Our committed team.

Founded in 2013 and incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit in 2015, Jaipur Education Project is a group of professionals donating their time and effort to make gentle change.

Jean Hunt works as a relocation specialist with international executives in New York City. She is a mother, and has long been active in education through her extensive professional work involving foreign languages and travel. Introduced to educators and several young people in Jaipur, she decided to use her management and human resource skills to bring about positive change and educational opportunities for young people.

Moira Curtain has a Master of Social Work degree from Columbia University and is currently employed there. She is also a representative to the United Nations for the International Association for Schools of Social Work. Moira is an educator, advocate and works from a lens of anti oppression, social justice and human rights. She fervently believes that education is the cornerstone to humanity as the power of education has a profound effect on the children as well as their families and communities. Moira is an Australian who lives in New York City with her Indian husband and two teen daughters.

Pam Erb-Melville has a Master’s Degree in Speech/Theatre and Communications and is President of P-E-M Communications based in New York City. An expert at coaching business people, for 24 years Pam has delivered programs, coached individuals and teams and led seminars throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, India and Africa. Pam is particularly committed to working with women and supporting them to deliver clear, concise messages with power, dignity and strength. She considers her work with the Jaipur Education Project an extension of this focus — to provide the important beginning steps of empowerment through literacy, to girls and boys, as the first and most critical building block to their own self-expression and personal success. Pam resides in Cobble Hill (Brooklyn), New York and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Jamie Leo is an interdisciplinary creative who advocates for human rights causes and sustainability. He has decades of experience as project director and lead creative for non-profits, educational organizations and corporations, as well as his work as an educator and mentor of students. For the Tiger Woods Foundation, he was a key collaborator in the creation of sixty hours of free character curriculum made available to US middle school students.

Shveta Mehra is a retired science teacher and mother of two accomplished children, who ventured into the hospitality industry five years ago and now owns and runs a highly regarded bed & breakfast in Jaipur, (rated #1 of 450 B&B and inns in Jaipur on Trip Advisor). She is honored to host and provide orientation for guests from across the globe. She is widely travelled within India and around the world, and has a deep passion for being a change agent in the lives of the under-privileged.