● Coordinate the East-West Center’s flagship Graduate Degree Fellowship program as well as the Obuchi Scholars program. The Graduate Degree Fellowship program provides master’s and doctoral funding for graduate students from Asia, the Pacific, and the United States to participate in educational, cultural, and residential community building, and leadership development programs at the EWC while pursuing graduate study at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The Obuchi Scholars program supports Okinawan students for master’s or doctoral degree study at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in fields deemed beneficial to Okinawan development needs.

Highlights/Accomplishments●Pioneered, developed, and lead First Year Student Experiences Abroad (FYE) study abroad programs initiative for the university. ODU was the first university in VA to offer study abroad programs specifically for first-year students.●Increased minority student participation to over 40% of study abroad enrollments since 2013-2014. ●Raised over $200K for study abroad initiatives through governmental, private, and institutional grants, scholarships, and underwriting initiatives.●Overhauled program promotion, registration, tracking, payment, and evaluation process from paper to a web-based system through integration of TerraDotta with ODU’s BANNER student records system.●Drafted and instituted ODU Education Abroad Health Insurance Policy. Duties●Lead and execute education abroad initiatives for the university.●Direct Office of Study Abroad which develops, administers, promotes, and evaluates faculty-led, exchange, and affiliated education abroad programs.●Collaborate and liaise with university and college administration, faculty, and academic and administrative departments on study abroad and student exchange opportunities, operations, enrollment, and finances.●Advise and recommend university upper administration on direction, trends, issues, challenges, and policy in relation to education abroad field.●Manage annual budget exceeding $900,000.●Direct, supervise, train, and evaluate professional and student staff.●Develop and implement inter-institutional partnership agreements and contracts to support and advance ODU study abroad strategic and programmatic goals and needs.●Oversee U.S. government and ODU institutional education abroad scholarships.●Manage and oversee health, safety, risk management, and emergency response operations for study abroad programs.●Offer approximately 25 faculty-led, 15 exchange, and 200 affiliated study abroad programs to more than 30 countries annually.●Member, Safe Space committee.

Highlights/Accomplishments●Developed and implemented hybrid online and on-campus double-degree articulation agreements in high demand STEM disciplines with international partner institutions.●Expanded faculty exchange activities with Chinese partner institutions.●Created and chaired university’s International Incident Coordination Group that tracks, mitigates, analyzes, and responds to health, safety, and risk management issues impacting ODU students, faculty, staff worldwide.●Drafted university’s International Strategic Plan with ODU Internationalization Laboratory colleagues.●Overhauled international institutional agreements management system.Duties●Directed the Office of International Programs which serves as the administrative home for international activities of the university.●Supervised a team of 17 staff (including two at the ODU China Office in Beijing).●Managed annual budget exceeding $1,700,000.●Advised Office of the Provost on trends, policies, and opportunities relating to the internationalization and international education services of the university.●Developed, executed, and administered international institutional partnership agreements and contracts in conjunction with university administration, colleges and departments.●Oversaw administrative, programmatic and financial operations and supervised staff of the units of International Programs; Study Abroad; and Visa and International Students and Scholars Advising (VISA) that comprise the Office of International Programs.●Chaired the ACE Internationalization Laboratory’s Collaboration and Partnerships subcommittee.

●Led and directed the Office of International Programs (OIP), which comprised the units of International Student and Scholar Services, Study Abroad, English Language Center, and International Programs.●Closely collaborated with and advised University Administration on trends, policies, and opportunities relating to the internationalization and international education services of the University.●Supervised OIP operations, programs, and staff of 25 team members. ●Managed OIP budget, policies, and procedures.●Developed and administered the Universitys international institutional partnerships, agreements, and contracts in collaboration with ODU administration, colleges and departments.●Oversaw Fulbright and other sponsored student and scholar programs.●Represented the University in international education organizations and initiatives at the international, national, state and local level.

