Ed Intersect

ABOUT US

EdIntersect

We are made up of education experts, strategic thinkers and planners, technology specialists, designers, teachers, facilitators, and researchers. Together we create meaningful and effective solutions for and with the people who are building, shaping, and depending on schools and social services in the USA and around the world.

HALLMARKS OF OUR APPROACH

Questioning

Using the key tool of an excellent teacher and engaged student to focus thinking on key concepts and ideas and drive home the work we need to achieve together.

Design Thinking

Starting with the people you are designing with and for, and ending with solutions that speak to their needs.

Engagement

Recognizing the importance of families, communities, teachers, leaders, governments and the whole range of public and private actors in and around schools and homes, and all learning spaces.

Intersections

Understanding and capitalizing on the ways education intersects with technology, economic growth, workforce development, and other areas.

TEAM

Mary Faith Mount-Cors

Dr. Mary Faith Mount-Cors is Founder and President of EdIntersect, LLC. She leads and manages the firm, a certified woman-owned small business, and provides technical leadership across the thematic and functional areas of EdIntersect, including in monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning processes; gender and inclusion; and teaching and learning from early childhood through higher education. Dr. Mount-Cors has worked on literacy programs, education strategy, teacher training, and curriculum development in Africa, Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Pacific. 

Her book, Global Literacy in Local Learning Contexts: Connecting Home and School, published by Routledge, grew out of her doctoral research in Kenya where she used a sociocultural lens to examine factors surrounding literacy. Dr. Mount-Cors has worked with USAID, UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Gates Foundation, and a diverse range of international organizations over her 25-year career. In the U.S., she has been a certified K-12 teacher in public schools, taught in both teacher preparation and doctoral programs, and directed program development for dual language and global education programs. 

Dr. Mount-Cors serves as co-chair of the Global Literacy Special Interest Group of the Comparative and International Education Society. She is on the Alumni Council at the University of North Carolina School of Education. She also served on the School Improvement Teams at her children’s elementary, middle, and high schools. She holds a BA in Religion with a Concentration in International Studies from Davidson College, MA in French from New York University (NYU), and PhD in Education (Culture, Curriculum, and Change) with a Certificate in Global Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A native English speaker, she also speaks French, Spanish, and basic Kiswahili and Fon.

Mary Faith Mount-Cors at EdIntersect

Mary Faith Mount-Cors

Mary Faith Mount-Cors

Dr. Mary Faith Mount-Cors is Founder and President of EdIntersect, LLC. She leads and manages the firm, a certified woman-owned small business, and provides technical leadership across the thematic and functional areas of EdIntersect, including in monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning processes and teaching and learning from early childhood through higher education. Dr. Mount-Cors has worked on literacy programs, education strategy, teacher training, and curriculum development in Africa, Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Pacific. 

Her book, Global Literacy in Local Learning Contexts: Connecting Home and School, published by Routledge, grew out of her doctoral research in Kenya where she used a sociocultural lens to examine factors surrounding literacy. Dr. Mount-Cors has worked with USAID, UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Gates Foundation, and a diverse range of international organizations over her 25-year career. In the U.S., she has been a certified K-12 teacher in public schools, taught in undergraduate, teacher preparation and doctoral programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and directed program development for dual language and global education programs. 

Dr. Mount-Cors serves on the Alumni Council at the UNC School of Education. She served as co-chair of the Global Literacy Special Interest Group of the Comparative and International Education Society and of the School Improvement Teams at her children’s elementary, middle, and high schools. She holds a BA in Religion with a Concentration in International Studies from Davidson College, MA in French from New York University (NYU), and PhD in Education from UNC-Chapel Hill. A native English speaker, she also speaks French, Spanish, and basic Portuguese, Kiswahili, and Fon.

ABOUT MARY FAITH

Amy Lucas

Ms. Amy Lucas is a financial operations specialist. For EdIntersect, she manages bookkeeping and financial tracking for client accounts. Over her 20-year accounting career, Ms. Lucas has managed over 400 million dollars in research funding, operating in more than 30 countries.

