Andrew Sugrue, President

Sugrue laid the groundwork for what is now EACEF through his participation in the 2007 Mount Kenya Academy Exchange Program. He returned to Kenya and traveled to Uganda in the summer of 2008 to meet with government ministers and educators while visiting EACEF's first projects. Sugrue returned again in the summer of 2009 to Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Currently he leads EACEF as President of the organization while studying as a Robertson Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University. At UNC, he serves as President of SPAC, the student advisory board of the Robertson Scholars Program, and is a member of the Squash and Sailing Clubs. He is currently majoring in International Studies with a focus in Africa and global economics, trade, and development at UNC and Markets and Management at Duke. In 2008, Sugrue was invited to participate in the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, England.

English Cook, Vice President for Communications

English joined EACEF as its first volunteer in 2007, and after serving as Associate Executive Director, took on the role of Vice President for Communications. In 2006, she worked as both a Communications Intern and the Associate Events Coordinator with the National Monuments Foundation, helping to write and release historical information guides and serving as a personal assistant to the Director during a 2006 tour through England and Scotland. She currently attends Williams College, studying for a degree in Art History, and has collection management and communications experience with both the Millennium Gate, Georgia's most comprehensive, interactive history museum, and the High Museum of Atlanta. In her active college life, she works as the Arts Editor of The Williams Record and is a board member of the Williams College Lehman Council for Community Engagement. Additionally, in Summer 2009 she was the co-curator of the Bank of America's Summer 2009 American Impressionism traveling exhibition, "Transcending Vision: American Impressionism 1870-1940," at the Millennium Gate in Atlanta, GA.

Bradley Baird, Vice President for Development

Bradley now leads EACEF in the capacity of Vice President of Development. After graduating from the Westminster Schools in 2008, he served as an AmeriCorps member in Washington, D.C., working in D.C. Public Schools as a Corps Member of City Year. In Washington, he worked as a tutor and mentor in elementary schools while leading high-impact civic engagement projects such as leading 100 middle school and 50 high school students in a Saturday Service-Learning curriculum. He currently attends Duke University, where he is pursuing his degree in Public Policy with a heavy interest in Education Policy.

Alexis Mitchell, Vice President for Community Relations

Alexis leads the new EACEF initiative, Engage!, as Vice President of Community Relations, and has formerly worked as Director of Community Outreach. She currently studies Political Science and International Studies at Yale University. Among her many interests, she focuses on social justice as Co-coordinator and treasurer for the Social Justice Network, and writes for Five Magazine which highlights human rights abuses. Alexis also co-founded the Human Rights Club at the Westminster Schools and has volunteered extensively in the Atlanta community.

Maxine Litre, Vice President for Projects-East Africa

Maxine brought an extensive international background to EACEF when she joined the team in 2008 as Director of Development. After the EACEF Staff trip to visit projects in 2009, Maxine took on the role of Vice President for Program Development, overseeing EACEF operations overseas. She currently attends Stanford University and has been active in peer leadership and mentoring. Additionally, she served on the Student Diversity Leadership Council at Westminster and worked at KUMON Math and Reading Center as a tutor.

Joshua Ford, Vice President for GenerAction Week

Stewart Long, Vice President for GenerAction Events

Stewart joined EACEF in 2008 with the shared vision of giving college students across the country the tools and motivation necessary to replicate success stories like EACEF’s - to turn idealism and energy into action. As a Co-Founder of EACEF's GenerAction Initiative and Vice President for Events, Stewart works with university administrators and production companies, focusing on bringing top-tier music artists to GenerAction Service Weeks. She currently studies English at UNC-Chapel Hill with minors in History and Business, emphasizing social entrepreneurship. Stewart is an avid sailor and is also the founder of The Carolina Hispanic Entrepreneurship Center (CHEC), a pro bono consulting service for small Hispanic businesses.

Swinton Griffith, Director of the Bisate Project

Swinton is currently a senior at The Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia and leads the Bisate Project, EACEF's first venture into Rwanda. A member of the EACEF-Westminster Staff since his sophomore year, he has worked in a variety of positions in development and project management. In October of 2008, Swinton traveled to East Africa where he first found the Bisate School. Upon returning home, he developed the plan for what is now the Bisate Project as a way to benefit the Bisate community in Rwanda. At Westminster, Swinton is a Peer Leader, an All State and All American swimmer, and a member of the 2008 Georgia State Championship Golf team.

Carolyn Candler, Executive Director-Atlanta

Carolyn is a senior at Westminster and has worked with EACEF since her sophomore year. As a sophomore, she assisted with EACEF's annual benefit concert, the Tumaini Music Benefit. In her junior year, she took on the role of Director of Events. In her current role of Executive Director, she is looking forward to better serving the schools in East Africa while seeking to constantly improve the effectiveness of the Westminster Chapter. At Westminster, Carolyn is a varsity football cheerleader and manages the baseball team in the spring. She is an active member of Young Life and serves as a Wyld Life leader to junior high students, as well as a Junior High Fellowship Leader. In the summer of 2009, Carolyn travelled to Tanzania with Young Life where she witnessed firsthand the harsh realities of education for children in East Africa.