Eileen is no stranger to the field of international development. She has lived in India, Zambia, Ghana and Costa Rica while working for an array of organizations including Ashoka’s Changemakers, Engineers Without Borders Canada, the Canadian Development Agency and the World Bank Youth Network. Eileen also founded a now registered Charity, SEED Canada. Eileen was born and raised in Ecuador and holds a Post-Graduate Degree in Latin American Human Rights and Public Policy from the Henry Dunant School of Human Rights in Chile and an Honors B.A. from McMaster University, Canada.Eileen Knowles - Executive Director
Passionate about building scalable, intelligently designed enterprises with global impact, Shawn teaches social entrepreneurship at Simon Fraser University. He is the co-founder of several successful organizations, including Education Generation, Global Agents, the Equilibrium Partnership and Radiant Carbon Offsets. His ventures and consulting touch on Europe, Africa, South America, North America and Asia. Shawn is a graduate of Simon Fraser University and holds an MBA from Oxford where he attended as a Skoll Scholar in Social Entrepreneurship. He sees no greater lever for global and local change than inspired, empowered young people.Shawn Smith - Director of Operations
Born and raised in Serbia, Mila is very grateful for all of the opportunities that she has experienced in Canada and she is very passionate about being able to help others. Mila strongly believes in the power of education and in Education Generation’s philosophy and she is very excited to be able to help Education Generation unleash the potential of youth from all over the world! Mila holds a First Class Honors Bachelor of Science degree with a joint major in Business Administration and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Simon Fraser University and has worked as a Management Consultant at Accenture. She is currently in France pursuing her MBA at INSEAD. Mila Lukic - Field Partnerships Director
Christina is a co-founder of local Vancouver non-profit Global Agents, and has implemented award-winning marketing communication campaigns on behalf of the organization. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University with a joint major in Communication. She currently works at the British Columbia Council for International Education supporting educators in bringing an international perspective to local classrooms. Christina Wu - Community Director
Sasha is a graduate of Simon Fraser University, obtained her Canadian Investment Manager Designation in 2008, and is currently working towards becoming a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. Passionate about education and life-long learning she feels very fortunate for the education she has received and firmly believes that everyone should have access to education. Sasha grew up on the Vancouver North Shore and enjoys travelling, hiking, snowboarding, scuba diving, dancing, and the outdoors. She currently works at Odlum Brown as an Associate Portfolio Manager. Sasha Evans - Business Development Manager