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Board of Directors

 

  • Chair

    Laura A. Brege, MBA

    SENIOR ADVISOR, BRIDGEBIO

    Laura Brege is a Senior Advisor to BridgeBio, a company focused on discovering and developing drugs for patients with grievous genetic diseases. Previously she was Managing Director of Cervantes Life Science Partners, LLC....

  • Vice-Chair

    Rev. Christopher M. Thomforde

    PRESIDENT, MORAVIAN COLLEGE AND MORAVIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (RETIRED)

    Christopher Thomforde served as the 15th president of Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary from 2006 to 2013. He is...

  • James P. Pellow, Ed.D.

    President & CEO, CIEE

    James P. Pellow joined CIEE in June 2011 as the fourth president and CEO in the organization’s 70-year history. Previously, Jim spent 20 years at St. John’s University in Queens, New York, where he served as executive vice president and chief operations officer for 11 years and in various financial and operating roles since 1991.

  • Kathleen Cheek-Milby, Ph.D.

    SENIOR FELLOW, LYNN UNIVERSITY

    Kathleen Cheek-Milby is a senior fellow at Lynn University. Previously, she served as the university’s vice president of academic affairs...

  • Kathryn Dungy, Ph.D.

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY, SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE

    Kathryn Dungy, who is currently an associate professor of Latin American and Caribbean history at Saint Michael’s College, brings a...

  • Carrie Hessler-Radelet

    President & CEO, Project Concern International

    Carrie Hessler-Radelet is president and CEO of Project Concern International (PCI), where she leads the global development organization’s efforts working...

  • Peter Lighte, Ph.D.

    FOUNDING CHAIRMAN, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK CHINA (RETIRED)

    Peter Lighte is retired founding chairman of JPMorgan Chase Bank China, former vice chairman of Global Corporate JPMorgan Chase Bank,...

  • William Martens III

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, CITIGROUP (RETIRED)

    William Martens III is former managing director of Citigroup. During his extensive career there, William worked in international and domestic...

  • Woody Pelton, J.D.

    DEAN OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, ELON UNIVERSITY (Retired)

    Woody Pelton, J.D. led education abroad and international programming on campus which supervises inbound international students, faculty, and scholars at Elon University....

  • Kathleen Sideli, Ph.D.

    ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR OVERSEAS STUDY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

    Kathleen Sideli is associate vice president of Overseas Study at Indiana University (IU), where she is responsible for study abroad...

  • Kumble Subbaswamy, Ph.D.

    CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST

    Kumble R. Subbaswamy is the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Since assuming his position in 2012, Kumble has...

  • Francis “Frank” X. Taylor

    PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FXTAYLOR ASSOCIATES

    Brigadier General Francis “Frank” X. Taylor is president and CEO of FXTaylor Associates, a company that specializes in global security, crisis management, and risk management consulting....

  • Marcelle M. Wahba

    FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE ARAB GULF STATES INSTITUTE

    Marcelle M. Wahba is the first president of The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, D.C., an independent, nonprofit think...

  • Johnny Young

    FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICES, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS (RETIRED)

    Johnny Young is former executive director of Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, a...