Core Team

Karen Austrian

Karen Austrian
GIRL Center Director

Angel del Valle

Angel Del Valle
Country Representative

Nicole Haberland

Nicole Haberland
Senior Associate

Sarah Islam

Sarah Islam
GIRL Center Manager

Meredith Kozak

Meredith Kozak
EGER Project Manager

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Mame Soukeye Mbaye
Research and Program Officer

Brian Medina

Brian Medina
Project Coordinator, GIRL Center Regional Hub

Dela Nai

Dela Nai
Associate I

Arindam Nandi

Arindam Nandi
Associate II

Sangram Patel

Sangram Kishor Patel
Senior Program Officer II

Miriam Temin

Miriam Temin
Project Director and Associate II

Deborah Walnicki

Deborah Walnicki
EGER Data & Digital Product Coordinator

Fatima Zahra

Fatima Zahra
Associate I

The GIRL Center brings together the Council’s foremost thinkers on adolescent girls across 50 countries with expertise in diverse research methodologies and issues.

External Research Collaborators

  • Emma Chikovore, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Jeremiah Chikovore, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
  • Justin Dansou, University of Parakou, Benin
  • Kelly Hallman, Indigenous Justice Circle, United States
  • Caroline Kabiru, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
  • Blessings N. Kaunda-Khangamwa, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • Tia Palermo, University at Buffalo, Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) LLC, United States
  • Zewdneh Sabe, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and based in Ethiopia
  • Simona Simona, University of Zambia
  • Aditya Singh, Banaras Hindu University, India
  • Oluwaseyi Somefun (Seyi), University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Learn more about our External Research Collaborators.