The project of bradcartwright.com was originated somewhere around 2018 in Santiago, Chile. The recurrent realization that economics was everywhere around us has been the true inspiration of this website (more on that in a bit). 

The IB Diploma Programme asks a lot from students and teachers: it has its own particular language, time is pressing, and there is no “team” to run things by (maybe another colleague, if you’re lucky). Everyone is pretty much figuring things out on their own. 

Our mission is to connect with the global IB community of learners and educators, empower them with tangible strategies that will enable them to build solid skills, and ultimately excel in what they are doing – whether it is teaching for the first time, wanting to collaborate and check-in with peers, looking for a top result on the IB Exam, or just interested in what else is out there. 

All of this is possible thanks to the group of professionals that believe in the power of education, and ultimately wish to contribute to fostering creative, open-minded, reflective, and caring citizens of the world. Read below to find out who we are. 

Brad Cartwright

Founder | Instructor

Brad Cartwright created this site in 2018. He was most likely making himself some mate on a Tuesday morning. For some odd reason, everything always seems to happen on a Tuesday in Chile.  If you are wondering, mate is a South American - Andean tea, that is served in a gourd and sipped pretty much endlessly.  (If you want to know more, click here) 


Brad went to Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where he was a highly-competitive soccer athlete and double-majored in History and Public Policy.  As he traveled through Europe and Asia playing sports, his curiosity about countries, cultures, people and stories started shaping his life and his purpose. 


From traveling several months through Southeast Asia, to becoming a United States Peace Corps Volunteer, where he lived and worked in the developing community of Los Marranitos in the Dominican Republic, Brad’s understanding of the importance of education became pivotal for the rest of his career in education. 


“The World is Our Classroom” is the lens through which Brad sets about his work as an educator.  The impact of education lies in curiosity, in diversity, in discovering, in researching, and experience.  The world and other people’s realities enhance our studies from textbooks. 


Brad has worked in diverse school settings: The all-girls college preparatory school in Atlanta, Georgia, The Atlanta Girls’ School, the American Nicaraguan School in Managua, Nicaragua, and The International School Nido de Águilas in Santiago, Chile.  His work includes serving as High School Principal in Nicaragua, leading curriculum strategic planning in all schools mentioned above, IB Economics teacher, Theory of Knowledge teacher, and Extended Essay Coordinator. 


Currently he is living in Sofia, Bulgaria—at least for now—where you might find him working on simple things like: hiking, carpentry, yoga, and planning a future road trip. 

Sofía Elizalde

Project Manager | Instructor

Sofía Elizalde was born and raised in Santiago, Chile. She is an artist, a teacher, and an actor by training. 

Sofia attended university in her hometown, and was awarded a scholarship to Oxford, UK where she specialized in Shakespeare and Elizabethan theater. She obtained her Master’s in Acting in New York City in 2010. Upon her return to Chile, Sofia taught IB Theatre and Dance at the International School Nido de Aguilas, the school where she herself was an IB student.

Sofía has over 10 years of teaching experience, where she has created and taught a diverse array of theatre, theatre-making, and dance classes at the high school level. 


She has worked one-on-one with teachers, collaborating and enhancing the craft of teaching theatre, as well as mentoring and preparing students for competitive conservatory-based and/or university schools.  She also currently serves as an IB examiner for IB Theatre, both in English and Spanish.

 

Apart from her teaching, Sofia has participated actively in the professional theater scene in Santiago. She has served as a Co-Director of recognized productions in the country, has developed work as a Dramaturgist, and a Literary Manager at one of the most prestigious theater establishments in Santiago. Her work includes researching, reading, translating, analyzing, and selecting plays for professional productions. 


She also continues her work as a certified instructor in the Desikachar method of yoga–a lineage that focuses on individualized yoga practices/therapy for students of all ages.

 

She currently lives in Sofia, Bulgaria where you may find her hiking the hills in the early morning with her two beautiful dogs, reading, writing, or finishing off her yoga practice in the early evening hours.

Kurt Supplee

IB Core Instructor

Kurt joined bradcartwright.com in 2021 as an IB Workshop Instructor and colleague.  He brings with him over 27 years of educational experience as a teacher and IB Examiner of IB Physics and IB Math, and most significantly as the IB Diploma Coordinator at the International School Nido de Águilas for the last five years.

Kurt holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Education from the United States.  His journey began at a small ski academy in Crested Butte, Colorado which set the foundation for his passion to connect with high school students both inside and outside of the classroom.  After stops in California and Caracas, Venezuela, Kurt currently resides with his family in Santiago, Chile

 

A life-long outdoorsman, Kurt is happiest when out from under a roof, be it skiing, hiking, surfing, or just listening to the crackle of an early evening campfire.

Guy Cartwright

Strategic Advisor

Guy Cartwright is Managing Director at The Consello Group, a global financial services advisory and strategic investing platform, and has served as a strategic advisor since our inception in 2018.

Guy has spent his career with CEOs and global companies executing growth, transformations and major turnaround efforts as an executive, advisor and private equity partner. As an executive prior to Consello, Guy served as Senior Vice President of  Acceleration/Transformation at Ingram Micro, a Fortune 100 global technology solutions provider where he reported to the CEO and led all major value-creating growth, operational and transformation efforts globally. Before Ingram, Guy was Vice President of Operations at Asurion Corporation, a global technology business which grew from $500M to $3.5B revenue during his four-year tenure. Guy was also Chief Transformation Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Juul Labs, where he led a global, intensive operational and financial eight-month reset. Earlier in his career, Guy was CEO of a consumer products business, and an Advisor at West Monroe and Bain & Company.

In private equity, Guy was Managing Director and lead US Operating Partner for nine years at TowerBrook Capital Partners, a global investment firm focused on businesses in distribution, logistics, fintech, retail and media/sports, where he oversaw all major value creation efforts in partnership with CEOs and management. In all capacities, Guy has been an active Board participant and member, including serving as Independent Director at Jacuzzi Group, a global manufacturer and distributor of premium spas.

Guy received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Chemistry from The College of William & Mary where he was a Division I athlete. He is a Cleveland, OH native and deeply involved in growing the sport of soccer in the United States.