HED Staff

To learn more about Higher Education for Development’s programs, please contact our staff. We look forward to hearing from you!

Administration

• Ronna Eddington, Executive Assistant/Office Manager
• Wanda Womack-Bolden, Administrative Specialist

Communications

• Kellee Edmonds, Director of Communications
• • Thomas Forrest, Communications Assistant
  • Lynn Simmonds, Communications Manager

Program Quality and Impact

• Azra Kacapor Nurkic, Ph.D., Director of Program Quality and Impact
  
• • Jessica Bagdonis, Associate Director of Program Quality and Impact
  • Anne Guison-Dowdy, Senior Specialist, Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting
  • Omri Malul, Senior Specialist, Program Quality and Strategy
    
  • Noopur Vyas, Senior Program Quality Manager

Programs

• Jay Taylor, Director of Programs
  
  • Teshome Alemneh, Ph.D., Program Officer, Africa
    
• • • Crystal Morgan, Program Specialist, Africa
    • Allison Schachter, Program Specialist, Africa
  • Diana Páez-Cook, Program Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean
  • • Kristin Bushby, Program Specialist
    • Manny Sánchez, Senior Program Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Hazel Cipolle, Senior Program Specialist, Broader Middle East and North Africa 
  • Marilyn Crane, Senior Program Specialist, Broader Middle East and North Africa 
  • Curtis Hudson, Program Specialist, Broader Middle East and North Africa 
  • Charlie Koo, Senior Program Specialist, Global Partnerships 
  • Brooks Marmon, Program Specialist