Our team

Laurie Sestier  

IT and Pedagogical Fairy

Laurie with her great smile and immense patience is our IT/Moodle fairy. Laurie has over 15 years of experience in IT support and has the skills and patience to transform anything complicated into something simple. Amazing!

Laurie works from the French HQ and is in charge of the running of the platform as well as the content development for DCP. You will see her shortly in the face to face training for the French speaking projects.

Simon Laire  

Our Data Wizard Project Manager

Simon is our project manager with a passion for the world and cultures. He loves to figure out what is going on the ground. This is why he is in charge of quality and assessment. He will ask the questions that no one thinks about and put them into perspective. He works hand in hand with Sandrine, Albert and Isaie on the implementation of the projects. Simon spends a lot of time in the countries to meet our learners.

Sandrine Winder-Wolf

Our Coordination Master

Sandrine is our latest addition to the team. She is a world traveler. Sandrine has done trips around the world on a sailboat and she lived in South Africa for several years. She is a seasoned project manager having worked on international projects at HP and in South Africa for the CCI. Today she is in charge of the daily operations of our projects together with Simon, Isaie and Albert.

Elsa Debieuvre  

DSF’s Mary Poppins

Elsa loves people and making sure that they are all in the right frame of mind. Not an easy job, but we have to say, she is making it work!

Elsa is in charge of training. With her extensive experience as a teacher, a mom and as a project manager, she is our allrounder in many ways. She finds solutions, brings the team together and manages the training process with a rigorous process and a smile.

Shelley Shott 

The Content Queen

Shelley has unmeasurable experience as a teacher in secondary and higher education, a Trainer of Trainers and  coach in education. She has a passion for the transformation of the classroom to allow students and teachers to excel and be prepared for the next stage. She works on content to allow teachers to evolve towards a new pedagogical approach. She wants you to excel at what you do.

Susanna Ackermann-Burger

Alice in Wonderland Educational Advisor

Susanna is our educational advisor. Susanna always has something positive to say and she sees the good in everything. After having been part of the team full time she is now on two separate missions: improving Higher Education at the University level while she continues to support DSF on quality and content together with Shelley.

Maxime Gaye

Number magicien

Maxime has the ability to make numbers speak. He makes our life and the client’s life easier and is your main contact on financial issues. He manages accounting and finance.

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Albert IYAKARE 

Our Go-Getting Project Manager

Albert is one of those people that never stops until the job is done. He has a heart for service and for making a difference in the project and will stop at nothing to make Rwanda education evolve.  He will call people until they get the job done. He is friendly, passionate and a great asset to the dream team.

Isaie KUBWIMANA

Our 'Force Tranquille’ Project manager

Isaie is calm,controlled, explains a lot of things and keeps everyone focussed on the tasks. By experience he has great knowledge of the education system in Rwanda and works closely with the implementing agencies. He works with Sandrine and Albert to ensure that the projects reach their targets.