The Help Educate Management Team consists of four Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Nicaragua.

John Kuehnle, Executive Director
     John lived in Nicaragua between 2002 and 2006. He served as a Community Health Promoter in the town of El Jicaro, Nueva Segovia and then worked as the Technical Trainer for Peace Corps programs in Community Health, Small Business Development and Environmental Education. He has a B.A. in history from Skidmore College and MPH and MBA degrees from Johns Hopkins University. John currently works for the AIDS Program at the Boston Public Health Commission.

David Metres Legal Director
David graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in history. Following graduation, he interned with Environmental Defense in Boulder, CO and researched mountain habitat in California's Sierra Nevada. From 2004 to 2006, he lived and worked in El Jicaral, Nicaragua as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Environmental Education sector.  Currently, Metres is pursuing a J.D. at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Keenan McRoberts, Strategy and Growth Director
Keenan grew up on a farm and exotic animal ranch in western Nebraska. He received his B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. From 2001 to 2005, Keenan worked in northern Nicaragua as a Peace Corps agriculture volunteer and as a Peace Corps agriculture Technical Trainer.  He is currently completing his master’s degree in International Agriculture and Rural Development at Cornell University.

Katherine Oglietti, Field Director
    Katherine grew up in Pinedale, Wyoming. She received her B.A. in philosophy from Whitman College in Washington. From 2004 to 2008, Katherine served as an Agriculture Extension Peace Corps Volunteer lived on the northern border of Nicaragua in the town of Ococona. During her extended service, Katherine researched the progress of community banking initiatives in Nicaragua and published a Spanish-language training manual on the implementation of community banks as a development tool.