Her expertise includes audits, budgets, compliance, financial operations, managing contractors and consultants as well as data reporting. She developed an extensive understanding of federal rules and regulations, specifically with USAID-funded projects, while working on several prime awards with the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ms. Lucas has owned her own accounting firm, offering financial and managerial accounting solutions to both individuals and small to mid-size business entities. She has a passion for helping new and established companies develop accounting systems and processes to ensure efficiency and accuracy in day-to-day business. Ms. Lucas holds a BS in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Amy Lucas | Financial Operations Specialist | Ed Intersect

Amy Lucas

Amy Lucas

Ms. Amy Lucas is a financial operations specialist. For EdIntersect, she manages bookkeeping and financial tracking for client accounts. Over her 20-year accounting career, Ms. Lucas has managed over 400 million dollars in research funding, operating in more than 30 countries.

Her expertise includes audits, budgets, compliance, financial operations, managing contractors and consultants as well as data reporting. She developed an extensive understanding of federal rules and regulations, specifically with USAID-funded projects, while working on several prime awards with the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ms. Lucas has owned her own accounting firm, offering financial and managerial accounting solutions to both individuals and small to mid-size business entities. She has a passion for helping new and established companies develop accounting systems and processes to ensure efficiency and accuracy in day-to-day business. Ms. Lucas holds a BS in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

ABOUT AMY

Michel Rousseau

Dr. Michel Rousseau is an Associate Professor at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, where he teaches psychometrics and research methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels. For EdIntersect, Dr. Rousseau provides assessment, statistics, and monitoring and evaluation expertise on the USAID Senegal Lecture Pour Tous program, the USAID Rwanda Soma Umenye program, the UNICEF Nigeria SDG4 Evaluation, and the USAID Tajikistan Learning Together Activity. 

Dr. Rousseau has been a consultant for many organizations, including School-to-School International, Chemonics, NORC, and Education Technology for Development (Et4d). He is also a researcher for UNESCO in the screening and evaluation of early childhood development. Dr. Rousseau focuses his research on psychometrics and quantitative analysis. He was co-editor of the book Improving Large-Scale Assessment in Education: Theory, Issues, and Practice published by Routledge. He has been author or co-author of eight chapters and 40 published papers in scientific journals.

Dr. Rousseau holds a BA in Psychoeducation from Université de Sherbrooke, and MA and PhD in Measurement and Evaluation from Université de Laval in Québec City. A native French speaker, he also speaks English.

Michel Rousseau PhD. | EdIntersect Psychometrics and Research Methods

Michel Rousseau

Michel Rousseau

Dr. Michel Rousseau is an Associate Professor at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, where he teaches psychometrics and research methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels. For EdIntersect, Dr. Rousseau provides assessment, statistics, and monitoring and evaluation expertise on the USAID Senegal Lecture Pour Tous program, the USAID Rwanda Soma Umenye program, the UNICEF Nigeria SDG4 Evaluation, and the USAID Tajikistan Learning Together Activity. 

Dr. Rousseau has been a consultant for many organizations, including School-to-School International, Chemonics, NORC, and Education Technology for Development (Et4d). He is also a researcher for UNESCO in the screening and evaluation of early childhood development. Dr. Rousseau focuses his research on psychometrics and quantitative analysis. He was co-editor of the book Improving Large-Scale Assessment in Education: Theory, Issues, and Practice published by Routledge. He has been author or co-author of eight chapters and 40 published papers in scientific journals.

Dr. Rousseau holds a BA in Psychoeducation from Université de Sherbrooke, and MA and PhD in Measurement and Evaluation from Université de Laval in Québec City. A native French speaker, he also speaks English.

