Molly Ornati has worked for ten years at Trickle Up, most recently as the Director of the Central America program.  Trickle Up is an international NGO that uses seed capital, business training and savings and credit groups to empower rural women to make sustainable progress out of extreme poverty.  While at TU Molly selected, trained and managed partnerships with more than 30 NGOs in 5 countries, established the branch office TU Guatemala and led cross-regional work on Savings.  Molly holds an MA in International Relations and an MA in Cinema Studies from NYU.  Her work in international development was preceded by 8 years of producing and directing documentary films for public television.