Advisory Board

Dr. Karina J Baum is the Director of Global Education at Buckingham Browne &

Nichols (BB&N), a K-12 independent school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She has a MA in Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology from the University of Buenos Aires, and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from Brandeis University. Her research on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and best practices in Global Education focuses on the use of case studies, applications of technology, collaborations beyond the classroom, design-thinking, culturally-responsive anti-bias curriculum development, and interdisciplinary learning. She has presented her work at numerous conferences and workshops and published in peer-reviewed journals in science and education and in an edited book. She received the Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence (AASTE) in 2014 and the Teacher of Merit Recognition from the Regeneron Science Talent Search Competition in 2018. Formerly, Dr. Baum was an Education Fellow at the National Academies of Science, a Scholar at the Board of Science Education of the National Academies of Science, a Latinos for Education Board Fellow, and a consultant for Oxfam. She has been a fellow and faculty of the Think Tank on Global Education at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors of the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG), the Thompson Island Outward Bound Board of Trustees, and is on the Latinos for Education Founding National Alumni Council.

She is passionate about science, environmentalism, cooking, gardening, film, photography, learning different languages and cultures, and travel.

Steven Chan is the founder and CEO of GoodNotes, a top selling note-taking and learning app that won the Apple’s “iPad App of the Year” award in 2022. He studied maths and physics in Australia and wrote GoodNotes 1 in his last semester of university. It was a one-person company for five years until the Apple Pencil came out in 2015, and the company has been growing steadily to more than 100 people with offices in London and Hong Kong.

Theresa Glasmacher is the Managing Director of Barbara Glasmacher Schulberatung GmbH which is based in Munich, Germany. Originally founded in 1996 by her mother, Barbara Glasmacher, the company is Germany’s most established and well-known educational agency for the placement of students from continental Europe (mainly Germany, Austria and Switzerland) in British boarding schools.

Theresa did her IB Diploma at Sevenoaks School and after a banking apprenticeship in Munich
returned to England to study history and politics at the London School of Economics. She received her Master’s Degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University) in Boston. From 1998 to 2005, Theresa worked in the field of environmental and climate protection in Munich and Berlin, where she was also involved in the EU accession process of Poland, Hungary and Estonia. In 2006, she returned to Munich to work in the small family business and became Managing Director of the agency in 2013 working alongside her mother for seven years before her mother stepped down in 2020. Theresa Glasmacher is married and mother of two teenage sons.

Mark has spent his career working within education, both in the UK and internationally. Mark was the Director of Studies in a school in Spain before becoming the Director of Holiday Courses and Events at Millfield School.School in UK then language school in Spain (Director of studies) then Director of Holiday Courses and Events. Mark attended his first summer programme in America 1979 and has completed 42 Summer Schools since. Mark was successful in building a multi award winning and the highest ranked summer school (by the EFL Gazette) in Millfield.
Qualifications: (BA (Hons), PGCE, CELTA, DELTA, DELTM, MSc in Teaching English)
With a long list of educational qualifications, Mark has turned his focus to nurturing the next generation offering his skills as an examiner for many years both for Cambridge and Trinity College London exams.
Mark is now currently semi retired, and a published author. He has just started as a consultant with British Summer Schools. Apart from this and being on the Advisory Board he is an Ambassador for EdYOUfest. He also currently sits on the British Council Inspection ACAS Board.
Mark is passionate about learning. Lifetime research interest in vocabulary acquisition and learning styles. “I believe everybody is good at something and that at this stage of my life I know that the work I did alongside many great colleagues touched many young lives. Who knows maybe the world is an ever so slightly better place because of this.”

With a Masters in Education Leadership and Management from the University of Bath, Ben Hunter was Head of School of Ermitage International School. His previous experience in education includes the titles of Deputy Head, International Baccalaureate Diploma Program Coordinator, Creativity, Activity and Service Coordinator and Round Square Representative for Ermitage and the European Region. During his time at Ermitage, Ben helped navigate a managerial and ownership transition as well as accompany the owners in the sale process, including vetting of investors and financial partners. Currently, Ben is an MBA candidate at the Institute of Education at the University College London and advises select schools in their development projects with a particular focus on EdTech.

Dr. Mrs. Vandana Lulla is the Director of Podar Group of International Schools undertaking the International Curriculum (IB & Cambridge)

She is the Vice President of South Asian International Baccalaureate Schools Association (SAIBSA).

She has been appointed as Accreditation team member on the prestigious Council of International Schools Accreditation Team and has been on the Accreditation team for schools in India, Hong Kong, China and Indonesia. She has also been appointed by CfBT London to inspect schools in the UAE and has inspected more than 200 schools in Dubai.

She is a validated trainer for British Council and has trained more than 200 principals and teachers PAN India. She has conducted various trainings on Creativity and Imagination, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Digital Literacy, Collaboration and Communication, Citizenship, Team Building, Leadership, Effective Parenting and many more for Principal’s, Teacher’s and Student’s pan India.

She holds a doctorate degree in “Managing students with SEN using Technology and has over 20 years of experience of being an inspirational teacher and a principal who creates leaders in classrooms. She has been a mentor and a coach to many of her teachers who have now become leaders of schools.

She has always been a progressive leader and believed in change and has been one of the very first pioneers to introduce Interactive Boards, laptops, I-Pad and 3D technology in the classrooms.

She is regarded and respected by all parents for being extremely approachable. This has led to Podar International School being ranked No.1 for best Parental Involvement by Education World.

Under her astounding leadership and maintaining high institutional quality, her School has secured a hatrick in terms of “Best School Award” by Digital Learning, Hindustan Times and Education World.

Year after year repeatedly, she has created “World and India Toppers” at the Cambridge, IB and the University of London Examinations.

Her school undertook a unique initiative to paint the walls of 21 Police Stations in the west region of Mumbai and a project “Beautification of Traffic Park at Cooperage” with the Mumbai Traffic Police Department. During the 26th July, 2005 floods, Podar International School adopted 147 children affected by the floods and the entire educational expenses were taken care of.

She has experience in working with 300 students with various learning difficulties i.e. Learning Disability, Hearing Impairment, ADHD, etc. in mainstream education and have improved the performances of such students using technology.

She has been bestowed with the Rajya Puraskar Award by Maharashtra State Government for selfless work done in the field of education and the ‘Global Accreditation Award’ by the British Council for undertaking a research project on developing higher order thinking skills in students.

She has also recently been awarded the Prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Leadership Award for Outstanding services in Education by Ms. Preet Kaur Gill, Member of Parliament, UK at the House of Lords, UK.

She has been listed in the publication “Who’s who” as a result of her contributions to the school education communities that she has served.

Her prime aim is to give back to the society in the form of community service. Her passion is never ending and infinite.

Samuel Moir-Smith is a Trans Activist Researcher, Speaker, and Model, whose work specialises in writing and lecturing about trans experience and inequality.
Sam has come to specialise in the emerging field of Trans Studies, combining his personal experience as a trans man with academic literature to produce intimate and representative research about the transgender community. His previous thesis explore topics that range from unequal provision of specialist healthcare to conceptualisations of trans temporality. Sam’s expertise in this area allowed him the opportunity of delivering lectures and seminars about trans-related topics to BSc and MSc students at QMUL as part of a Global Health course.
Outside of academia, Sam engages in work as an activist, having previously been involved in national and international campaigns within fashion and media.

