Meet the Founders
Hadassah and Jessica have been working together for over a decade and across complex contexts around the world. Together they have built programs that open doors and create opportunities positively impacting thousands of people and their communities.
Hadassah Galey
With over 18 years of experience across nonprofit and for-profit sectors, Hadassah co-founded Three Pillars International with the belief that meaningful change emerges when we look beyond current challenges and intentionally create the people-centered programs, systems, and opportunities that make a better future possible.
Her expertise is in turning vision into reality. Hadassah is skilled at diagnosing root challenges, refining processes, and implementing solutions that improve both efficiency and outcomes. Clients value her ability to hold the big picture and the operational detail at the same time, and to keep teams aligned and moving through complexity.
Hadassah approaches every initiative with intentionality, designing holistic, people-centered programs that empower individuals and communities to thrive. Grounded in both strategy and the process of action and reflection through praxis, Hadassah believes in the transformative power of education. She is deeply committed to supporting individuals in achieving their full potential and fostering environments that enable stakeholders to thrive.
Jessica Buchanan
Jessica co-founded Three Pillars International on the core conviction that a person's ability to think critically is essential to educational success, personal and professional growth, and meaningful engagement with, and on behalf of, one's community.
This principle is evidenced in her 18 years of designing and implementing programs that have built resilient institutions, trained teachers and instructors, developed, established career and learning centers, facilitated scholarships, and strengthened leadership skills for professionals at all levels.
Jessica is adept at working in high stakes and unpredictable environments while negotiating and managing multi-million-dollar budgets, establishing complex partnerships, and driving business development efforts across a portfolio spanning NGOs, higher education, and U.S. government partners.
Jessica is an analytical solver and forward thinker. She brings the experience, the rigor, and the human insight to make investments count for the communities they serve.