ABOUT US
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 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 actors in and around schools and homes, and all learning spaces.
Intersections
Understanding and responding to the ways gender, socioeconomic status, language group, ethnicity, religion, age, ability/disability, health status, and other axes of identity intersect on a micro level; and education, health, gender structures, inclusion/exclusion, technology, and other areas intersect on a macro level.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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).
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.