Our Team
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Tony Johnson President |
In 2019, Tony celebrated his 35th anniversary in the field of international study and internships... |
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Aden Hayes, Ph.D. Vice President, Emeritus |
Dr. Aden Hayes has worked in Madrid for more than 20 years, first as the resident director of two US... |
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Kate Moore, Ed. D. Vice President, Global Internships |
Dr. Kate Moore joined EUSA (our predecessor organization) in 2005, spearheading placements and programs in North America. Prior to that... |
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Patrick Moran Executive Director, Finance and Administration |
Pat has worked with CIEE since 2007 and joined AIC as Executive Director, Finance & Administration in 2016... |
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Matt Byrnes Director, Global Internship Conference and CIEE Conferences |
Matt joined AIC in early 2011 to establish our Toronto operations and to manage the Global Internship Conference (GIC)... |
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Zaman Ishaad Conference Coordinator, Global Internship Conference |
Zaman has been with the AIC since 2018, coordinating his first Global Internship Conference in Detroit, Michigan... |
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Chris McKenzie Director, Development |
Chris joined AIC as the Development Director in 2017. A Michigan native, Chris graduated from Central Michigan University with a... |
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Randeep Kullar Director, Academic Partnerships |
Randeep joined the AIC team in 2018. A California native, Randeep received a B.A. in History with a minor in Education... |
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Sarah Bailey Marketing Manager |
Sarah joined the Academic Internship Council team at CIEE in 2018 focusing on student development and growth in Boston as the Marketing Manger... |
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Kristina Grimaldi Program Administrator |
Kristina comes to AIC from CIEE’s Study Abroad Registration Department. Before Joining CIEE she wore many hats working for a small non-profit offering leadership training and was previously at the University of California, Irvine as an Analyst... |
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Fernando Janeiro Program Manager, Barcelona |
Fernando Janeiro holds an M. A. in Humanities, and is a native of Galicia in western Spain. He coordinates semester and summer programs... |
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Sandra Betoret Internship Coordinator, Barcelona |
Sandra Betoret is Barcelona’s Internship Coordinator at CIEE. She holds a BA degree in Psychology from The University of Barcelona, and a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management... |
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Stephanie Levy Director, Berlin |
Stephanie joined AIC in 2015 and serves as the AIC Berlin Director. Originally from Tennessee, she has lived and worked... |
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Robby Block Program Manager, Berlin |
Robby is originally from Louisiana but has lived in Berlin, Germany for 15 years now. Robby began his professional career... |
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Marleen Von Der Heiden Program Coordinator, Berlin |
Marleen joined the AIC Berlin Team in September 2018. Before she became a member of the internship team, she worked for CIEE as a Residential Assistant while finishing her degree in sociology... |
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Cynthia Singer Riordan Director, Boston |
Cynthia joined EUSA (our predecessor organization) in 2008. She started her career working in human resources for a consulting firm... |
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Bailey Carlson Program Manager, Boston |
Bailey joined AIC as the Boston Program Manager after working in the travel industry and with the U.S. government. Her passion for intercultural... |
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Mugove Chiwashira Director, Cape Town |
Mugove manages all aspects of AIC interns placed in Cape Town. Mugove holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Cape Town, a certification in compliance management and is a Johannesburg Stock Exchange Compliance Officer... |
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Dr. Rasmus Wendt Director, Copenhagen |
Before Dr. Wendt joined CIEE in Copenhagen he held a managing position at the American/Danish business school, California International Business University, in San Diego... |
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Rebecca Chow Director, Hong Kong |
Rebecca joined AIC team in 2014. Previously she served as Assistant Lecturer for a renowned University in Hong Kong... |
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Claudia Mo Assistant Manager, Hong Kong |
Before joining AIC in 2018, Claudia has been working in education and professional training in management and... |
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Samantha Cooper Director, London |
Samantha joined AIC in 2016, having previously worked at EUSA (our predecessor organization) where she established the University Relations department... |
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Kate Duffy Senior Placement Manager, London |
Kate joined AIC in 2018, having previously worked at EUSA (our predecessor organization) where she had a number of roles including London Director. |
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Fallon Wagner Director, Los Angeles |
Originally from Minnesota, her passion for international education started with an exchange program to France when she was in 5th... |
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Ro Lee Program Manager, Southern California |
A New York native, Ro holds a J.D. from St. John’s Law School and a B.A. in Political Science from SUNY StonyBrook... |
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Naveen Shah Director, Mumbai |
Naveen joined AIC in 2016 to manage our internship programs in Mumbai. She is a resident of Bangalore but... |
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Sarika Balchandani Program Manager, Mumbai |
Sarika joined AIC in 2017 as Mumbai Program Manager. Originally from Mumbai, she has been working in the education industry for 19 years... |
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Julianna Manning Director, New York City |
Julianna Manning joined the AIC in 2015 as NYC Program Manager. Though originally from New York, she has also lived... |
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Taylor Wordsman Program Manager, New York City |
Taylor Wordsman grew up in Westchester, NY. Before starting university at SUNY Geneseo, she studied abroad in in Siena, Italy where... |
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Peter Mistrik Director, Prague |
Peter is the Internships program coordinator at CIEE Prague. He is responsible for the development and leadership... |
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Erik Perez Director, Santiago |
Erik F. Perez, Regional Director of Operations for Latin America for CIEE, is a strong believer that through education... |
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Natalia Castro Internship Coordinator, Santiago |
Natalia has been with CIEE/AIC since 2018 where she started as Internship Program Coordinator in Santiago Chile... |
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Ken Nourse Director, San Francisco |
Ken joined the AIC in October 2014 to manage our internship programs in San Francisco and the Bay Area... |
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Heather Mason Program Manager, San Francisco |
Since 2018 Heather has been working for the Academic Internship Council, a division of CIEE, with her office based at UC Berkeley. Starting as a Program Coordinator, she is... |
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Michaela Nee Program Manager, San Francisco Bay Area |
Michaela Nee joins CIEE as AIC Program Manager in San Francisco. She holds her Master of Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco and B.A. in International Studies and French from the University of Denver... |
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Francisco Diez Director, Seville |
Francisco Diez is the Director of CIEE Seville. He holds a B.A in English Studies from the Universidad de Alicante (Alicante, Spain), a M.A in Spanish Studies and Linguistics from Michigan State University (Lansing, MI), and... |
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Antonio Romero Internship Coordinator, Seville |
Antonio Romero coordinates the Business and Society program’s summer internship at CIEE Study Center in Seville. He is in charge of networking with local companies... |
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Dr. Steve Chao Director, Shanghai |
Steve Chao is the Director at CIEE Shanghai Global Institute, responsible for all aspects of operations, including Academic, student service, finance... |
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Juan Zhang Program Manager, Shanghai |
Juan Zhang is responsible for all aspects of student service, student activity administration, also covering Faculty-Led and Customized programs... |
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Shannah Teo Director, Singapore |
Shannah joined AIC early 2012 with a focus on program delivery and professional practice internship placements in Singapore... |
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Valerie Lim Program Manager, Singapore |
Valerie has worked for a MNC for three years and quickly rose to management roles. In her role as Program Manager in Singapore, Valerie is accustomed to both... |
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Nicole Latham Director, Sydney |
Nicole is the Director of the Global Institute, Sydney. She has held senior leadership positions in both the Health and Higher Education sectors in Australia and is particularly passionate... |
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Isabella Johnson Director, Toronto |
Isabella has been with the AIC since 2012, first starting as an intern for the Global Internship Conference (GIC)... |