
Carol-Ann Gleason is a communications and development specialist with a wildly critical edge and a commitment to facilitating new modes that inform, propel, and reflect transformative development on a global scale. With nearly a decade researching and working throughout greater Africa and beyond, she has provided multidisciplinary expertise servicing a wide array of clients, from governments to NGOs to multinational corporations and philanthropists, assisting both domestically and internationally in creating robust cross-industry partnerships, performing due diligence and research, developing media strategy, and advising on various sensitive operational issues—on each occasion she has leveraged opportunities that promote and maximize long-term social and political impact.
Carol-Ann holds a B.A. in Democracy and Cultural Pluralism from The New School in New York City and a Masters of Global Media and Post-national Communication from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.


