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

David Banes

Advisor

Horton Beebe-Center

Advisor

Christopher Dubia

Executive Director

Laura Engel

Advisor

David Banes

M.S. Vijay Kumar

Advisor

Reg Leichty

Advisor

Kent Lewis - Managing Director, MapWorks Learning

Kent Lewis

Managing Director

Mike Smith

Andy Long

Director of Learning

Alan Mather

Alan Mather

Advisor

David Banes

Fred Mednick

Advisor

Mike Smith

Marshall (Mike) S. Smith

Advisor (Deceased)

Brajesh Singh

Chief Engineering Officer

Terkpertey Andrews Terku

Terkpertey A Terku

Youth Leadership & Advocacy Development Specialist

David Banes

Helene Theros

Communications Director

Caroline Wojciechowski

Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist