EGG - Key Persons


C.K. Mathew

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Board Member View Profile
  • Our Leader
Mathew retired as Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan India. Prior to this position, he served Government of India on various senior level administrative positions in multiple Departments like Department of Disaster Management, Department of Finance and Policy Planning, Principal Secretary Education Department Rajasthan, Department of Energy and Water Resources etc. He holds a PhD in English Literature on the poems of Emily Dickinson. He has written a book and multiple articles on various developmental issues.

Dr. P.N.Singh

Job Titles:
  • Chief Education Officer, USN, India
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Joelle Wyser-Pratte

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Board Member View Profile
  • Founding Partner of OCP Capital LLC
  • Our Leader
Joelle Wyser-Pratte is the Founding Partner of OCP Capital LLC in New York. She co-founded the Ounavarra Foundation, a non-profit charity dedicated to supporting educational causes throughout the world. In addition to serving on EGG's board, Joelle is active on the advisory boards of the Global Partnerships Forum and the Mariposa DR Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to advancing girls' education and empowerment throughout the Dominican Republic. She is regular contributor to blogs on girls' and women's issues.

K.K.Sharma

Job Titles:
  • Principal, Govt. Inter College USN, India

Kilty Mahoney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Board Member View Profile
  • Managing Director of ShareNett Securities LLC
  • Our Leader
Kilty Mahoney is a Managing Director of ShareNett Securities LLC a global, private co-investment platform for family offices. Kilty is a seasoned investment banking professional with over 15 years of experience in capital raising and strategic advisory in the telecom, media, and technology sectors. She began her career at Salomon Brothers and later ran the Emerging Telecom investment banking group at Banc of America Securities. She also worked at Greenbridge Partners, a Greenwich, CT based private equity and advisory firm partnered with Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures. Later Kilty owned and served as President of a private information services firm focused on the financial services and real estate sectors prior to returning to investment banking in 2015 with Cyndx Advisors. Kilty earned a bachelor's degree with honors in Economics from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Lawrence Chickering - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President Emeritus
  • Our Leader
  • President Emeritus View Profile

Megan O'Shea Megale - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President
  • Managing Director of Megale Public Relations
  • Our Leader
  • President View Profile
Currently the President of EGG, Megan brings in tremendous passion for educating girls. Megan also serves as the Managing Director of Megale Public Relations, and oversees the direction of the firm and the strategy. A creative, edgy thinker, her greatest asset is developing accounts to ensure they reach their maximum capacity in both media placement and revenue streams, masterfully marrying the two. Megan embraces the challenge of a brand in need of taking an unexpected path and is known to introduce ideas never considered. Expertise in branding, social media, strategy, partnerships, endorsements and strong campaigns. Clients include professional athletes, financial institutions, film, consumer brands, and celebrities. Megale Public Relations has tripled in size both in clients and staffing. Clients include Morgan Stanley, UBS, Darryl Strawberry, GRYYT, Kinecho, Alex Rodrigues, Mike Tyson, "The Voice" and many other exciting brands. Megan lends her expertise to a multitude of endeavors. She is a frequent lecturer at NYU and proudly holds a Family Board position at Columbia Presbyterian Children's Hospital in New York City.

Robert Kiernan - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • CEO of Advanced Portfolio Management
  • Chairman View Profile
  • Our Leader
Robert is the CEO of Advanced Portfolio Management (APM), an investment management company based in New York. Prior to APM, he spent twenty years in the capital markets at Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers where he led multiple global fixed income and investment banking businesses. Before entering the private sector, he held foreign policy positions in the first Reagan administration at USIA, the National Security Council, and the Department of State. He also has been a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University, the Research Foundation Review Board of CFA Institute, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (London), and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Saafir Rabb

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Board Member View Profile
  • Chief Executive Officer of InterCulture
  • Our Leader
Saafir is the Chief Executive Officer of InterCulture, a strategic planning and development consulting firm that operates internationally to provide business and entrepreneurship solutions to socially-oriented organizations and enterprises. Among other experiences, Saafir served as the Chief Operating Officer of I Can't We Can, a unique community development and drug rehabilitation organization that has received over 100 awards and citations.

Upala Devi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Technical Advisor
  • Board Member View Profile
  • Our Leader
Upala Devi is the UNFPA Technical Advisor on Gender-based violence. For twenty years she has worked variously for UNDP, UNICEF, UNIFEM, ILO, OHCHR, the Ford Foundation, NORAD, Save the Children Fund (UK and Sweden), Christian Aid in the UK, and Educate Girls Globally. She holds an M.Phil. from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has held various visiting scholar fellowships and writes and speaks widely on gender and human rights issues.