Nigerian Team
Umar Muhammad
Nigeria Country Director
Auwal Yakubu
Director of Operatons
Tamar Davou Imade
Director of Programs
Mubarak Babaji
Asst. Director of Programs
Laurat Abubakar
Asst. Director of Operations
Aminu Sani
Project Coordinator
Amira Bello
Project Coordinator
Blessing Saddiq Shehu
Project Coordinator
Sadiq Ibrahim
Project Coordinator
Bilkisu Nuhu
Project Coordinator
Yusuf Minjinyawa
Accountant
Hassan Yukubu
Support Staff
Yahaya Mohammed
Support Staff
Ali Mohammed Bello
Support Staff
Our Team
Our Nigeria- and US-based staff provide administrative support for our projects and partners, plus work with our interns.
US Team
Marshall Bally II
Founder, Executive Director
Jessica Bailly
Chief Operating Officer
Gabby Zeidler
Global Education Development Director
Lauren Hensell
Operations Director
Marc Zavarro
Strategic Program Development & Benefits Director
Blake Spreeman
Finance Director
Nick Abele
Systems Director
Jon Martin
Senior Program Manager
Diana Crain
Accounts & Registrations Manager
Board of Directors
Gerald R. Kunde II, Board Chair
Sr. Vice President, Governmental & Institutional Affairs, Ferraro
Blushel Ocbina,
Vice Chair
IT Communications & Change Management Director
Bill Stefan
Deputy for Enterprise Management, U.S. Department
of Defense
Bryan Bernys
Vice President, Campus Leadership Program, Leadership Institute
Carmine C. Carullo
Planning & Performance Analysis Manager, ExxonMobil (Ret.)
Ahmed Mohammed
Director of Talent Acquisition, Harvard Medical School
Rick Kuehn
Pilot, American Airlines,
Lt. Colonel, USAF
Whitney Derber
Attorney, Kahn Zack Ehrlich
Lithwick LLP
Nicholas Benore
Operations Strategy & Analytics Leader, Wells Fargo
Nancy Allen
Executive Director, National Consortium for Health Science Education
Leigh Slaughter
Realtor, Attorney, & Black Women's Agenda, Inc. Board Member