Revd. Kabelo Motlhakane is an Anglican priest, Public Theologian, Mediator and Transformation and Inclusion specialist. He is currently serving as the School Chaplain and Head of Transformation at St Peter’s College, South Africa.
He is the founder and Director of Ke Motho Consulting. Ke Motho is a catalyst consultancy that values courageous conversation to build an engaged society. The phrase ‘Ke Motho’ is of Setswana origin, meaning, ‘I am human’. As a collective, the Ke Motho team believes that our humanity is the epitome of everything we are.
He is the Co-Founder of SATISA (South African Transformation for Independent Schools Association), which aims to improve ideologies and practices of care towards organisational belonging.
Revd. Kabelo holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pretoria in Ethics and Systematic Theology. His thesis is titled “The Story of God and Black Inferiority – in the thought of Steve Bantu Biko”. The Steve Biko Foundation has archived his thesis.
Revd. Kabelo is passionate about youth development, change management and education. He desires to contribute towards changing the idea of a God limited to race, gender, sexuality, and any other human construct that serves to exclude and dehumanise. He has extensive experience working with the youth and various organisations within the education sector, both nationally and internationally.

Lucy Muir is a Chartered Surveyor at Montagu Evans, a property consultancy headquartered in London. Lucy specialises in development consultancy advising both public and private sector clients on a wide range of development projects that vary in terms of scale and complexity.

Ana Romero is the Head of Sustainability and Global Education Coordinator at Wellington College, where she is also a tutor. She works closely with pupils and faculty to inspire learning and change across and beyond school life. Ana is as well Senior advisor in climate matters related to Action for Climate Empowerment and Capacity Building for the Mexican Government at the UNFCCC.

Thomas Sparrow is a journalist currently working as a news correspondent for the German news channel Deutsche Welle. He reports on events such as elections in Germany, European elections, the migration crisis, Brexit and the G20 protests in Hamburg, to television channels all around the world in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Ghana, Uganda, India and Colombia.

A former BBC correspondent during the Obama administration, Thomas has a unique perspective of the media and its influence on our lives. He is half Colombian and half British, and has lived in 5 different countries throughout his life.

Mrs. Yetty Williams holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA strategy and finance from the Yale School of Management, USA. She has an executive degree in Digital Media Marketing from the University of Cambridge.
She is a social entrepreneur and has over 20 years working experience which spans financial services, real estate consulting. She started her career in Bloomberg Financial Markets and has also worked at Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo), Shell, Persianas, Lafarge, and Union Bank.

Yetty is the founder of LagosMums, the first Nigerian blog dedicated to Mums, parents, and caregivers. She believes that parenting should be a mindful and collaborative process. LagosMums mission is to be a family life and parenting resource for mums, parents, and caregivers, it takes an e-village to raise a child in the 21st Century. She is the convener of the LagosMums Parenting Conference which is an annual gathering of parents and experts. Over the years the conference has attracted thousands of parents and experts discussing pertinent topics relating to parenting and family matters.

LagosMums has grown organically online and is active on social media across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with over 100,000 followers.

Yetty is a certified Life Coach and Neuro-linguistic Programming Practitioner. As a speaker, she has been invited to speak several times on Parenting, work-life balance, digital media, and entrepreneurship at various companies, schools, company retreats and many more platforms locally and globally. She is a guest on the Parenting Today show on LagosTalks 91.3 FM on Thursdays at 12.30 pm where she delves into various parenting topics. In 2020, Yetty was the keynote speaker during the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day celebration hosted by Google.

Yetty is the lead consultant at Slay with Digital, where she consults on Digital transformation and Strategic Digital media marketing planning for Business owners and Companies. Some of her clients include P&G, Kimberly Clark, Nivea, AXA Mansard, Google, several SME’s and Schools.

She serves on the boards of the Bethesda Child Support Agency and Afro-Tech Girls.

Yetty has won many awards over the years some of which include, being announced as the winner in the Social Media/Online media category in the ELOY (Exquisite Lady Of the Year) 2015 Awards and was a nominee in the Digital Media Entrepreneur category in 2019. Yetty was recognized as a conversation starter in the YNaija 100 media list.

LagosMums was selected as an Organization to implement Google Online Safety Roadshow workshops in the community and schools in 2019. This was successfully done reaching over 1,000 participants. In 2020, Yetty was selected as a partner for the POWER Initiative; (Providing Opportunities for Women’s economic rise),  in partnership with the US Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S.Consulate Lagos and supported by Google.

