The Team
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Saul Garlick Saul is the founder and executive director of Think Impact, an international non-profit organization that connects American students to rural villages in Africa to alleviate poverty through a sustained commitment to social innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship. Saul also serves as ambassador to the United States for The Buffelshoek Trust, an organization committed to the construction of much-needed schools in rural South Africa. Saul served as managing editor of the SAIS Review, as founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Hopkins Donkey and has worked on Capitol Hill for Rep. DeGette (D-CO) and as acting desk officer for Angola in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. He is a contributor to Carnegie Council's online magazine, Policy Innovations. Garlick is a Truman Scholar and has received numerous awards including the William C. Foster Award, the Circles of Change Award, and the Fire Within Social Entrepreneurship Award. Garlick received his BA with honors in 2006 from Johns Hopkins University and his MA in American foreign policy and International Economics at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. Vanessa Carter Vanessa is the director of finance and programs for Think Impact. She spearheads Think Impact’s signature Global Development Internship program in Kenya and South Africa. Vanessa has worked with Think Impact since 2007 and has led the internship program for 70 students selected from 40 universities. She worked in Kenya and South Africa throughout the last three summers, managing interns on-the-ground to implement new projects and to monitor and evaluate past projects. Vanessa is a recipient of the Projects for Peace fellowship ($10,000) and spent the summer of 2008 implementing a community center project in Makrepeni, South Africa. Vanessa graduated from Claremont McKenna College (CMC) in 2008 with a BA in international relations and government. While at CMC, Vanessa lived in Washington, DC for six months completing the Washington Program and studied abroad in Santiago, Chile for six months at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Vanessa is originally from Phoenix, AZ and currently lives in Washington, DC. Lily Muldoon Lily Muldoon is director of fellowships for Think Impact. Lily manages the 2010 Global Development Fellows and their project development. She has worked with Think Impact since 2003 when she founded the organization’s Pomona College chapter. There she helped raise over $10,000 for schools in South Africa. In 2006 she identified the organization’s second community, Kayafungo, Kenya, while studying with School of International Training in Kenya during her junior year of college. As a Fulbright Scholar, Lily returned to live and work in Kayafungo for one year following her graduation. She raised and managed $80,000 of health and education projects in Kayafungo, Kenya that affected more than 35,000 people. Lily received her BA from Pomona College where she delivered the Class of 2007’s commencement address. Megan Barry Megan Barry, South Africa country director for Think Impact, graduated from the University of Denver in June 2009. She received her BA in International Studies, specializing in Global Health, with a minor in Legal Studies. Over the course of her studies, Megan has traveled to South America and to Africa to further her understanding of the challenges that those in developing nations face on a daily basis. In 2008, Megan interned at the Think Impact office in Washington, D.C., gaining valuable insight into Think Impact’s unique approach to global development. During the summer of 2008, Megan successfully applied her experience as a team leader for Think Impact’s Global Development Internship. She provided guidance to a group of five students during the two-month program, in which Think Impact offers young people the opportunity to directly engage with development issues through living and working in rural African communities. Megan recently returned to Uta village in South Africa as country director, where she manages several development projects initiated and implemented by Think Impact’s Global Development Fellows. Under her guidance, fellows have raised $80,000 in under a year. Megan is deeply committed to the community in which she works, believing that the work she does not only helps alleviate global poverty but also helps her to become a better citizen of the world. A Colorado native, Megan spends her free-time enjoying the outdoors and practicing yoga. Abdallah Mohammed |
