Our team

Abaarso Network has more than 250 team members on the ground in Somaliland.

Our student-centered schools are supported every day by numerous dedicated people helping to cook, clean, drive, repair, and keep things safe.

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Over 90% of our teachers are homegrown alumni talent from our system and 90% of our leadership originally started as teachers in our schools.

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School Leadership

  • Ahmed Qalib

    ABAARSO SCHOOL
    CO-HEAD OF SCHOOL
    (ABAARSO SCHOOL ALUMNI ‘15)

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    Tomoki Sasaki

    ABAARSO SCHOOL
    CO-HEAD OF SCHOOL

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    Debra Boos

    BARWAAQO UNIVERSITY
    PRESIDENT

  • Abdirashid Muhumed

    BARWAAQO UNIVERSITY
    VICE-PRESIDENT
    (ABAARSO SCHOOL ALUMNI ‘15)

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    Meg Meiners

    KAABE SCHOOLS
    HEAD OF SCHOOLS

  • Warsan Mohamed

    KAABE SCHOOLS
    DEPUTY HEAD OF SCHOOLS
    (ABAARSO SCHOOL ALUMNI ‘14)

School Support

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    Harry Lee

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  • A young man with short light brown hair, wearing a white dress shirt and a black suit jacket, smiling against a plain white background.

    Sean Howard

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

  • A woman in a yellow dress and a khaki headscarf standing outdoors in a desert landscape with sparse vegetation and a cloudy sky.

    Adebola Akinmulewo

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

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    Liz Ollerhead

    DIRECTOR OF POST ABAARSO AND INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING

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    Unity Gwindi

    HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES

U.S. Board

  • Andra Ehrenkranz

  • John Ehrenkranz

  • Nasra Ismail

  • James Linville

  • Divya Nettimi

  • Salam Omar

Somaliland Board

  • Edna Adan

  • Dr. Saad Ali Shire

  • Saeed Yusuf

  • Sheikh Mohamed

  • Ahmed Cadare

  • Suad Armiya

  • Sihaam Muumin

    (ABAARSO SCHOOL ALUMNI ‘13)

  • Nimco Ahmed Ismail

    (ABAARSO SCHOOL ALUMNI ‘13)

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