Scott is the inspiration and driving force behind Atlas Corps. A 2010 NGen Fellow and White House Fellow finalist, Scott brings 10+ years of professional experience to Atlas Corps. Scott started three nonprofit organizations and helped thousands of peers become agents for social change through his work with Ashoka’s Youth Venture, which he helped expand from three to 25 staff. His efforts spans four continents and crosses nonprofit, government, and business sectors. Scott executed one of the most successful crowd-sourced philanthropy campaigns, achieving $400,000. He has a B.A. in Government and Economics from Georgetown University and an MPA from the University of Delaware.

Languages: English, some Spanish, French, Hindi, and Urdu

Personal Motto: We have more power to change the world than we realize

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Erin comes to Atlas Corps with a passion for public service that started in the service-learning sphere as an active student leader on her undergraduate campus nearly 12 years ago. She is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer that served in Uganda for over 2 years as a Community Health Educator. Erin is the founder and Board Director of a community based organization located in rural Uganda that uses the local arts and creative education to sensitize community members about the prevention of HIV/AIDS. She has worked at Rebuilding Together, a national organization that preserves affordable homeownership for low-income homeowners, on their the Gulf Coast Operations Program and has directed their national AmeriCorps program. Through these roles, Erin has managed federal grants, provided training and technical assistance to grassroot non-profits, cultivated partnerships and supported a national program that consists of 65 AmeriCorps members a year, located in 33 Host Sites across 20 states. Erin’s expertise and interests are in non-profit partnership development, volunteer recruitment, service member support systems, program evaluation, service-learning and instructional design. Erin received her Bachelor's Degree in Biology and Sociology from Elon University and a Master’s of International Public Health from Boston University’s School of Public Health. She is also currently pursuing her certification to become a personal trainer from the American Council on Exercise.

Languages: English, Conversational Lusoga

Personal Motto: Do your best and forget the rest!

Abby brings more than 10 years of experience in development, communications, and youth leadership development, which includes being a Class 2 Atlas Corps Fellow in Colombia. Abby also worked as a Development Strategist for the Inter-American Culture and Development Foundation (Washington, DC), Fundacion Escuela Nueva (Bogota, Colombia), and The Campus Kitchens Project (national). Abby is the DC Community Connect for the One Percent Foundation - a a group of young adults who pool their funds and time to strengthen their communities, while at the same time increasing their understanding of and participation in philanthropy. Abby served as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Puerto Rico and organized community development efforts throughout the northern part of the island. Abby graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Communications and Spanish with a minor in Marketing from the University of Minnesota Duluth and completed the Fundraising for Small Nonprofits course offered by The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. You can hear more about Abby's perspective on social sector careers in this interview from Idealist.org.

Languages: English, Spanish, and Minnesotan!

Personal Motto: Make it big!

Carol, a Bogota native, drives the Colombia program. She volunteered with Atlas Corps for several months as the Program Evaluation Coordinator before becoming a full-time member of our staff. Prior to joining Atlas Corps, Carol was involved in the Colombian citizen sector providing services to seniors. She also worked in Germany, with European Communication as a Project Management Consultant. During this time she was able to work closely with EU Parliament Member in the project Art for All. Carol holds a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in public administration from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and next year she will complete a PhD in International Cooperation for Development from the Phillips Universität Marburg in Germany. While studying in Germany she focused on international cooperation between Colombia and the European Union within the Peace Laboratories Project.

Languages: Spanish, English, German

Personal Motto: Learn today, lead tomorrow

Aparna joined the team as part of an Atlas Corp/World Leadership Corps partnership. Aparna served as an Americorps VISTA for two years at South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), a national civil and immigrant rights non-profit organization. She helped coordinate Be the Change, an annual nation-wide service day; the South Asian Summit, a gathering of 250 individuals in Washington D.C.; and numerous fundraising events. Aparna also traveled with the InSPIRE program in India, exploring grassroots efforts in a variety of issue areas including rural-urban migration, poverty, education, tribal struggles, environment, farming, sustainability and development. Aparna is an active alumnus of the Semester at Sea study abroad program. She has been involved in projects in DC including the Unity Walk, Karma Kitchen, and NaanSense Radio. Aparna received a B.S. in International Business and a minor in International Development and Conflict Management from the University of Maryland.