ABOUT MICHEL

Alice Michelazzi

Ms. Alice Michelazzi is an education advisor and monitoring and evaluation consultant. For EdIntersect, she serves as Education Advisor on the UNICEF Nigeria SDG4 Education Evaluation team and also as EGRA/EGMA specialist for the USAID Tajikistan Learning Together Activity. She worked on successive EGRA studies as part of the EdIntersect team for USAID Senegal Lecture Pour Tous and USAID Rwanda Soma Umenye, which included activities such as co-facilitating training for data collectors and supervision of data collection both in person and remotely as well as support to the ministry for capacity building in data collection software.

Ms. Michelazzi has over ten years of research and monitoring and evaluation experience working with bilateral aid organizations as well as international firms and non-governmental organizations on monitoring and evaluation of education programs. She has led EGRA data collectors’ training in many countries, among them Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Tonga, and Tuvalu.

Ms. Michelazzi is an Italian national who has been based for the past nine years in Tanzania. She is a graduate in International and Diplomatic Sciences from the University of Bologna, Italy. A native Italian speaker, Ms. Michelazzi also speaks English, French, Kiswahili, and German.

Alice Michelazzi | She is an education, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), consultant.

Alice Michelazzi

Alice Michelazzi

Ms. Alice Michelazzi is an education advisor and monitoring and evaluation consultant. For EdIntersect, she serves as Education Advisor on the UNICEF Nigeria SDG4 Education Evaluation team and also as EGRA/EGMA specialist for the USAID Tajikistan Learning Together Activity. She worked on successive EGRA studies as part of the EdIntersect team for USAID Senegal Lecture Pour Tous and USAID Rwanda Soma Umenye, which included activities such as co-facilitating training for data collectors and supervision of data collection both in person and remotely as well as support to the ministry for capacity building in data collection software.

Ms. Michelazzi has over ten years of research and monitoring and evaluation experience working with bilateral aid organizations as well as international firms and non-governmental organizations on monitoring and evaluation of education programs. She has led EGRA data collectors’ training in many countries, among them Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Tonga, and Tuvalu.

Ms. Michelazzi is an Italian national who has been based for the past nine years in Tanzania. She is a graduate in International and Diplomatic Sciences from the University of Bologna, Italy. A native Italian speaker, Ms. Michelazzi also speaks English, French, Kiswahili, and German.

ABOUT ALICE

Adeboye Adeyemo

Dr. Adeboye Adeyemo is an international development consultant with 27 years of experience working in Africa. For EdIntersect, Dr. Adeyemo serves as National Evaluator on the UNICEF Nigeria SDG4 Education Evaluation team. 

As an economist, policy & strategy expert, and evaluation specialist, he is highly experienced in delivering performance improvement through capacity building, policy & strategy, and monitoring & evaluation that help senior policy makers and leaders deliver on their missions and mandates. He consults mostly in public sector governance reforms using a range of capacity building tools; these include policy and strategy interventions, evaluation, and technical advisory to governments in core functions such as policy, planning, programs, budgeting, and service delivery in about 25 African countries. 

Dr. Adeyemo holds a B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD in Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He speaks Yoruba and English.

Dr. Adeboye Adeyemo

Adeboye Adeyemo

Adeboye Adeyemo

Dr. Adeboye Adeyemo is an international development consultant with 27 years of experience working in Africa. For EdIntersect, Dr. Adeyemo serves as National Evaluator on the UNICEF Nigeria SDG4 Education Evaluation team. 

As an economist, policy & strategy expert, and evaluation specialist, he is highly experienced in delivering performance improvement through capacity building, policy & strategy, and monitoring & evaluation that help senior policy makers and leaders deliver on their missions and mandates. He consults mostly in public sector governance reforms using a range of capacity building tools; these include policy and strategy interventions, evaluation, and technical advisory to governments in core functions such as policy, planning, programs, budgeting, and service delivery in about 25 African countries. 

Dr. Adeyemo holds a B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD in Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He speaks Yoruba and English.

