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Tina Sciabica, Executive Director
Tina joined READ Global in
March 2010 and is focusing her efforts on fundraising, outreach, partnerships
and strategic planning. Tina started her
career as a commercial litigator in Chicago.
After leaving the practice, Tina started her own business and also began
volunteering as one of the earliest Chapter Leaders for an international
non-profit called Room to Read (RTR). Tina organized RTR fund-raising
events, built and managed a team of volunteers, and raised awareness about
RTR. While traveling to Cambodia,
India, Nepal, and Vietnam to visit RTR projects, Tina
observed the devastating effects that industrialization and urban migration can
have in developing countries. Soon after, Tina moved to the nonprofit
sector as the Deputy Director of Social Venture Network (SVN), a peer-to-peer
network of 500+ social entrepreneurs who are working together to create a more
just and sustainable economy. At SVN, Tina connected with hundreds of
change-makers and was able to witness first-hand the power of business to
alleviate poverty and create positive change. Tina is eager to apply her
knowledge of sustainable business practices as READ Global's Executive
Director. Tina received a BS in Investment Finance from the University of Illinois
(Urbana-Champaign) and a Juris Doctor from Indiana University School of Law (Bloomington).
Robert Reno, Asia Managing Director
Bob joined READ
Global in July 2008 and manages all three READ affiliates from Bangkok.
Bob has worked alongside our Country
Directors to set up a formal reporting and communications strategy, standardize
policies and operations, facilitate program partnerships and expand READ’s work
into new countries. Bob successfully set
up READ Bhutan in late 2008, has helped READ India expand staff and their scope
of work and has been instrumental in advocating and organizing READ Nepal’s
monitoring and evaluation efforts. He has over ten years experience in
the international development and education arena and served as a Peace Corps
volunteer in one of the first groups to serve in Ukraine. He has been the director
of regional offices for the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
in Belarus, Moldova & Ukraine,
as well as their Central Asian offices, managing programs in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Mr. Reno has a B.S. in
Marketing and an MBA from Drexel
University.
Contact Robert at bob@readglobal.org
Meredith Moore Adhikari, Manager of Training, Instruction & Curriculum Development
Meredith joined
READ in July 2008 and helps coordinate the learning programs at READ Centers and
also designs professional development programs for READ affiliate staff. Meredith has developed trainings on setting
up and maintaining a monitoring and evaluation system, writing and
communications, sustainable business, early childhood education, library
science and operations and financial literacy.
Meredith is working with READ staff in Nepal,
India and Bhutan to forge
partnerships and create learning content on women’s empowerment, safe
motherhood and literacy while expanding and strengthening existing programs. Meredith
worked for UNICEF Nepal on training rehabilitation and recovery help for child
victims of armed conflict. Meredith also worked on the One Laptop per Child
initiative in Kathmandu and developed a training program for teachers during
service in the Peace Corps in China.
She worked as a public high school teacher in Chicago,
has a B.A. in History from Wayne State University,
and a Masters of Education from DePaul
University. She speaks
both Nepali and Chinese.
Sharushka Odayan, Communications Intern
Ms. Odayan is currently a junior at American University, getting B.A. in International Studies with a specialization in International Development, from the School of International Service. She is also pursuing a minor in marketing, from the Kogod School of Business. Sharushka was born and grew up in South Africa, which greatly shaped her interest in different cultures and love of traveling. She recently spent a semester abroad in Berlin, Germany studying transatlantic and European business relations at the Freie Universitaet.
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