David received an M.A. in International Relations, with a concentration in International Development, from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1990, majoring in Political Science and English.

David Ciulla is currently the Associate Executive Director of Urban Education Exchange, a non-profit organization with the mission of closing the achievement gap in reading in the U.S. Mr. Ciulla has broad-based business experience and five years of teaching experience in public and private schools. In addition to co-founding a successful regional retail company, David was a consultant in the education field serving both private and public sector clients in the United States and internationally, and was a senior credit analyst with Chemical Bank in New York. He received his M.A. in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), concentrating in international development and economics, and his B.A. from Stanford University in Political Science and English. David also serves as an Advisor to the Native American Community Academy public charter school, in Albuquerque, NM.

In 1998 David Co-founded the Sportsbasement and Sportsbasement.com retail stores in San Francisco, CA. Previously David had analyzed and supported medium-sized companies in New York, as a Senior Credit Analyst with Chemical Bank’s Middle Market Banking Group, as well as taught and coached at the junior high school level. David has also worked on the Navajo Nation, in Shiprock, NM as a volunteer small business consultant and was a volunteer consultant to the Native American Community Academy, supporting the founder of this new charter school in Albuquerque, NM, which opened in 2006.

During the summer of 2005 David served as an intern for the Community Empowerment Network by spending nearly 2 months in the Santarém region, where he was successful in mentoring the communities on a number of initiatives, including holding a series of community driven and managed workshops on HIV and sexually-transmitted diseases, advancing a micro-hydro-electric project and many others. After returning to New York, David helped coordinate the first sales of handmade jewelry to the US market. He continues to serve as an advisor for CEN.

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