Meet Our Team

Girl Effect is led by a passionate team of people and partners who are committed to unlocking the power of girls. In addition to our immediate team, we also work with TEGAs (Technology Enabled Girl Ambassadors) and Youth Advisory Panels to ensure that youth voices, needs, and motivations inform all that we do.

If you are interested in joining our team, you can view our open positions here.

Jessica Posner
Jessica PosnerOdede
CEO

Nairobi, Kenya

Tabatha
Tabatha Bruce
Chief Business Officer

London, UK

Sneha
Sneha Chaturvedi
Country Lead, India

Mumbai, India

Melissa
Melissa Cronin
Global Head of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation

Maine, USA

Deborah
Deborah Crowe
Global Head of Safeguarding & Programmes Director

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Angela
Angela Gachui
Global Head of Transformation and Inclusion

Nairobi, Kenya

Liya
Liya Haile
Country Lead, Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Njeri
Njeri Kinyanjui
Global Head of Human Resource

Nairobi, Kenya

Pamela
PamelaMallinga
Global Head of Impact

Nairobi, Kenya

Khalila
Khalila Mbowe
Country Lead, Tanzania

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Jonathan
JonathanMcKay
Senior Director, Product Innovation

New York, USA

Karina
Karina Michel
Global Head of Create

London, UK

Mutaf
Mutaf Rifat
Chief Financial Officer

London, UK

Stefani
Stefani Thatcher
Director, CEO Office

London, UK

Joyce
JoyceWanderi
Chief Program Officer

Nairobi, Kenya

Ime
ImeArchibong
Head of Product Experimentation

Facebook

Jorge G.
Jorge G. Casimiro
VP, Chief of Public Policy & Social Impact Officer, NIKE Inc. & President, NIKE Foundation

NIKE Inc. & NIKE Foundation

Jim
Jim Citrin
Leader & Head

Spencer Stuart CEO Practice

Deborah
DeborahDugan
CEO

Beyond Type 1

Maria
MariaEitel
Founder & Chair Emeritus

Girl Effect

Erin
Erin Hohlfelder
Senior Program Officer

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Trishla
Trishla Jain

The Times Group – India

Edith
Edith Jibunoh
Manager – External Affairs for East & Southern Africa

World Bank Group

Nina
Nina Kjellson
General Partner

Canaan

Alex
Alex Morgan

Soccer Champion & Entrepreneur

Jonathan
Jonathan Newhouse
Chairman

Condé Nast
Girl Effect Board Chair

Salma
Salma Hayek Pinault

Producer, Director, Actor, Activist

Natasha
NatashaPoonawalla
Director

Serum Institute of India

Juliana
Juliana Rotich
Venture Partner

Atlantica, BRCK Inc. & Ushahidi Inc.

Jacob
Jacob Schimmel
Chairman

UKI Investments

We are especially grateful to the number of donors and strategic partners who help advance our work:

Join Us

Girl Effect is an international non-profit that builds media that girls want, trust, and need. We are hugely ambitious for our future and are looking for people who are driven to change the world for girls.

Girl Effect is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity, or expression. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace.

If you have questions about our current posted positions, please get in touch at recruitment@girleffect.org.