Meet Our Staff
We work from offices based in Austin, Texas, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Donna Berber
Executive Chair and Founder
Alemayehu Daniel Tessema
Driver
Alicyn Yarbrough
Chief Executive Officer
Austin Thielmann
Programs Associate
Bejiga Abdo
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Biniyam Tadese
Data and Systems Officer
Brody Kwiatkowski
Development Operations Manager
Carla Power
Controller (Glimmer Austin)
Caroline Jones
Communications Associate
Clara Dykstra
Communications Associate
Elif Iyriboz
Communications Manager
Gebrehiwot Reta
Country Director
Hanna Worku
Finance Officer
James Castle
Programs and Systems Manager
Kate Scurria
Director of Programs
Kelli Stoker
Director of Finance and Accounting
Kendra Beach
Chief Strategy Officer
Lindsey Futrell
Systems Operations Manager
Liz Mullaney
Senior Director of Systems Operations
Meklit Tefera
Database Manager
Melat Mekonnen
Communications Officer
Mulualem Ashenafi
Director of Operations
Nasser Hassen
Senior Director of Quality Control and Program Sustainability
Nasser Kemal Sulayman
Compliance Officer
Santiago Montoya
Chief Investment Officer
Stephanie Lawrence
Staff Accountant
Taterach Woldesenbet
Office Assistant
Tessema Firdissa
Programs Manager
Tsegaye Gashie
Senior Program Manager
Tsegaye Telila
Senior Program Manager
Yemataye Tessema
Livelihoods Manager
Yonas Gudeto Weyessa
Office Assistant
Zena Dori Dalecha
Finance and Administrative Director