ABOUT ADEBOYE

Ciara Nic Carthaigh

Ms. Ciara Nic Carthaigh is a consultant in education and development. For EdIntersect, Ms. Nic Carthaigh provided support to the USAID Rwanda Soma Umenye program to develop the national early grade reading assessment (EGRA) and related school effectiveness baseline tools while leading the inception of the first Local Education Monitoring Approach (LEMA) instruments in Rwanda.

Ms. Nic Carthaigh has 12 years of experience managing, researching, and evaluating humanitarian and development programs, including five years working in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Previously, she worked as an English-as-a-second/additional-language teacher. Her technical specializations include education in fragile and under-resourced contexts, early grade literacy and assessment, language in education, and monitoring and evaluation. Ms. Nic Carthaigh has supported education programs in Niger, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and Ireland.

Ms. Nic Carthaigh has an MSc in Development Studies and is completing her Ph.D. in language, early literacy, and learner sense of self, with field research in Tana River, Kenya, with University College Dublin (Ireland).

Ciara Nic Carthaigh, MSc | EdIntersect support to the USAID-funded Soma Umenye program in Rwanda

Ciara Nic Carthaigh

Ciara Nic Carthaigh

Ms. Ciara Nic Carthaigh is a consultant in education and development. For EdIntersect, Ms. Nic Carthaigh provided support to the USAID Rwanda Soma Umenye program to develop the national early grade reading assessment (EGRA) and related school effectiveness baseline tools while leading the inception of the first Local Education Monitoring Approach (LEMA) instruments in Rwanda.

Ms. Nic Carthaigh has 12 years of experience managing, researching, and evaluating humanitarian and development programs, including five years working in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Previously, she worked as an English-as-a-second/additional-language teacher. Her technical specializations include education in fragile and under-resourced contexts, early grade literacy and assessment, language in education, and monitoring and evaluation. Ms. Nic Carthaigh has supported education programs in Niger, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and Ireland.

Ms. Nic Carthaigh has an MSc in Development Studies and is completing her Ph.D. in language, early literacy, and learner sense of self, with field research in Tana River, Kenya, with University College Dublin (Ireland).

ABOUT CIARA

Jeanine Balezi Mawazo

Ms. Jeanine Balezi Mawazo is an education, gender, and youth consultant. For EdIntersect, she has worked as a part of the facilitation team on research tool development for early reading studies and on the training of data collectors for nationwide studies of early reading and school context in Rwanda, also providing significant on-site translation of both oral presentations and written reports from English to Kinyarwanda. Ms. Balezi Mawazo has over seven years of research experience, working with UN Agencies (UNICEF) and bilateral aid organizations, such as UKAID and USAID, as well as international and national firms on monitoring and evaluation of education, gender, youth development, and child protection programs.

Ms. Balezi Mawazo has extensive experience coordinating fieldwork activities for research projects, including evaluation with expertise in hiring qualified data collectors, managing data collector teams, field logistics, quantitative/qualitative data collection, data collection supervision (quality assurance), qualitative data transcription/translation and statistical data analysis with input around the local context.

Ms. Balezi Mawazo is a graduate of the National University of Rwanda, with a degree in Clinical Psychology. She speaks Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, French, and English.

Jeanine Balezi Mawazo, Clinical Psychology , National University of Rwanda

Jeanine Balezi Mawazo

Jeanine Balezi Mawazo

Ms. Jeanine Balezi Mawazo is an education and youth consultant. For EdIntersect, she has worked as a part of the facilitation team on research tool development for early reading studies and on the training of data collectors for nationwide studies of early reading and school context in Rwanda, also providing significant on-site translation of both oral presentations and written reports from English to Kinyarwanda. Ms. Balezi Mawazo has over seven years of research experience, working with UN Agencies (UNICEF) and bilateral aid organizations, such as UKAID and USAID, as well as international and national firms on monitoring and evaluation of education, youth development, and child protection programs.

Ms. Balezi Mawazo has extensive experience coordinating fieldwork activities for research projects, including evaluation with expertise in hiring qualified data collectors, managing data collector teams, field logistics, quantitative/qualitative data collection, data collection supervision (quality assurance), qualitative data transcription/translation and statistical data analysis with input around the local context.

