Our Team
The strength of our work lives in the people who shape it – educators, innovators, artists, strategists, and visionaries united by one mission: to transform how the world learns, leads, and connects.
At MapWorks Learning, our team includes a dynamic mix of practitioners and advisors whose expertise spans global education, diplomacy, debate, digital storytelling, engineering, cultural exchange, and the arts. With backgrounds in K–12 and higher education, foreign affairs, civic engagement, and technology, our people bring the knowledge, tools, and networks that fuel our work from concept to implementation.
Together, we design high-impact virtual exchanges, pilot cross-cultural learning models, and guide strategy that builds systems-level change. Some lead program design and implementation. Others shape vision and scale. All contribute to outcomes that are youth-driven, globally minded, and built to last.
This is our team—builders, thinkers, and doers committed to empowering the next generation to thrive in a connected world.

David Banes
Advisor

Horton Beebe-Center
Advisor

Christopher Dubia
Executive Director

Laura Engel
Advisor

M.S. Vijay Kumar
Advisor

Reg Leichty
Advisor

Kent Lewis
Managing Director

Andy Long
Director of Learning

Alan Mather
Advisor

Fred Mednick
Advisor

Marshall (Mike) S. Smith
Advisor (Deceased)

Brajesh Singh
Chief Engineering Officer

Terkpertey A Terku
Youth Leadership & Advocacy Development Specialist

Helene Theros
Communications Director

Caroline Wojciechowski
Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist