Bunnath Phann

New Generation Schools Support

Bunnath holds a master’s of Education in Management and Planning from Royal University of Phnom Penh and Hubert H. Humphrey Professional Fellowship in the field of Educational Administration, Planning and Policy from Vanderbilt University which gives him critical experience in education development in Cambodia. He is an Operation Manager for New Generation School Initiative of Kampuchean Action for Primary Education and the Franks Family Foundation Bunnath was also awarded Young Southeast Asia Leader Initiative Professional Fellowship to study in short course in University of Montana. He is very passionate about Cambodian youth empowerment, which he thinks will become key actors in making a positive change within communities and the country.

Kurt Bredenberg

Senior Technical Adviser

Kurt has been working in the area of educational development in Southeast Asia for nearly 40 years with about 25 of those years spent in Cambodia. He holds a Master’s Degree in Education from Harvard University and speaks both Thai and Khmer. He has worked in several capacities including Chief of Party in several USAID-funded projects, Consultant, and Trainer. He has expertise in many areas including Cluster School Development, Holistic Programming Design, Student Assessment, and Educational Policy Development. He currently works as the Adviser in one of Cambodia’s largest local NGOs known as KAPE which he helped to found in 1999 and is still very much involved in its leadership. Kurt has had a close working relationship with FFF since 2015 and has provided technical expertise in the development of the Foundation’s recent New Generation School Initiative.