Languages: English, Gujarati

Personal Motto: My personal motto is actually just one word. Ubuntu = "Ubuntu is the essence of being a person. It means that we are people through other people. We cannot be fully human alone. We are made for interdependence, we are made for family." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Zach is responsible for global promotion of the Atlas Corps Fellowship as well as Fellow recruitment, training, and support. Before joining the Atlas Corps team, Zach lived and worked in in Japan through the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET), where he taught high school English in the small town of Akitsu, located in Hiroshima-ken. While in Japan, Zach delivered presentations on culture and ethnicity in the United States to a wide range of audiences. Zach also brings to Atlas Service Corps his experiences as a corporate litigation paralegal at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, and as a research assistant at the National Defense University’s Center for Technology and National Security Policy, where he contributed to a publication on military burden-sharing between the United States and European Union. As a student, Zach studied abroad and lived with a host family in Toledo, Spain, which cemented his interest in pursuing a career in international relations and development. Zach obtained his B.A. with distinction from the University of Notre Dame in Political Science and Spanish.

Languages: English, Spanish, some Japanese

Personal Motto: Go big or go home!

Meredith is responsible for Fellow support, recruitment, and program promotion. She served as an AmeriCorps VISTA with Church World Service’s Immigration and Refugee Program in Greensboro, N.C., where she coordinated housing for over 250 newly arrived refugees, attracted and managed in-kind donations, recruited volunteers, and wrote a successful grant application. She then served as a Staff Assistant at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where she supported both the Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) and the Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE). Her duties included accounting, website management, and planning events, including a global research conference on social entrepreneurship. Meredith’s interest in nonprofit work originated in college when she interned at the Boys and Girls Club and STRIVE (a workforce development agency), volunteered for a summer in Peru through ProWorld, and was actively involved in her college radio station. Meredith graduated from Duke University with degrees in Economics and Political Science, and later earned a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Duke.

Languages: English, Spanish

Personal Motto: What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do - The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster

Gbenga has ten years of experience in the nonprofit sector, where he has focused primarily on development. He is the founder of Landmark Internship International, an organization promoting volunteerism and entrepreneurship in Nigeria. Gbenga utilized Web 2.0, a form of social media, to advance enterprise development across the country. Through the Come to Africa Campaign, he has mobilized worldwide talents in Africa's for-profit and non-profit organizations to achieve global competitiveness. He has won the Global Young Social Entrepreneur's Competition in recognition of his efforts with the campaign. He has been a consultant to the UN's Development Information Center Lagos Project, and has been a member of several social enterprise advisory boards. Gbenga holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History and International Relations from Lagos State University, Nigeria.

Languages: English and Yoruba (spoken in Southwest Nigeria)

Personal Motto: It is possible!

Ruth brings more than 12 years experience a hands-on approach to problem solving combined with a commitment to helping nonprofits achieve their vision. She was the CFO of Ashoka, managing their growth from $13 million to nearly $20 million in less than three years. Ruth holds a Master’s Degree in Public and Private Management (MPPM) from the Yale School of Management with concentrations in nonprofit management and marketing. A graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where she received her BS in psychology, Ruth also attended the Getty Leadership Institute/Museum Management Institute (MMI).

Languages: English and Spanish

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Vinod Bhatt leads Atlas Corps Web Development and Communications team and is responsible for the development and upkeep of the atlascorps.org site and online community.Vinod has diverced experience in IT and web-development and has been associated with many IT multi-national companies in India. He holds a Master degree in Computer Science as well. Vinod is available for part-time consulting work. He specializes in working with nonprofit organizations in the United States – including many Atlas Corps partners. For more information, contact Vinod at vinod(at)atlascorps.org

Languages: English and Hindi

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