About Us

Leadership

World Learning Inc. Board of Trustees

World Learning Inc.'s Board of Trustees represents The Experiment in International Living, School for International Training, and World Learning’s global development and exchange programs.

  • Allen B. Cutler

    • Board Chair
  • Jenny Backus

    • Vice Chair
  • Jack Benson

    • Vice Chair
    • Chair, Finance Committee
  • Michael Clarfeld

    • Vice Chair
    • Chair, Academic Affairs Committee
  • Aicha Naomi Cooper

    • Vice Chair
  • Elana Aquino

    • Trustee
  • Brandolon Barnett

    • Trustee
  • Spencer Boyer

    • Trustee
  • Bob Chase

    • Trustee Emeriti
  • Elizabeth Clay Roy

    • Trustee
    • Vice Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee
  • Lawrence S. Cooley

    • Trustee Emeriti
  • Dr. Mahesh Daas

    • Trustee
  • Rosamond Delori

    • Chair Emeriti
  • Travis Feldler

    • Trustee
  • Raimund Grube

    • Trustee
    • Vice Chair, Finance Committee
  • Sarah Ingersoll

    • Trustee
    • Vice Chair, Advancement Committee
  • Nicole Isaac

    • Trustee
  • Sean Kirk

    • Trustee
  • Lauren Landis

    • Trustee
    • Chair, Global Development & Exchange Committee
  • Stephen Lowey

    • Chair Emeriti
  • Lynne Maguire

    • Trustee
    • Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee
  • Virgil Miller

    • Trustee
    • Chair, Advancement Committee
  • Rajesh Misra

    • Trustee
  • Roopali Phadke

    • Trustee
  • Susan B. Plimpton

    • Chair Emeriti
  • Laura Roos

    • Trustee
    • Chair, Audit & Risk Committee
  • Michael Siegal

    • Trustee
    • Vice Chair, Academic Affairs Committee
  • John Wanda

    • Trustee
    • Vice Chair, Audit Committee
  • Bisa Williams

    • Trustee
    • Vice Chair, Global Development & Exchange Committee

World Learning Inc. Senior Leadership

World Learning Inc.’s senior leadership team oversees all three branches of the organization and is based around the world.

  • Carol Jenkins

    • Ex-Officio Trustee
    • CEO, World Learning Inc.
  • Dr. Sophia Howlett

    • President, School for International Training
  • Kote Lomidze, CPA

    • Chief Financial & Administrative Officer
    • Senior Vice President, Finance
  • L. Rae (she/her)

    • Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs
    • General Counsel
  • Melissa Oppenheimer

    • Vice President, Global Programs
  • Sravani Ghosh-Robinson

    • Vice President, Business Development
  • Joel Colony

    • Vice President, External Engagement & Advocacy
  • Nara de Sa Guimaraes

    • Vice President, Marketing and Communications
  • Anne Brnger

    • Vice President, Human Resources
  • Jane Yates

    • Associate Vice President, Philanthropy
  • Wagaye Johannes

    • Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Officer
  • Tim Rivera

    • Senior Advisor, Innovation and Strategy

Global Advisory Council Members

  • Paige Alexander

    • Chief Executive Officer, The Carter Center
  • Dr. Alnaserbelh AlNaseri

    • Senior Researcher, Vold Vision
  • Amir Ben Ameur

    • CEO & Founder, WeYouth
  • Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

    • Executive Director & Co-Founder, ICAN
  • David D. Arnold

    • President, The Asia Foundation
  • Ami Aronson

    • Executive Director, Bernstein Family Foundation
  • Alexandra Arriaga

    • Managing Partner, Strategy for Humanity LLC
  • Susan Barduhn

    • Professor Emerita, SIT
  • Fayezul Choudhury

    • Former CEO, International Federation of Accountants
  • Julius Coles

    • Director, Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership
  • Sarah Costa

    • Executive Director, Women's Refugee Commission (WRC)
  • Ambassador Elizabeth M. Cousens

    • President & CEO, United Nations Foundation
  • Geri Critchley

    • Critchley & Associates
    • Founder, Rochester International Center
  • Jennifer Dulski

    • President, Change.org
  • Kathy Edersheim

    • President, Impactrics
  • Abby Falik

    • CEO & Founder, Global Citizen Year
  • Ali Gallagher

    • CEO & Founder, SCP Incorporated
  • Elizabeth Berry Gips

    • Executive Director, Kigutu International Academy
  • Tamara Gould

    • Executive Producer, ITVS' Co-productions and Strategic Partnerships
  • Ambassador Michael Guest

    • Senior Advisor & Founder, Council for Global Equality
  • Mark Hanis

    • Co-founder, Progressive Shopper
  • Ambassador Swanee Hunt

    • Founder, Hunt Alternatives Fund, Women Waging Peace, and Inclusive Security
  • Shamil Idriss

    • President & CEO, Search for Common Ground
  • Steven H. Kaplan

    • President, University of New Haven
  • Alexander Knapp

    • CEO & Founder, AKC Global Group
  • Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie

    • International Disability Rights Advocate
  • Carla Koppell

    • Distinguished Fellow, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
  • Amy Logan

    • CEO & Founder, Inclusion Innovation
  • Kristin Lord

    • President & CEO, IREX
  • John Lucas

    • President & CEO, International Student Exchange Programs (ISEP)
  • Elisabeth McMorris

    • Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
  • Philip T. von Mehren

    • Co-Chair, Venable’s Corporate Group
  • Ruth Messinger

    • President, American Jewish World Service
  • Jaime Montoya

    • Programmer, Cupón Club
  • Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang

    • President, Forum for African Women Educationalists and Chairperson of the Africa Board
  • Allan Rock

    • President Emeritus & Professor in Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
  • Rick Ruth

    • Retired Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
  • Paul Sack

    • CEO & Founder, The RREEF
  • Dr. Chloe Schwenke

    • President, Center for Values in International Development
  • Shannon Service

    • Reporter and Filmmaker
  • Tara Sonenshine

    • Distinguished Fellow, The School of Media and Public Affairs
    • Senior Career Coach, Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University
  • James Suglia

    • National Sector Leader, Investment Management practice at KPMG, LLP
  • Dr. Michael O. Sutcliffe

    • Founding Partner, City Insight (Pty) Ltd
  • Susan Sygall

    • CEO & Co-Founder, Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
  • Bettina Wiedmann

    • Executive Director, The Experiment in International Living in Germany (Experiment e.V.)