QSD - Consulting for the International Development Community

Dr. Maury Sterns, QSD Director

With over 30 years experience in international teambuilding and executive leadership programs for The World Bank, other development organizations, and the private sector, Maury Sterns has worked throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America, and Eastern Europe. He is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish. In 1997, he received the prestigious World Bank Presidential Award for Excellence.

Professional Profile

Manager, Executive Development Program and Senior Training Officer,

The World Bank, Washington, D.C. 1995-2001

Director, International Institute for Advanced Studies, Cambridge, MA, 1984-89
Director, International Studies and Professor of International Education,
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, 1981-84
Regional Director, Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities

at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1974-81

Academic Credentials

Ph.D. Human Development, The University of Chicago, 1974

Profesor Ad Honores, Universidade Candido Mendes, Brazil, 1970
M.A. Political Science, Stanford University, 1965
Profesor Ad Honores, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela, 1964
B.A. Government and Psychology, Oberlin College, 1962

QSD Associates

QSD draws on a network of highly qualified professionals to address special needs and large-scale projects.