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
Bejiga Abdo
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Brenna Cummings
Systems Operations Associate
Brody Kwiatkowski
Development Operations Manager
Carla Power
Director of Finance
David Porter
Executive Director (Glimmer Austin)
Elif Iyriboz
Communications Manager
Ellen Bettis
Communications and Donor Manager
Emma Pennisi
Executive Assistant & Special Projects Manager
Gebrehiwot Reta
Country Director
Hanna Worku
Finance Officer
James Castle
Program and Systems Coordinator
Kahsay Girmay
Senior Director of Operations
Kate Martin
Development Coordinator
Kate Scurria
Senior Program Development Manager
Kendra Beach
Senior Director, Development & Communications
Kidist Woldehawariat
Administration Officer
Liz Mullaney
Director of Systems Operations
Meklit Tefera
Database Manager
Mulualem Ashenafi
Director of Programs
Nasser Hassen
Senior Director of Quality Assurance and Program Sustainability
Nasser Kemal Sulayman
Compliance Officer
Royce Dennis
Camp Glimmer Director (Glimmer Austin)
Salwa Yordi
Program Manager (Glimmer Austin)
Santiago Montoya
Chief Investment Officer
Stephanie Fast
Chief Finance and Operations Officer
Susan Crisci
Staff Accountant
Taterach Woldesenbet
Office Assistant
Tessema Firdissa
Project Officer
Tsegaye Gashie
Program Manager
Tsegaye Telila
Program Manager
Yemataye Tessema
Livelihood Officer
Yonas Gudeto Weyessa
Office Assistant
Zena Dori Dalecha
Finance Director
