GlobalGiving Project of the Month Club

3,864 Donations from 340 Donors:

Project Personnel

Mari Kuraishi - Founder and President

Mari joined the World Bank in 1992 where she managed and created some of the Bank's most innovative projects. Mari helped organized the first series of strategic forums and the first ever Innovation and Development Marketplaces. She also designed a range of investment projects in the Russia reform program. She completed undergraduate and graduate studies at Harvard and Georgetown Universities.

Dennis Whittle - Founder and CEO

Until Oct. 2000, Dennis was part of a troika that led the World Bank's Corporate Strategy and Innovation units. From 1992-1997, he led a variety of initiatives in the Bank's Russia program. Before that, Dennis was an economist in the World Bank's Jakarta office for 5 years. Dennis graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and did graduate work in development studies and economics at Princeton University.