Meet Our Staff
We work from offices based in Austin, Texas, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Donna Berber
CEO and Founder
Alicyn Yarbrough
Chief Development Officer
Bejiga Abdo
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Brody Kwiatkowski
Lead Developer
David Porter
Executive Director (Glimmer Austin)
Elif Iyriboz
Communications Manager
Eric Schmidhauser
Donor Relations Manager
Evan Gonzales
Communications Coordinator
Gebrehiwot Reta
Country Director
Haile-Gebriel Endeshaw
Communications and Projects Officer
Hanna Worku
Finance and Administration
James Castle
Technical Projects Coordinator
Kahsay Girmay
Senior Director of Operations
Kat Townsend
Communications Associate
Kate Scurria
Program Development Manager
Kendra Beach
Director of Communications
Liz Mullaney
Senior Operations Manager
Michele Freeman
Office Manager
Mulualem Ashenafi
Senior Programs Manager
Nasser Hassen
Senior Director of Sustainability
Nasser Kemal Sulayman
Compliance Officer
Royce Dennis
Project Manager (Glimmer Austin)
Salwa Yordi
Executive Assistant (Glimmer Austin)
Santiago Montoya
Chief Investment Officer
Stephanie Fast
Chief Financial Officer
Susan Crisci
Staff Accountant
Taterach Woldesenbet
Office Assistant
Tsegaye Gashie
Project Officer
Tsegaye Telila
Hydrogeologist
Yonas Gudeto Weyessa
Office Assistant
Zena Dori Dalecha
Finance and Administration Director
