Advisory Board

Executive Committee

• Dr. Neelam Chowdhary, Conference Co-Chair; Director - Global Learning Programs, Asia Society
• Mr. Dan Gordon, Advisor, American Friends of Winchester College
• Dr. Michael Johanek, Director Penn GSE MidCareer Doctoral Program, University of Pennsylvania
• Mr. Bart Orr, Conference Coordinator
• Dr. Brandon Wiley, Conference Co-Chair; President, GlobalEdLeader, LLC.

Board Members

• Mr. Nathaniel Allen, U.S. Green Building Council
• Mr. Chris Bradford, Founder & CEO, African Leadership Academy
• Dr. William Burke-White, Director, Perry World House; Deputy Dean and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Mehmet Darakcioglu, Assistant Director - Middle East Center, University of Pennsylvania
• Mr. John de Lande Long, President, Chartwell Advisors, Inc.
• Ms. Elizabeth Devlin-Foltz, Program Officer, U.S. Department of State
• Ms. Melissa DiFrancesco, Associate Director - Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Leonard B. Finkelstein, President and Founder, Our Global Youth United
• Ms. Anne Gerbner, Director – Independent Studies, Germantown Friends School
• Ms. Jennifer Gibson, Chief of the Teacher Exchange Branch, U.S. Department of State
• Mr. Brad Gioia, Headmaster, Montgomery Bell Academy
• Dr. Kathleen D. Hall, Associate Professor of Education & Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
• Mr. Wayne Jacoby, President, Global Education Motivators (GEM)
• Ms. Kathleen Jamieson, Head of School, National Cathedral School
• Ms. Katelyn Leader, Program Associate – Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Joe Mazza, Leadership Innovation Manager, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
• Mr. Phil Mooney, Analyst, Goldman Sachs
• Mr. Michael Pass, