coordinator
MAI NYIA YANG
WASH Technician
NORKEO DUANGKHAM
Senior L&E Build Technician
Thanongsai Chitattaphai
L&E Technician
UNTOU YANGSANESAY
Teacher Support Technician
Carly Mortensen
Director, Development
Elisa Weissenberg
Donor Engagement Manager
ELIZA FETTER
Specialist, Operations
Julie Baker
Chief Development Officer
Kevin Rodrigues
Director, Development Operations
Tom Casazzone
Chief Growth & Strategy Officer
Board of Directors
Adam Braun (Chair)
Founder, Pencils of Promise
Brad Haugen*
CEO, Westbrook Media
Gabriel Bourgeois
CEO, Revere Resources
Hope Taitz*
President, ELY Capital
Astrid Womble
Director and General Counsel, EverWatch Financial
Courtney Beale
Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. Mission in Vietnam
James Algate
SVP, Insomniac Holdings
Gary Vaynerchuk
Co-Founder, VaynerMedia; Chairman, VaynerX
Meighan Stone*
Founder & Executive Director, Long COVID Campaign
Michael Weiss*
Co-Founder and CEO, ISLY
Robert Hamwee
Managing Director, New Mountain Capital
Tammy Farley
Co-Founder,
The Rainmaker Group
Emily Bonfiglio
Principal, Red Lion Fund
Eric Knight
Senior Trader, Jane Street Capital
Yawa Hansen-Quao
Founder, Leading Ladies’ Network
*Denotes Emeritus Board Member
Advisory Board
Brittny Knight
Editor-in-Chief, Love Inc. Magazine
Jim Kwik
CEO, Kwik Learning
Lewis Howes
Entrepreneur
Scott “Scooter” Braun
Founder, SB Projects
Sophia Bush
Actress and Activist
