MEET OUR TEAM
Patricia Solís, Ph.D.
Director and Principal Investigator
Nuala Cowan, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Brent McCusker, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Carrie Stokes
Director, USAID GeoCenter
Marcela Zeballos
Managing Director
Elodie Nix
Technical Projects Manager
Zola Manyungwa
Communications Specialist
Jennings Anderson
Data Systems Analysis & Visualizations
Richard Hinton
Validation Hub Manager
Rory Nealon
Geospatial Analyst, USAID GeoCenter
Adele Birkenes
Geospatial Analyst, USAID GeoCenter
Chad Blevins
Technical Advisor
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) generously supports YouthMappers. Founding partners are Texas Tech University, The George Washington University, and West Virginia University. Arizona State University is the lead fiscal and administrative partner, in collaboration with TTU, GWU and WVU.
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Director, Principal Investigator
Patricia Solis, Ph.D., Arizona State University
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Co-Principal Investigators
Nuala Cowan, Ph.D., The World Bank
Brent McCusker, Ph.D., West Virginia University,
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Managing Director
Marcela Zeballos, Texas Tech University
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​Technical Projects Manager
Elodie Nix, American Geographical Society
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Communications Specialist
Zola Manyungwa
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​Technical Advisor
Chad Blevins
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Data Systems Analysis and Visualizations
Jennings Anderson
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Steering Committee Members
Ryan Engstrom, Ph.D., The George Washington University
Richard Hinton, The George Washington University
Michael Mann, Ph.D., The George Washington University
Marie Price, Ph.D., The George Washington University
Jamison Conley, Ph.D., West Virginia University
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USAID
Carrie Stokes, Director of the USAID GeoCenter
Michael Crino, Deputy Director and Program Officer
Rory Nealon, Senior GIS Analyst and YouthMappers Activity Manager
Adele Birkenes, Geospatial Analyst
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Graduate Assistants
​Natalia Arruda, Arizona State University​
Maliha Binte Mohiuddin, West Virginia University
Rhoda Nyirenda, West Virginia University
John Paine, West Virginia University
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