Oni Lusk-Stover

Oni Lusk-Stover

Senior Education Specialist, Education Sector, World Bank

Oni Lusk-Stover is a Senior Education Specialist with the World Bank working in the West and Central Africa Region for Education, where she leads the Bank’s portfolio in Liberia including operational and analytical work. She joined the Bank in 2006 and has worked on education projects and research initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Europe and Central Asia Regions. Oni was the gender focal point for the Education Global Practice, leading on gender activities within education and in collaboration with health, social development, and water and sanitation teams as well as representing the Bank on the governing committee of the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative. Oni was also the team leader for the Bank's Systems Approach for Better Education Results-Engaging the Private Sector program, mapping education markets and identifying policy options for governments to better engage the non-state sector in delivering quality education services. Her areas of technical expertise include girls’ education, education reforms in fragile contexts, and public-private partnerships. Oni holds a B.A. from Wellesley College and M.A. in International Comparative Education from Stanford University.