Olie en Gas in Suriname: Zijn we écht klaar voor wat komt?
Marcha Reumel
Leader, educator, and consultant. Transforming organizations and empowering individuals through ethical practices and innovative solutions
Marcha Reumel is a scholar-practitioner in workforce education, organization development, and leadership, with more than two decades of senior public-sector leadership experience.
Her career began in practice: leading teams, developing people, and building training and education systems in demanding institutional environments. That experience shaped the questions she now pursues as a doctoral candidate in Workforce Education and Development at Penn State, where her research focuses on how organizations prepare their people to lead, decide, and perform.
Her work has taken her across the world. She has designed curriculum, strengthened technical and vocational education systems, developed international partnerships and grant-funded programs, and taught university students at the start of their own professional journeys. She is a co-author of the forthcoming Springer volume Building Supervisory Leadership Skills, and she writes and speaks on leadership, ethics, and professional development. Across every role she has held, her focus remains the same: strengthening the people and systems that make organizations work.
Olie en Gas in Suriname: Zijn we écht klaar voor wat komt?
De olie komt. De kansen ook. Maar is onze beroepsbevolking daar klaar voor?
De ontwikkeling van de olie- en gassector biedt Suriname nieuwe economische mogelijkheden. Maar echte vooruitgang vraagt om mensen met de juiste kennis, vaardigheden en competenties.
Tijdens de presentatie “Olie en Gas in Suriname: Klaar voor wat komt, en wie profiteert?” staan we stil bij de vraag hoe onderwijs, werkgevers en overheid samen kunnen investeren in het menselijk kapitaal van Suriname.
Vrijdag 15 januari 2027 | 19.00–20.00 uur
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Marcha Reumel is a doctoral candidate in Workforce Education and Organization Development at The Pennsylvania State University. Her academic interests and work center on ethics in organizations, workforce development, teaching, and international education across organizations and industries. While pursuing her doctorate, she has contributed to several universities as a graduate assistant or teaching assistant. Currently, she is a part-time student worker at The Pennsylvania State University and teaches undergraduate students in the Smeal College of Business. Alongside her studies, she contributes to the university’s international engagement and funding efforts. She remains active in the Comparative and International Education Student Association, where she helps organize programming and events, and she is an affiliate of Penn State’s Justice and Safety Institute. Drawing on two decades of leadership experience across the public sector, she concentrates on developing as a scholar and academic in her field. She is currently a co-author of the forthcoming book Building Supervisory Leadership Skills.
Expertise
- Organizational ethics and organization development
- Workforce education and development
- Curriculum design and development
- Teacher
- Keynote Speaker
- Comparative and international education
- Leadership development and executive training
- Higher education instruction and instructional design
Featured Work
Teaching at Smeal College of Business
As an instructor at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business, Marcha teaches a First-Year Seminar that helps undergraduate students transition into university life and build the foundations for academic and professional success. Her teaching blends practical guidance with a focus on ethics, responsibility, and effective communication – the same principles that anchor her broader work.
Security Consultancy, Suriname
Marcha served as an education consultant and curriculum developer for the Security and Assistance Service Suriname (BBS), where she designed and strengthened training programs for security personnel. Drawing on her operational leadership background, she translated field experience into structured, practical curricula that improved workforce readiness and professional standards in the security sector.
Education Change Leadership, Vocational Education
As Part-Time Coordinator in the Department of Pedagogy at the College for Teachers in Vocational Education, Marcha led educational development and reform over an extended tenure. She worked to modernize teaching practice and curriculum in vocational teacher training, helping educators adopt more effective, learner-centered approaches and strengthening the quality of vocational education.
Education Reform, Ministry of Justice and Police, Suriname
Within the Suriname Police Force, Marcha served as a curriculum developer and held senior training and academy leadership roles, including Deputy Head of the Suriname Police Academy. She led the redesign of police education and training – shaping how officers are prepared, developed, and equipped to serve – and brought a reform-minded, ethics-driven approach to institutional learning across the force.
Speaking and Presentations
Marcha is an experienced speaker who has presented across a wide range of topics and audiences – from strategic police leadership, the ethics of AI in education, and organizational development, to domestic violence prevention, femicide, and behavioral approaches to policing. She has addressed universities, government bodies, professional forums, and international conferences in both Dutch and English, translating complex ideas into clear, practical insight for each audience.
Education Consultant
Marcha works as an education consultant, advising institutions on curriculum design, training development, and organizational learning. She has developed and reformed education programs across the security, vocational, and public-sector fields, bringing an ethics-driven, learner-centered approach that connects sound instructional design with real-world professional needs.
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As a dedicated leader, educator, and consultant, Marcha is committed to advancing research and fostering meaningful conversations on critical global issues like police education, organizational development, and ethical leadership. With your support, she can continue to develop resources and create a platform that not only informs but also inspires change.
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