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Staff
Full-Time
Eric
Glustrom: The founder and Executive Director of
Educate!, Eric spent a month in two refugee camps
in Uganda filming a documentary about the condition
of refugees. During his time in Uganda, Eric met several
refugees of his age, 17, that did not have the means
to pay for their education. Realizing that an education
was the only way for these refugees to break free
from the suffering they experienced, Eric decided
to help. He founded Educate! soon after he returned
home. He graduated from Fairview High School in Boulder,
Colorado in May of 2003, where he was captain of the
tennis team. He graduated in May 2007 from Amherst
College, where he majored in Neuroscience and ran
on the track team.
Eric
has put a lot into Educate! since its founding, spending
countless hours working on its development. Some of
that effort paid off in April of 2005 when Educate!
got 501(c)3 legal non-profit status. In the summer
of 2004, Eric fundraised by climbing 14,000 foot mountains
in the Colorado Rockies. He climbed fourteen of these
"14ers" and raised several thousand dollars
through the project. This summer, Eric lead a group
of 4 other Amherst College students on a trip to Uganda
and Rwanda, where they checked up on Educate! students,
searched for new students, and looked for more projects
for Educate! to undertake. Eric continues working
day and night on Educate!
Contact
Eric: eric@educateafrica.org
Part
Time
Boris
Bulayev: Also a 2007 alumni of Amherst College,
Boris currently focuses on higher level strategic
issues for Educate!. During the summer of 2007, he
spearheading the development of Educate!’s new
leadership programs, making connections with countless
individuals in the government, non-governmental organizations,
and schools. Prior to leaving Amherst, Boris was co-executive
director of the organization with Eric.
Boris
grew up in San Francisco, California and is currently
working in New York as a business associate at Loeb
Enterprises, a business lab focusing on developing
new companies and reinventing struggling ones.
Contact
Boris: boris@educateafrica.org
John
McDermott: A
graduate of Amherst College, John is a long-time professor
at Moravian College and ardent supporter of Educate!.
John gives constant advice and support to Eric and
Boris and provides valuable direction for the organization.
He has also become increasingly involved in organizational
development. John and his wife Emily reside in Amherst,
Massachusetts.
Katherine
Conway: Graduating from Tufts University in '07
with a BA in International Relations, Katherine currently
works as a Program Associate with National Student
Partnerships where she is serving as an AmeriCorps*VISTA.
While at Tufts, she completed research in Uganda on
the Perceptions of the Juba Peace Talks with IDP Camps
as well as research on the effects of development
on Maasai culture through a case study of HIV/AIDS
in southern Kenya. Katherine founded BUILD (Building
Understanding through International Learning and Development)
while at Tufts, which is an organization that sends
selected students to engage in rural development work
in Nicaragua and take a course that she designed on
sustainable development after returning from the service
trip. She speaks Spanish, some Swahili, and is currently
learning French. Katherine loves running, being outdoors,
and anything that is free to do in DC!
...Not
to mention: Many Volunteers, Club Leaders, and
Club Participants around the country... Without
whom everything Educate! has done would not be possible.
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