OUR TEAM
Our Team uses Virtual Exchange as a tool to advance cross-cultural collaboration, project-based learning, and issues-oriented storytelling–all linked explicitly to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. Learn more about what we do….
Chris Dubia
Executive Director
Kent Lewis
Chief of Strategy
Andy Long
Chief of Learning
Macie Rouse
Director of East Africa
Brajesh Singh
Chief Engineer
OUR ADVISORS
Dan Baldwin
Senior Advisor
Dan is a Naturalist for National Geographic and has taught marine sciences in the Florida Keys and on Catalina Island, and science and math in Mexico, Costa Rica, and the South Pacific.
David Banes
Senior Advisor
David works on supporting access and inclusion through technology across the globe. He works closely with a range of agencies including UNICEF, WHO and INIT.
Laura Engel
Senior Advisor
Laura is Associate Professor and Director of International Education Program at George Washington University and a National Geographic Explorer.
Jennifer Geist
Senior Advisor
Jennifer is a global education program designer, curriculum curator, project based learning coach, collaboration mentor, and master of storytelling.
Vijay Kumar
Senior Advisor
Vijay is Associate Dean, Open Learning & Executive Director of Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) M.I.T.
Alan Mather
Senior Advisor
Alan is President of the Golden Apple Foundation and a decorated educator.
Fred Mednick
Senior Advisor
Fred is a professor of Education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the founder of Teachers Without Borders.
Marshall (Mike) S. Smith
Senior Advisor
Mike is former Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University and Former Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
NAVIGATORS
Stephen Kibasa
Teacher Navigator
Stephen is a Secondary School Teacher in Bukoba, Tanzania. He is a digital story teller and change maker to his community. He is also a Youth East Africa Forum and Kigoda cha Mwalimu Nyerere member.
Patrick Maro
Teacher Navigator
Patrick is a Secondary School Teacher in Bukoba, Tanzania. He also leads an HIV prevention program in the Kagera region for the Red Cross.
OUR PARTNERS
Why the SDGs?
MapWorks Learning uses the SDGs as a common ground for learners to explore, collaborate and problem solve, around the worlds most pressing issues. Narrative Atlas is the vehicle that allows this to happen. Learn more about each of the goals and their targets by clicking on them.