In 2021, LagosMums was selected as one of the winners in the Africa Online Safety Fund, set up by Google.org. It is certainly an honour to have been selected as one of the 26 organizations across 9 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The grant will go towards promoting online safety and digital well-being for parents, teachers and children.

Yetty Williams is married to Afolabi Williams, a very supportive “LagosDad” and they are blessed with two children who have inspired her to start a compilation of #funnythingschildrensay.

Jessica Ye is an entrepreneur, researcher and builder in education and finance, with 20 years of proven track record in research, business development and leadership. She loves problem solving, building dynamic and impactful communities and, in turn, making a positive impact on society. Jessica received a BSc and MSc degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from New York University and is currently completing her MSc degree in Education at the Education University of Hong Kong, and is part of the Tsinghua University’s Global Entrepreneur Leadership programme.
Jessica is the Chief Strategy Officer of Carbonbase, a climate change startup aiming at using data science and blockchain technologies to drive sustainability. Jessica previously spent 11 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, leading research and client strategy. She is the Founder of Mulberry House Education Group, an innovative educational organisation specialising in English/Mandarin Bilingual Education and Publishing, which includes Mulberry House International Kindergarten, Mulberry House Academy, and Atha Publishing.
Founder of the Asia Pac Family Office Group APFO, they provide a suite of wealth management services for ultra-high net worth families, focusing on global private equity deals, education pathways to elite schools around the world, ultra-high quality private healthcare services and value-added services.

Dr Charles Yeboah is a respected visionary leader of education in Ghana, having contributed immensely to educational development in Ghana through the school (www.icsghana.org) he founded with his wife more than 20 years ago, as well as other roles he has played in the educational space. As the Founding Managing Director of International Community Schools (ICS), Dr Yeboah has grown ICS from 7 children in their living room to over 2,000 learners today, spread over 4 campuses in Kumasi and Accra, and thus becoming the first international curricular chain of schools in Ghana. Dr Yeboah has raised, managed, and invested multimillion dollars over the past few years in educational development, mostly in the schools he founded for various infrastructure and expansion projects. He has during the years learned and developed the art of managing complex relationship between social organizations, investor/financiers and investee companies and philanthropic organizations.
Dr Yeboah has, since 2016, been the chairman and convener of Educators bootcamps, an annual educators’ summit for teachers and School Leaders in Ghana. Dr Yeboah’s instrumentality and sponsorship brought Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) to Ghana in 2017 as the first international affiliate of ASCD, USA, in Africa. He has since served as its founding Executive Director. Dr Yeboah is a passionate advocate for public-private partnership in education, and an avid supporter for best practices in education.
In 2017, the President of the Republic of Ghana appointed Dr. Yeboah to serve on the National Inspectorate Board (now National School Inspectorate Authority-NaSIA), through the recommendation of the former Minister of Education, a position he continues to serve until now. Dr Yeboah is also a member of the advisory board of the current Minister for Education, a position he has held since September 2021. He was also a member of the Special Ministerial Committee appointed by the Minister for Education to review the Secondary Education as part of the Education Strategy Plan for 2018-2030. Dr Yeboah has consulted and continues to consult for several organizations in education and other sectors in Ghana and around the world.
Since July 2020, Dr Yeboah has been serving on the board of Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development ASCD, USA, becoming the first African educator to be appointed on the ASCD board in its 75-year history.
Dr Yeboah has worked in a number of roles over the past 30 years. Before founding International Community Schools, he was a teaching and research fellow at Loyola University Chicago (1994–98); a visiting and adjunct lecturer at Spurgeon’s College, London, UK (2001–04); and lecturer at the Ghana Baptist University College (1998–2004). He is a sought-after speaker and thought leader in Education, social enterprises and Business in Ghana and internationally.
Yeboah holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Abidjan (Ivory Coast, 1988), a master’s degree from Trinity International University (formerly Trinity Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, 1994); and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Loyola University Chicago (1998).