Ms. Balezi Mawazo is a graduate of the National University of Rwanda, with a degree in Clinical Psychology. She speaks Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, French, and English.

ABOUT JEANINE

Bernard Dumont

Dr. Bernard Dumont is a senior international consultant on technology and mathematics, focusing on distance learning, teacher training, and education quality. For EdIntersect, Dr. Dumont is ICT Senior Advisor on the USAID Senegal Lecture Pour Tous, working with the ministry of education of Senegal on ICT needs in early reading programming in three national languages. As part of the EdIntersect team on the USAID Tajikistan Learning Together Activity, Dr. Dumont provides math expertise in the development of an assessment framework with in-country counterparts and tasks for use in EGMA school surveys. Dr. Dumont was a professor at the University of Paris 7 in Educational Sciences and also formerly the department head of Science and Technology at the Tele-université, a distance education institution in Quebec, Canada.

Dr. Dumont has served as an expert for the European Commission for more than 20 years, as an auditor, evaluator, and adviser on the use of ICT for training, especially in e-learning, specifically in quality iterative implementation in e-learning, and in science education. He is also an adviser and designer of e-learning courses for higher education, teacher training, vocational training, and the private sector.

Dr. Bernard Dumont has been involved in projects in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and in the Mediterranean. Dr. Dumont holds an MS in Math from University of Paris – South Orsay, a degree in the teaching of mathematics from University of Paris 7, and a PhD focusing on models for the development of educational tools with technology from Paris 7 as well. A native French speaker, Dr. Dumont speaks English as well.

senior international consultant on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)

Bernard Dumont

Bernard Dumont

Dr. Bernard Dumont is a senior international consultant on technology and mathematics, focusing on distance learning, teacher training, and education quality. For EdIntersect, Dr. Dumont is ICT Senior Advisor on the USAID Senegal Lecture Pour Tous, working with the ministry of education of Senegal on ICT needs in early reading programming in three national languages. As part of the EdIntersect team on the USAID Tajikistan Learning Together Activity, Dr. Dumont provides math expertise in the development of an assessment framework with in-country counterparts and tasks for use in EGMA school surveys. Dr. Dumont was a professor at the University of Paris 7 in Educational Sciences and also formerly the department head of Science and Technology at the Tele-université, a distance education institution in Quebec, Canada.

Dr. Dumont has served as an expert for the European Commission for more than 20 years, as an auditor, evaluator, and adviser on the use of ICT for training, especially in e-learning, specifically in quality iterative implementation in e-learning, and in science education. He is also an adviser and designer of e-learning courses for higher education, teacher training, vocational training, and the private sector.

Dr. Bernard Dumont has been involved in projects in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and in the Mediterranean. Dr. Dumont holds an MS in Math from University of Paris – South Orsay, a degree in the teaching of mathematics from University of Paris 7, and a PhD focusing on models for the development of educational tools with technology from Paris 7 as well. A native French speaker, Dr. Dumont speaks English as well.

ABOUT BERNARD

Louise Bahry

Dr. Louise Bahry is an innovative educational research, measurement, and evaluation professional with a proven ability to keep overarching project goals in mind while ensuring technical details are addressed with the highest level of quality. For EdIntersect, Dr. Bahry provides assessment, statistics, and monitoring and evaluation expertise on the USAID Tajikistan Learn Together Activity. 

Dr. Bahry’s combined expertise in both evaluation and psychometrics enhances her value as an adaptable team member in many capacities. Dr. Bahry brings excellent written and verbal communication skills and is capable of translating technical concepts to any audience while gaining trust and rapport with clients and team members. Dr. Bahry has worked with a variety of organizations and in a broad range of countries in addition to Tajikistan, including Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Syria. 

