Anna matiashvili holds M.A in Economics and Education Policy from Columbia University, New York, NY and M.S. in Management of International and Public Service Organizations from Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, NY. She has been the Director of Development at World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO), New York, NY. Her areas of expertise include: education policy analysis and development and evaluation of educational projects and programs.

Nino Kutateladze holds MA in education administration from Vanderbilt University, Peabody College of Education, Department of Leadership, Policy & Organization, Nashville, TN.

She is currently employed by World Bank Tbilisi office as an education consultant, where she monitors and supervises the Education System Realignment and Strengthening Program, provides education advice to government and contributes to formal education related analytic work.

Her primary area of expertise is basic education (K12) sub-sector - secondary education
planning and administration; Her professional interests include education finance and education quality as well as governance and leadership in education.

Scott Van Alstine worked in Georgia in the summer of 2006, and he has over 3 years of experience in living and working in the South Caucasus. His research on youth community participation in Armenia will soon be published in a book on youth and international development. He specializes in youth participation, training design, teacher training, education sector reform, and institutional grant writing for projects funded by international donors, such as USAID and UNDP. Scott is currently employed by World Learning for International Development, in Washington, D.C., where he helps implement participant training programs in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

Dr. Glonti specializes in Higher Education issues, especially in quality assurance, program development and policy analysis. She has been working in the field for ten years and was involved in both legislative and executive aspects of education reform in Georgia. Previously she has worked for the World Bank, Council of Europe, OSGF and other organizations as a local expert and consultant, was head of quality assurance service at the Tbilisi State University, where she works now as an associate professor. Dr Glonti is an author of several international publications and currently works on a manuscript Management of Change in Georgian Higher Education.

Professor Chitashvili has a PhD in Psychology. She started the Center for Social Sciences in 2003. From 2005 she is a full professor at Psychology Department, Faculty of Social and Political Studies, Tbilisi State University. In 2003-2005 she was a Chair of General Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology, TSU. In 2000-2003 Prof. Chitashvili was a director of Social Sciences Support Program at Open Society -Georgia Foundation (OSGF). In 1995 she was a Guest Researcher at Lund University, Institute of Theology, Department of Psychology of Religion.