Dana Kaltenberger 🇺🇸
U.S. Director

Dana Kaltenberger leads U.S. engagement and partnerships, combining her background in education and over 17 years of global outreach experience with a deep passion for missions and expanding opportunities for children in Sierra Leone.

Michael Alusine Turay 🇸🇱
Program Manager

Michael Turay supports the growth and quality of EduNations’ schools, leveraging his experience as a teacher and principal and his degree in agricultural education.

Emmanuel Kargbo 🇸🇱
Finance Manager

Emmanuel Kargbo leads financial operations with extensive INGO experience, including senior finance roles with CARE International, ensuring strong stewardship and accountability.

Feah Lydia Nyandemoh 🇸🇱
Administration and Human Resource Officer

Feah Lydia Nyandemoh is a seasoned Human Resources and Administration professional with more than a decade of leadership experience. She is passionate about fostering organizational excellence, developing people, and driving sustainable community impact.

Brima Kargbo 🇸🇱
Education Secretary

Brima Kargbo is a Christian missionary and experienced educator who has served EduNations since 2018 in teaching, discipleship, boarding care, and school leadership, most recently as Senior Secondary School Principal before his promotion to Education Secretary.

Salma Rubio 🇸🇱
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Salma Rubio strengthens program impact through data-driven evaluation, supported by her missionary training and experience serving with EduNations in Sierra Leone.

Pilar Rodriguez 🇺🇸
Sponsorship Coordinator / Administrative Assistant

Pilar Rodriguez oversees sponsorship and administrative efforts, bringing a background in industrial management and global missions experience shaped by life in developing countries.

Wendy Maletta 🇺🇸
Advancement and Partnerships Coordinator

Wendy Maletta is a seasoned nonprofit leader and community engagement strategist who brings decades of experience building meaningful partnerships, advancing missions, and connecting people and resources to create lasting community impact.

Samuel Sorie Conteh 🇸🇱
Sponsorship Officer

Samuel Sorie Conteh manages student sponsorship programs, drawing on his background in education and years of experience as a teacher within EduNations.

Ellie Rodriguez 🇺🇸
Communications and Marketing Coordinator

Ellie Rodriguez supports marketing and communications, focusing on branding, social media, and visual storytelling, with a heart for service shaped by her experience as a missionary kid.

Lydia Lowery 🇺🇸
Project and Grant Coordinator

Lydia Lowery brings experience in educational nonprofit development, fundraising, event planning, and marketing, along with a passion for expanding access to quality Christian education and life-changing opportunities for students in Sierra Leone.

Salimatu M. Koroma 🇸🇱
Social Worker

Drawing on her experience as an educator, counselor, and Child Protection Agent, Salimatu compassionately protects, guides, and empowers EduNations students.

Margaret Deen Kamara 🇸🇱
Social Worker

Margaret brings clinical psychology and mental-health expertise to help students overcome challenges, build resilience, and achieve their full potential.

M’balu Fonti-Kanu 🇸🇱
Social Worker

M’balu combines seven years of community-development experience with a passion for connecting vulnerable children and families to the support and opportunities they need to thrive.

Jeff Gingrich 🇺🇸
President

Jeff Gingrich serves as President of the Board and is a practicing urologist with over 25 years of experience, driven by a deep conviction that every child deserves access to quality education.

Rick Kennedy 🇺🇸
Vice President

Rick Kennedy serves as Vice President of the Board and is an attorney with over 40 years of experience, co-founding EduNations in response to God’s call to serve and a desire to bring hope and opportunity to children in Sierra Leone.

Beth Weaver 🇺🇸
Secretary

Beth Weaver serves as Board Secretary and is a founding member and former U.S. staff member of EduNations, bringing years of experience in sponsorship coordination and a deep passion for supporting children and families in Sierra Leone through quality, Christ-centered education.

Alimamy Bader 🇺🇸
Treasurer

Alimamy Bader serves as Board Treasurer and is a power systems engineer, born in Sierra Leone, with a deep personal connection to EduNations and a passion for advancing education and essential resources in his home country.

Scott Graham 🇺🇸
Board Member

Scott Graham serves on the Board and has been a Presbyterian pastor since 1993, bringing a deep commitment to ministry and a passion for advancing education as a means of transforming lives and communities.

Ken Houseknecht 🇺🇸
Board Member

Ken Houseknecht serves on the Board and is a founding member of EduNations, bringing 40 years of professional experience and nonprofit leadership with a passion for serving underserved communities both locally and globally.

Ken Krieger 🇺🇸
Board Member

Ken Krieger serves on the Board and is a founding member of EduNations, bringing over 30 years of experience in education and a deep commitment to helping children in Sierra Leone rise out of poverty through quality, faith-based education.

Aiah Lebbie 🇸🇱
Board Member

Born and raised in eastern Sierra Leone, Aiah Lebbie is a compassionate Christian pediatric surgeon, academic, and medical leader who has provided surgical care to children for 13 years and currently serves as Head of Surgery at two prestigious hospitals, and is inspired by EduNations’ work to bring quality education to children in underserved communities across his country.

Bob Stauffer 🇺🇸
Board Member

Bob Stauffer brings nearly 50 years of pastoral ministry and leadership experience, including service as National Director of Church Health for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, in presbytery leadership, and has served as a former and now returning board member for EduNations over the past two decades.

Stacy Tessaro 🇺🇸
Board Member

Stacy Tessaro serves on the Board and is a secondary science teacher with nearly two decades of experience, passionate about advancing quality education alongside the Gospel to help communities overcome poverty.

Bruce Tenenbaum 🇺🇸
Board Member

Bruce Tenenbaum serves on the Board and brings over 40 years of experience in banking and IT, with a passion for advancing the Gospel through Christian education in Sierra Leone.