Naomi has 20 years of program management and technical expertise and non-governmental organizations. Before joining World Education 13 years ago, Naomi worked in Benin, Rwanda, Pakistan, and New York on various programs focused on education, preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS, and youth empowerment. Naomi started her career with WEI as the Deputy Chief of Party in Guinea where she was an integral part of the senior management team responsible for technical oversight of the international consortium of NGOs implementing the $15 million USAID funded Community Participation in Basic Education for Equity and Quality (PACEEQ). Naomi then continued on to become a Senior Technical Advisor for the Bantwana Initiative where she has provided technical direction and support on OVC programs that have impacted thousands of young children and their families in Tanzania and Malawi.