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. Executive Director |
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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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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Fallon Wagner Program Manager, San Francisco, 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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Heather Mason Program Manager, San Francisco, Los Angeles |
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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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)... |