U.S. Team

Dr. Guitele Nicoleau, Board chair

Guitele has served on the Two Rabbits board since 2019. She has over 25 years of senior-level management experience in nonprofit organizations in the United States, West Africa, and Haiti. She led major USAID-funded education programs in Senegal ($35 million) and Ghana ($71 million) aimed at improving access to quality education in middle and primary schools, respectively. A strategic thinker and a social entrepreneur, Guitele designs and leads processes that bring together government officials, civil society organizations, community stakeholders and private sector funders to build effective practices, programs and policies in formal and non-formal education systems. Her technical expertise includes education systems reforms, public-private partnerships and philanthropy, leadership and organizational development, strategic planning, and program evaluation. She has received international recognition and awards for her exemplary leadership and the results of her work in Senegal.  

 Guitele received her masters and doctoral degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy, with a focus on Community Education and Lifelong Learning. She graduated cum laude from the College of Letters of Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut. She is a Fellow of the Children and Family Fellows’ Network of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. She is a former President and member of the Haitian Studies Association. She is fluent in English, French, and Haitian Creole.

Dr. denis foretia, Board treasurer

Denis has served on the Two Rabbits board since 2021. He is the Co-Chair of the Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation and Executive Chairman of the Nkafu Policy Institute, a leading think tank in Cameroon. A surgeon by training, he also serves as the President of the Association of Cameroonian Physicians in the Americas (ACPA), Chairman of the international holding company Merckshire LLC, and Co-Founder and president of the Cameroon Professional Society (CPS) which advances economic opportunity and leadership among Cameroonians.

Denis also serves as faculty in the department of surgery at Johns Hopkins University and staff acute care surgeon at Lifebridge Health in Baltimore, as well as an Associate in the department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a Master’s in Public Health from Bloomberg School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University, a Master’s in Business Administration from the Carey School of Business at the Johns Hopkins University, and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.

keith aulick, board treasurer

Keith has served on the Two Rabbits board since 2020. He has more than 20 years’ experience living in Africa and Asia and working in humanitarian and international development contexts. Keith’s experience is broad across a variety of technical, operations, and management roles in organizations such as Catholic Relief Services and FHI 360. He has honed his skills in organizational dynamics and development working with local organizations in more than 23 countries. His unique focus on this critical area in promoting grassroots leadership in development is a passion that he has pursued for over a decade. During this time, he has been directly involved in developing and promoting the capacity of indigenous nonprofit and public sector organizations to assume greater and more direct control over development activity and financing, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.

Keith received his MS in International Agricultural Development as well as his MBA from the University of California, Davis. He also graduated from Baylor University with a BA in Social Work. He served as a U.S. Peace Corps Public Health Volunteer in Kenya.

DR. JENNIFER SWIFT-MORGAN, BOARD MEMBER

Jennifer joined the Two Rabbits board in 2023, but has been a fan and supporter since 2015. She is a senior technical advisor in education and governance with 20+ years of experience leading and supporting large and complex initiatives in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. While serving as Fulbright U.S. Scholar at the University of Yaoundé 1 in Cameroon, Jennifer directly observed the efforts and measurable impact of Two Rabbits and the Baka leaders who are forging new paths for their children’s future. In her own work, Jennifer promotes assets-based approaches that boost evidence, learning, local leadership, and cross-sector collaboration. She has lived and worked for eight years in West and Central Africa with Chemonics International, USAID, KFW Development Bank, and the Earth Institute, Columbia University. She is an award-winning professor and trainer in the U.S. and Africa and has led nearly 20 applied research studies and evaluations.

Jennifer began her career as a Peace Corps Environmental Education Volunteer in Guinea, later stationed at a district education office working at the ground level of education reform. She holds a BA in Social Sciences and French from the University of Michigan, an MA in International Development from the George Washington University Elliott School, and an EdD from Columbia University’s Teachers College. She is fluent in English, French, and Pulaar/Fulfulde. Jennifer is also the mother of two girls who love to read and explore the world.

Dane Reinstedt, Board Member

Dane joined the Two Rabbits board in January 2024.  He is a trial attorney and prosecutor in the San Francisco District Attorney's homicide unit, working with and seeking justice for victims and their families.  He previously worked in a Silicon Valley litigation firm focused primarily on intellectual property litigation and for a firm in Seoul, Korea centered around international arbitration.  Dane spent time in Cameroon as part of the School for International Training's study abroad program.  He has also spent time in Ghana, Côte D'Ivoire, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, and Mauritius.  Between college and law school he lived on Reunion Island off the coast of Madagascar teaching English to elementary school children.

Dane received his B.A. in English from Pomona College and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

Paul Govoni, Quantitative and program Evaluation Consultant

Paul has consulted with Two Rabbits since 2019, leading quantitative analysis of program impact on children's learning outcomes. He currently works in financial aid at Harvard University’s Committee on General Scholarships. He previously worked several years in operations in the educational travel industry. He holds a master’s degree in International Education Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University in International Relations and History. He grew up in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and is passionate about using data to evaluate programs to enhance educational quality and opportunity.

allegra berman, global citizenship Education intern

Allegra has interned with Two Rabbits since 2020, researching global citizenship education programs and youth leadership development programs to inform Two Rabbits’ work. She is currently a senior at Macalester College, majoring in English creative writing. She spent her Spring 2020 semester studying in Cameroon, after which she conducted a research project with Two Rabbits on cultural erasure in education in Cameroon. Allegra grew up between New York City and northern Italy. She is passionate about making education accessible and enriching for all children.