Headquarters Office
Bill Kruvant is currently the President and Chairman of the Board. He served as the President of Creative Learning from 2005 to 2017 and returned in 2020. After earning a Doctorate in Economics in International Development from American University, Bill worked in both the private and public sectors, collaborating on foundation-funded research projects in the areas of energy and civil rights.
Previously, he served as chief of economic studies for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the areas of energy and natural resources and as a Senior Advisor for Creative Associates, consulting on corporate planning and development.
During his tenure at Creative Learning, Bill has worked with his team to establish the America’s Unofficial Ambassadors (AUA) and School-2-School programs. These programs send young people to serve in local NGOs in the Muslim World and match American and foreign schools so that youth in the U.S. and abroad can learn about each other first hand.
When Aid to Artisans (ATA) joined Creative Learning in 2010, Bill became the president of the new combined institution. In collaboration with ATA staff and Creative Learning experts, he is dedicated to making artisans an integral part of international enterprise development, cultural preservation, income and job generation, and economic development.
More recently, Bill has worked with Professors Tahir Shad and Muqtedar Khan to establish the Global Education Initiatives (GEI) at Creative Learning. GEI runs the Annual Conference on the Muslim World, trains local and provincial level public officials in modern governance practices under the banner of CL’s American Academy of Good Governance, and runs a volunteer program for young people with De La Salle-College of St. Benilde in the Philippines.
Bill is also president of Crea-Learning Mexico, a Mexican not-for-profit group which develops artisans in Mexico, Central, and South America.
When not occupied at Creative Learning, Bill is a farmer, growing lavender commercially at La Paz farm, and is a ceramic artist.
Mexico
San Cristobal de las Casas – Chiapas
Burkina Faso
Abdul Fatahou is a Burkinabe national and has been a resident of Burkina Faso since 1992. He completed his primary and secondary education in Ouagadougou from 1996 to 2011. He pursued his higher education in Koudougou (2011-2015) and Ouagadougou (2019-2021). He holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics and Environment and a master’s degree in Project Management.
With eight years of professional experience in rural development in Burkina Faso, Abdul Fatahou has worked on various projects financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) such as Programme d’appui du Secteur Privé Rural (PASPRU), Assurance Transport Betail avec Indemnité Contractuelle (ATBIC) and the Bus Project. He has collaborated with many national organizations like Fédération Nationale des Femmes Rurales du Burkina, as well as international organizations including Confédération des Fédération Nationales de la Filière Bétail et Viande en Afrique de L’Ouest (COFENABVIE-AO), Andreas Hermes Akademie (AHA), and the German development agency GIZ. In addition to project management, he is a certified trainer in agricultural entrepreneurship and a master trainer in the Cashew Value Chain.