Tony Baker is the Associate Director for Global Education at RESULTS Educational Fund (REF), a citizens’ advocacy organization that works to create the public and political will to end poverty by empowering individuals to exercise their personal and political power for change. Tony's work focuses on the right to education, global education finance, research-to-action advocacy, and civil society engagement at home and abroad. Prior to joining RESULTS, he served as a Technical Advisor in the Policy Analysis and Advocacy unit of HakiElimu, an education and democracy rights civil society organization in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He focused on policy vs. practice issues in the Tanzanian education sector by tracking government expenditures, mobilizing civil society coalitions, and engaging parliamentarians and central government officials. Tony also volunteered with the Peace Corps in Tanzania. He has an MA in Sustainable Development from the School for International Training.