Massoud Moussavi

Massoud Moussavi (Ph.D., 1991) is the Managing Director of Causal Links, LLC. He worked at the World Bank for more than 20 years on policy research and knowledge-based systems for development. He has also been a Resident Scholar at the American University and a visiting scientist at Schlumberger Cambridge Research, the UK-based research center of Schlumberger, an international oil and gas services company. He has applied artificial intelligence techniques to a wide range of topics from education to risk assessment in banking to oilfield production optimization. He has published papers on knowledge representation and applications of artificial intelligence techniques to economic and social development.

Noel Mcginn

Noel F. McGinn (Ph.D., 1962) is the President of Causal Links, LLC. He is Professor Emeritus of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and Fellow Emeritus of the Harvard Institute for International Development. He is the co-author of Framing Questions, Constructing Answers: Linking research with education policy for developing countries and Informed Dialogue: Using Research to Shape Education Policy Around the World. His most recent book (with Ernesto Schiefelbein) is Learning to Educate: Proposals for the Reconstruction of Education in Latin America. In 1998 he received the Andres Bello Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education in Latin America from the Organization of American States.

Ryan Dellolio

Ryan Dellolio is the Technology Design Consultant of Causal Links. He has designed web sites and user interfaces for numerous organizations. He is a student at the George Washington University studying the intersection of technology, policy and international affairs. He is also the founder of Yanaboo Enterprises, a consulting venture offering technology solutions.

Reza Vaez-Zadeh

Reza Vaez-Zadeh has extensive experience in marcoreconomic management, public financial management and transparency, and financial sector reform. He was the Director of the Joint Africa Institute--a partnership of the African development Bank, IMF, and the World Bank; an Assistant Director in the IMF's African Department; Assistant Director in the IMF Institute where he designed and delivered courses, lectures, workshops, and seminars for government officials. He led many advisory missions to more than 15 countries and as mission chief for Indonesia, he designed and implemented a bank restrcturing strategy in response to Indonesia's financial crisis of 1997-98. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the Johns Hopkins University and has written extensively on macroeconomic management, financial sector reform, and public financial management.

JoEllen Taylor

JoEllen Taylor has over four years experience within education administration and domestic and international education policy. Most recently, she has assisted in decentralization of basic education initiatives in Indonesia. She has also conducted research about teacher-training programs in Turkey and has experience working in copy-editing and program evaluation. She has developed professional development training programs in problem-based learning and in the use of simulations in education, particularly the International Negotiations and Communications and Simulation. JoEllen has a B.A. in history and education from Mercyhurst College and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in administrative and policy studies in education at the University of Pittsburg.

Kent Lewis

Kent Lewis is an adviser to Causal Links. For more than 15 years, he has been professionally engaged in international education and capacity building for research and policymaking. Currently, he is Director of Programs at Qatar Foundation International, a U.S. foundation building bridges between the Middle East and U.S. through education and volunteer projects. He has had numerous short- and long-term assignments with the World Bank, the Eurasia Foundation, CHF International, and others, working on issues of education, education reform, child welfare, knowledge for development, and research-policy linkages.