Sergio Ramírez-Mena joined IREX in October 2023 as a senior technical advisor supporting the startup and implementation of the Early Grade Education Activity (2023-2028) in Jordan. Sergio has over 25 years of experience in international education development - leading contracts for the U.S. government, multilateral organizations, and a large public-private partnership in education. 

Before IREX, he was chief of party for the All Children Reading Grand Challenge for Development co-founded by USAID, the Australian Government, and World Vision US – the program endowed a $25 million innovation fund to promote edtech applications and software created to improve early-grade literacy in marginalized countries. 

Sergio also served the Educational Development Center as chief of party for USAID early-grade education projects in Honduras and Chemonics International in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. In addition, he worked as senior education project director for FHI360 (formerly Academy for Educational Development). 

His technical background is in national education management and information systems (EMIS), learning apps, learning assessment, data analysis, and education statistics in Latin America and Africa. Sergio has a master’s degree in program management from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and is fluent in English, Spanish, and French, and speaks basic Dutch -- with a practical knowledge of African linguistics.