Dr. Bahry holds a BA in Psychology from Simon Fraser University, MEd from the University of Alberta, and PhD in Research, Educational Measurement, and Psychometrics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Dr. Louise Bahry

Louise Bahry

Louise Bahry

Dr. Louise Bahry is an innovative educational research, measurement, and evaluation professional with a proven ability to keep overarching project goals in mind while ensuring technical details are addressed with the highest level of quality. For EdIntersect, Dr. Bahry provides assessment, statistics, and monitoring and evaluation expertise on the USAID Tajikistan Learn Together Activity. 

Dr. Bahry’s combined expertise in both evaluation and psychometrics enhances her value as an adaptable team member in many capacities. Dr. Bahry brings excellent written and verbal communication skills and is capable of translating technical concepts to any audience while gaining trust and rapport with clients and team members. Dr. Bahry has worked with a variety of organizations and in a broad range of countries in addition to Tajikistan, including Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Syria. 

Dr. Bahry holds a BA in Psychology from Simon Fraser University, MEd from the University of Alberta, and PhD in Research, Educational Measurement, and Psychometrics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

ABOUT LOUISE

Pierre de Galbert

Dr. Pierre de Galbert teaches at Brown University and is an education policy researcher and consultant focused on language and literacy acquisition in the early grades. For EdIntersect, Dr. de Galbert has co-facilitated training for data collectors at baseline and conducted analysis of data and report-writing for the USAID Senegal Lecture Pour Tous program for successive EGRA studies over the life of the project.  

Dr. de Galbert focuses his research on education policies in linguistically diverse low-income and middle-income countries using qualitative and quantitative methods. He previously worked as a teacher and a non-profit program manager and has developed teaching materials in local languages.

Dr. de Galbert holds a BS in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and an MA and EdD in International Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a native speaker of both English and French and has lived in France, Namibia, Rwanda, Niger, and Uganda.

Pierre de Galbert, Education Policy Researcher and Consultant

Pierre de Galbert

Pierre de Galbert

Dr. Pierre de Galbert teaches at Brown University and is an education policy researcher and consultant focused on language and literacy acquisition in the early grades. For EdIntersect, Dr. de Galbert has co-facilitated training for data collectors at baseline and conducted analysis of data and report-writing for the USAID Senegal Lecture Pour Tous program for successive EGRA studies over the life of the project.  

Dr. de Galbert focuses his research on education policies in linguistically diverse low-income and middle-income countries using qualitative and quantitative methods. He previously worked as a teacher and a non-profit program manager and has developed teaching materials in local languages.

Dr. de Galbert holds a BS in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and an MA and EdD in International Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a native speaker of both English and French and has lived in France, Namibia, Rwanda, Niger, and Uganda.

ABOUT PIERRE

Madeleine Mount-Cors

Ms. Madeleine Mount-Cors is a third-year Pomona College student and Politics major on a leave of absence during the pandemic. As part of her current internship with EdIntersect, she serves in a communications role, conducting content and structural review of the firm’s new website ahead of its 2021 launch, developing new content, and revising marketing collateral. 

In addition to her work at EdIntersect, Ms. Mount-Cors interns for the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, where she creates podcasts based on artist interviews she conducts for the upcoming opening of the museum. As Energy Democracy Project Assistant at Appalachian Voices, an environmental advocacy nonprofit, she researches and
evaluates electric cooperatives in North Carolina. As an intern at Good Docs, a woman-owned documentary film distributor based in Los Angeles, she conducted filmmaker interviews and research for films to market to educational institutions. 

At Pomona College, Ms. Mount-Cors has run on two NCAA Division III Cross-Country Nationals teams and also volunteers for the Draper Center for Community Partnerships. A native English speaker, she also speaks Spanish and French.

Madeleine Mount-Cors

Madeleine Mount-Cors

Madeleine Mount-Cors

Ms. Madeleine Mount-Cors is a Pomona College graduate. As part of her internship with EdIntersect, she serves in a communications role, conducting content and structural review of the firm’s website, developing new content, and revising marketing collateral. 

