The SAGE Board of directors are all returned volunteers of the WorldTeach Guyana program.   After spending a year teaching in secondary schools across Guyana, the need for scholarships for students became clear.  Although no longer living in the country, we remain committed to the development of Guyana.

Board of Directors

Alicia Wilson [President]

Alicia Wilson graduated from Georgetown University in 2006 and joined WorldTeach Guyana.  She taught 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th grade biology and integrated science in Kwakwani, Guyana.  Around Kwakwani Alicia was known as the teacher who would dissect animals, and many students brought her frogs, cow eyes, chickens, and even a baby pig for dissection.  Currently, she is in the Public Interest Law and Policy Program at UCLA Law School and spent her summer working in Ghana with the Legal Resources Centre.

Dan Gershman [Vice President]

Dan graduated from Cornell University in 2006 and joined the WorldTeach Guyana program for the 2006-2007 school year.  As a WorldTeach volunteer, Dan taught math, integrated science, and home economics to secondary school students in Port Kaituma, Guyana.  He currently attends the University of Michigan where he is seeking a Ph.D in Space and Planetary Physics.

Molly Crofton [Secretary]

Molly taught math and IT to 9th, 10th and 11th graders at North West Secondary School in Mabaruma.  She now works as a technical project manager in the Education Group at Intel.  The group is a philanthropic part of the company that works to promote and improve education worldwide through teacher training courses, student science and technology fairs, and university support.

Jon Cook [Treasurer]

Jon joined the WorldTeach program after graduating from the University of Richmond in 2006.  He taught integrated science and biology to 9th, 10th and 11th grade students at North West Secondary School in the town of Mabaruma.  Jon is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in environmental and resource economics from the University of California-Davis.

Alyssa McClorey [Fundraising]

Alyssa graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College in 2005, and has worked in development at Project Bread and the AIDS Action Committee in Boston, and also as Director of Communication for Youth Action International, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of children in Africa affected by war and conflict. She joined WorldTeach and taught reading at North West Secondary School in Mabaruma, Guyana from September 2006 to July 2007. She has a Masters of Education from Harvard University and is currently a social studies teacher at Cornerstone Academy for Social Action (CASA) Middle School in the Bronx, NY.

Molly O. Cummings [Fundraising]

Molly graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2004 and joined the WorldTeach Guyana program for the 2006-2007 school year. She taught secondary school reading and technology in at L’Aventure Secondary School in Region #3, Guyana.  Molly currently works as the Boston Program Manager for Peer Health Exchange, a non-profit organization that trains college students to teach a comprehensive health curriculum in public high schools that lack health education.

Yvonne Wang

Yvonne Wang has worked on various social and educational issues, including launching the national anti-drug advertising campaign, Above the Influence, to lower teen drug usage. In 2006, she joined World Teach Guyana and taught Reading and Social Studies at Soesdyke Community High. Currently she works at 826 National, a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. In the fall of 2009 she will be starting her MPA in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy at New York University.