Samantha is the executive director of Birmingham Promise. She previously spent nine years at Teach For All, where she led the Global Girls’ Education Initiative and served in New York as the organization’s chief of staff and in Johannesburg as the head of its operations in Africa. Before joining Teach For All, Samantha worked for Harvard University, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, and Communities In Schools of Georgia. Samantha is a graduate of Georgetown University, and has master’s degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand and Harvard University.