In addition to her work at EdIntersect, Ms. Mount-Cors interned for the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, where she created podcasts based on artist interviews she conducted for the opening of the museum. As Energy Democracy Project Assistant at Appalachian Voices, an environmental advocacy nonprofit, she researched and evaluated electric cooperatives in North Carolina. As an intern at Good Docs, a woman-owned documentary film distributor based in Los Angeles, she conducted filmmaker interviews and research for films to market to educational institutions. 

At Pomona College, Ms. Mount-Cors has run on two NCAA Division III Cross-Country Nationals teams and also volunteered for the Draper Center for Community Partnerships. A native English speaker, she also speaks Spanish and French.

ABOUT Madeleine

Joni Bowling

Ms. Joni Bowling brings direct management and operational experience working on large, complex USAID-funded awards.  For EdIntersect, she works as a strategic advisor for company financial, management, and operational planning. Ms. Bowling brings the academic knowledge of operational management along with more than 15 years of direct experience in working with large international development projects.

Ms. Bowling has managed annual budgets in excess of $68 million; negotiated agreements with partner organizations; managed incoming and outgoing funding from donor to departmental to project activity level; managed cost share and leveraging; and supervised administrative, finance, contracting, human resources, and operations staff. She contributes valuable experience in business development strategy and proposal planning for large international awards.

Ms. Bowling holds a BS in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and MBA from North Carolina State University.

Joni Bowling

Joni Bowling

Joni Bowling

Ms. Joni Bowling brings direct management and operational experience working on large, complex USAID-funded awards.  For EdIntersect, she works as a strategic advisor for company financial, management, and operational planning. Ms. Bowling brings the academic knowledge of operational management along with more than 15 years of direct experience in working with large international development projects.

Ms. Bowling has managed annual budgets in excess of $68 million; negotiated agreements with partner organizations; managed incoming and outgoing funding from donor to departmental to project activity level; managed cost share and leveraging; and supervised administrative, finance, contracting, human resources, and operations staff. She contributes valuable experience in business development strategy and proposal planning for large international awards.

Ms. Bowling holds a BS in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and MBA from North Carolina State University.

ABOUT JONI

Jill Gay

Ms. Jill Gay is a consultant in gender, health, and education. For EdIntersect, Ms. Gay serves as Senior Gender Advisor, providing support to the field-based gender equality and social inclusion advisor to develop the gender and inclusion plan and subsequent field observations and progress checks for USAID Lecture Pour Tous in Senegal. Ms. Gay is also Chief Technical Officer of What Works Association whose mission is to transform the lives of women and girls by using evidence to improve policies and programs.

Ms. Gay co-authored the 2017 UNESCO report on early and unintended pregnancy and the education sector. Ms. Gay has worked for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences and has served on the National Institutes of Health Institutional Review Board (IRB). She has consulted for USAID, MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women, and World Health Organization.

Ms. Gay serves on the Letelier-Moffitt Memorial Human Rights Awards Committee. She holds a BA in Anthropology from Barnard College and an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University. A native English speaker, Ms. Gay also speaks Spanish and French.

Jill Gay, Senior Gender Advisor, EdIntersect

Jill Gay

Jill Gay

Ms. Jill Gay is a consultant in health and education. For EdIntersect, Ms. Gay provided support to the field-based advisor to develop field observations and progress checks for USAID Lecture Pour Tous in Senegal. Ms. Gay is also Chief Technical Officer of What Works Association whose mission is to transform the lives of women and girls by using evidence to improve policies and programs.

Ms. Gay has worked for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences and has served on the National Institutes of Health Institutional Review Board (IRB). She has consulted for USAID, MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women, and World Health Organization.

Ms. Gay serves on the Letelier-Moffitt Memorial Human Rights Awards Committee. She holds a BA in Anthropology from Barnard College and an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University. A native English speaker, Ms. Gay also speaks Spanish and French.

