John Gillies

Vice President and Interim Director

Global Education Center, AED

Mr. John Gillies is AED’s Vice President for Global Education Projects and the Director of the EQUIP2 project, USAID's premier project on education policy, systems, and management. Leading a team of experienced academics, practitioners and policy experts, he has brought innovative research on comprehensive education system reform to the forefront of USAID programming.  Building on a series of policy papers on strategies for measurement of learning outcomes, monitoring and evaluation, systems reform, and other research initiatives, the EQUIP2 project has helped establish an agenda for achieving sustainable impact on improved learning outcomes.  He has developed a strong background in educational evaluation and assessment, having worked on evaluation projects in Namibia, Egypt, Eastern Europe, and worldwide on various USAID projects.