Staff Leadership

Sean Kline, Executive Director
Sean Kline provides overall management for Reach Global, as well as hands-on expertise in project design, research and evaluation, and private sector development approaches. Previously Sean directed Freedom from Hunger’s Growth Initiatives Group, which scaled up proven microfinance and social franchise innovations to reach more than 800,000 poor women globally. Prior to this, he founded and led Prizma, one of the largest microfinance institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina now serving more than 50,000+ poor women and managing a portfolio of over $60 million. Sean has also led research on savings-led microfinance in rural Pakistan and consulted for a variety of development organizations in Asia and Africa. Sean holds a Master’s Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sue Glassford, Training Director
Sue Glassford directs all training and educational design activities, including managing public health and other content specialists and instructional designers in the development of Reach Global’s curriculum. She also leads Reach Global’s planning and knowledge management activities. Sue designed the Learning Games for Girls methodology, an innovation in non-formal education that has already engaged more than 100,000 illiterate girls. Sue previously served as Director of Training Services for Freedom from Hunger, creating the global training systems that support all of Freedom from Hunger’s programs worldwide. Prior to this, she was Head of Training at the International Catholic Migration Commission.

Sue Newman, Development Director
Sue Newman directs fund development, donor relations and communications strategies that help Reach Global support very poor girls and women as agents of change. Sue has more than 15 years of experience in youth development, human rights and international education managing successful capital campaigns, major gift programs, strategic planning and board development. Prior to her work in the nonprofit sector, Sue worked in retail marketing for 8 years in Washington, D.C., New York and Northern California, directing award-winning community relations and advertising programs.

Maria Perdomo, Senior Technical Advisor
Maria Perdomo supports Reach Global partners to replicate, scale up and sustain the delivery of lifeskills education, financial services and other essential services for the very poor. Maria has more than seven years of training, training design, and microfinance experience in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. She supports Reach Global affiliates on business planning, marketing and quality control. Prior to joining Reach Global, she served as technical advisor at Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union, Oxfam America, the United Nations Development Program, and Freedom from Hunger. A native Colombian, Maria holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs with a concentration in Economic Development from Columbia University’s School for International and Public Affairs.

Board Leadership

Rich Auger, Chair
Rich Auger has spent his career as a health care information technology entrepreneur. He is the Vice President, Payment Systems Product Strategy for NaviNet, Inc. Previously, he was the founder and director of Topline Solutions, Inc. (acquired by NaviNet in 2008) and co-founder and CEO of Health Systems Design, a public company (acquired by Perot Systems in 2000) providing eligibility and claims systems to health insurers. Rich served as an advisor on the early development of Reach and brings considerable experience in business startup and development.

Jim Kelly, Treasurer
Jim Kelly has been a senior manager in international development for more than 17 years. He has developed and managed multi-million dollar programs on four continents, included directing Catholic Relief Service’s programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina and participating in founding the Bosnian microfinance institution MIKRA. Most recently he served as Vice-President of Operations for Freedom from Hunger, managing organization-wide operational functions, including Finance, Human Resources and Information Technology. Mr. Kelly is a founding member of Reach Global.

Barbara Holland, Secretary
Barbara Holland serves as Director of International Human Resources and Support for Grameen Foundation USA, which supports microfinance for very poor people around the world. Previously, she served as Director of Human Resources for Freedom from Hunger, which provided support to Reach Global affiliates. She brings more than 20 years of experience in healthcare, education and human resources management.

Ellen Vor der Bruegge
Ellen Vor der Bruegge brings more than thirty years of experience and a master’s degree in Public Health. As former Vice President of Innovations at Freedom from Hunger, she played a key role in the development of the Credit with Education model, an integration of microfinance services for very poor women with dialogue-based health, business and financial education. She also played a key role in HealthKeepers there, a microfranchise network of women entrepreneurs that sell health products across rural Ghana. Ellen was an early visionary for Reach and provided strategic guidance, training and other support to Reach Global.