ABOUT JILL

Our First Decade: 2013-2023

2013

EdIntersect is born! Founder and President Dr. Mary-Faith Mount-Cors files articles of incorporation in the state of North Carolina on April 16, 2013, as a woman-owned small business. EdIntersect embarks on research and development for a global online learning platform for Creative Associates.

ICT / Technology for development

2014

EdIntersect dives further into work with  leading international development organizations. EdIntersect engages human-centered design to create an education strategy with CARE USA and a theory of change on girls’ education and empowerment shared across the development community, collaborating with country office teams from India to Peru and beyond. Winrock engages EdIntersect to develop literacy materials for women in income-generation programs globally.

2015

EdIntersect works with specific country grantees for Banyan Tree Foundation, developing program design for adolescent education programs in Sierra Leone and Kenya and conducts hands-on work on analysis of early childhood programs in Mali with Save the Children.

Early grade reading and literacy Early childhood development Youth development

2016

EdIntersect makes big moves!  Teaming on two five-year awards with Chemonics International funded by the United States Agency for International Development, EdIntersect delves into early grade reading programs with incredible teams in Senegal and Rwanda. EdIntersect brings strong linkage of language and literacy depth with research and assessment expertise, technology use and assessment planning across project and ministry structures.

Early grade reading and literacy ICT / Technology for development Capacity development

2017

In close collaboration with the ministry of education of Senegal, EdIntersect is immersed in early grade reading, bilingual programming, and assessment, research, and evaluation in Wolof, Pulaar, Seereer, and French in first and second grades, local education monitoring tools for school inspectors, and assessing blind students with braille tasks. EdIntersect conducts further work on evaluation in Rwanda in grades 1-3.

Early grade reading and literacy ICT / Technology for development

2018

EdIntersect wins an evaluation award as a small business prime with Winrock to conduct the USAID Girls Leadership and Empowerment through Education (GLEE) baseline study, again providing added value in francophone contexts with EdIntersect’s strong French language skills and networks.

Youth development

2019

EdIntersect conducts a large midline study in schools in six regions of Senegal. EdIntersect assists Room to Read in data analysis and tool development across seven countries in Asia and Africa and Plan International in the development of quality education indicators for use across 80 countries where they operate in Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.

Early grade reading and literacy Capacity development

2020

EdIntersect conducts evaluations in Nigeria and Mali. In Nigeria, EdIntersect conducts the Sustainable Development Goal 4 education evaluation on behalf of UNICEF. EdIntersect conducts an external evaluation of the USAID Mali SIRA early grade reading program, maneuvering within political instability and the advent of covid-19. Winrock taps EdIntersect’s team again to carry out a qualitative study of the USAID girls’ leadership program in Mali.

Early grade reading and literacy Early grade mathematics Capacity development

2021

EdIntersect moves into Central Asia with a literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional learning five-year USAID project award in Tajikistan, the Learn Together Activity. Adaptations for COVID-19 conditions continue on existing work in Senegal, Rwanda, Mali, and Nigeria.

Early grade reading and literacy Early grade mathematics Social-emotional learning ICT / Technology for development Capacity development

2022

EdIntersect wins a new evaluation funded by the World Bank in Cape Verde, the first Portuguese-speaking country context for the firm, resulting in the first investigation ever done of country-wide reading skills in the island nation. Big news comes through with the USAID Malawi Next Generation Early Grade Reading Activity award! EdIntersect jumps into a host of assessment activities, in collaboration with Chemonics International. EdIntersect completes a nationwide baseline study in reading, math, and social-emotional learning in grades 2 and 4 in Tajikistan.

Early grade reading and literacy Early grade mathematics Social-emotional learning Early childhood development Capacity development

2023

In Malawi, EdIntersect brings expertise to parental engagement, pre-primary studies, district-level data needs, and national learner performance and education quality studies. EdIntersect conducts the mixed methods final performance evaluation for USAID GLEE in Mali on adolescent girls’ outcomes.

Early grade reading and literacy Early grade mathematics Social-emotional learning ICT / Technology for development Early childhood development Youth development Capacity development