Our People
Our Trustees and Leadership team bring together a diverse mix of expertise – in media, mobile, brand and international development. Like everyone at Girl Effect, they share a deep and energetic commitment to empowering girls to change their lives.
Leadership
Jessica Posner Odede
CEO
Jonathan McKay
Chief Creative Officer
Jo Hemmings
Head of Impact
Tabatha Bruce
General Counsel
Tisha Hyter
Interim Chief Development Officer
Liya Haile
Country Lead, Ethiopia
Dolorosa Duncan
Country Lead, Tanzania
Samantha Diouf
Country Director, Rwanda
Kanishk Kabiraj
Country Lead, India
Nicky Davies
Head of Programmes
Lucy Hopkins-Parkinson
Director of Communications
Lucia Hayes
Director of Marketing
Bilal Amin
Chief Finance and Operations Officer
Alex Hammer Ducas
Director of Executive Initiatives
Board Members
Maria Eitel
Chair of Girl Effect and Co-Chair of the NIKE Foundation
Ime Archibong
Head of New Product Experimentation at Facebook
Erin Hohlfelder
Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Trishla Jain
The Times Group, India
Hilary Krane
Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel, NIKE INC
Jacob Schimmel
Chairman of UKI Investments
Deborah Dugan
Co Chair/ Board Member, The Moth
Edith Jibunoh
External and Corporate Relations (ECR) Manager for Infrastructure, World Bank Group
Jim Citrin
Leader, Head of Spencer Stuart CEO practice
Jonathan Newhouse
Chairman of the Board of Condé Nast
Nina Kjellson
General Partner at Canaan
Salma Hayek Pinault
Producer, director, actor and activist