Highlights/Accomplishments●Initiated, developed, and coordinated international program development with universities, industries, and governments at targeted locations in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and Africa.●Linked international program development with industry partners for financial resource development, international graduate student recruitment, support and retention, and strengthening of international alumni relations.Duties●Coordinated collaborative faculty delegation trips to the Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and Africa.●Collaborated with national, state, city, and local organizations on international initiatives.

Highlights/Accomplishments●Created and led the Global Programs unit of the Study Abroad Office, which developed, marketed, administered and evaluated UT Faculty-Led Study Abroad programs in The Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and Africa.●Supervised Peace Corps recruitment from 2000-2008. UT was consistently in Top 10 for Peace Corps Volunteers during tenure.Duties●Managed team that designed and implemented 30 plus short-term, summer, and semester programs serving around 600 students annually.●Supervised team of four professional program coordination and marketing staff and various students.●Actively collaborated and coordinated with deans, chairs, faculty, and advisors in UT colleges and department, as well as overseas program providers, students, and parents.●Managed financial budget of programs and Global Programs unit.●Carried out risk management, and health and safety planning, and emergency response.

Highlights/Accomplishments●Managed activities for UT’s 300 plus international exchange students who come to study at UT annually for a semester or academic year through UT’s 150 plus exchange agreements. International exchange students hailed from nearly 40 countries annually.Duties●Served as primary point of contact for international exchange students throughout exchange process from nomination to application to admission to arrival and orientation to advising and course registration through semester(s) of study to grade reporting, transfer, and transcripting at student’s home university.●Coordinated and worked closely with colleges and departments to facilitate exchange activities.●Assisted in the production, execution, and administration of international exchange agreements.

Highlights/Accomplishments●Secured, coordinated, and administered USAID grants totaling over $600,000 working with Mexican judges, magistrates and court personnel.●Directed International Office training team responsible for planning and implementing year-round professional development activities for 55 plus staff members.Duties●Co-managed International Office’s Intercultural Programs unit offering intercultural education and customized contract training programs in diverse subject areas for international groups of professionals, government officials, and students.●Highlighted Programs: UT System Intercultural Leadership Retreat (2003)3-day interactive seminar for 100 students and staff from 9University of Texas System campuses. Participants were fromAsia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and the US.UT-ITESM Summer Institute (2001-2003)Annual multi-week seminar in Collaborative Learning for 50deans, chairs, and faculty from 26 campuses of Mexico’s InstitutoTecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).Strengthening Justice Through Judicial Training (2001-2003)2-year USAID grant funded judicial training program for thejudiciaries of the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas andCoahuila.Tom Slick Symposium (2001)3-day bi-national conference for 75 Mexican and US federal andstate judges, law school deans and faculty, and internationallawyers. Symposium theme: Independence and Accountability:Balancing Core Democratic Values in the Judiciaries of Mexicoand the United States. Keynote delivered by US Supreme CourtJustice Stephen Breyer.Programa de Derecho Angloamericano (1996-2000)Annual 2-week US Law seminar for Latin American legalprofessionals. Program conducted in Spanish.●Planned and administered month-long international student orientation programs for over 1,200 new international students from 100 plus countries annually.

●Instructed ESL writing and grammar courses for Brookhaven, Mountain View, and El Centro Colleges.

●Directed, administered, and executed operations of study abroad programs for US university students in Indian Ocean coastal areas of Kenya for 3 semesters.●Designed, implemented, and evaluated complete program curriculum; taught Methods and Techniques of Field Study course.●Hired, supervised, and assessed the quality of program faculty and staff.●Managed program budgets.

●Directed Quaker Social Action Center and Guest House.●Managed daily operations, budget, correspondence, and building maintenance.●Coordinated and supervised activities of center’s refugee, adult education and guest house operations.

●Designed, implemented, and evaluated Cross Cultural Component of 12-week Pre-Service Training.●Created and delivered training sessions using experiential and adult education techniques.●Managed and supervised staff of 9 Yemeni trainers; produced cross cultural training manual.