Hayley Pottle

Hayley Pottle is an international education, development, and communications professional. Her cross-sector work involves higher education, non-profits, and governmental organizations. She currently participates in USAID’s Pathways Program working in the Bureau of Development, Democracy, and Innovation with the Digital Inclusion Team supporting initiatives on its Gender Digital Divide, Digital Literacy, and other Digital Inclusion programs. She also is a UN Graduate Fellow with UNA-NCA and is pursuing her Master of Arts in International Education specializing in Development and Gender at the George Washington University (GWU). Last summer she served as a GWU UNESCO Fellow in Jakarta, Indonesia in the Education Unit. Hayley previously served as the Program Manager for Student Recruitment for Middle East Programs and Outreach for the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Program Manager of TechGirls, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State. Her work has taken her across the MENA region and United States including as the Project Development Manager for Hopes for Women in Education in Amman and Jerash, Jordan. She also worked as an Education Consultant for the University of Richmond. Hayley holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Mass Communications with a minor in Business. Her professional associations include the Public Diplomacy Council of America (PDCA), Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP), and the World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence.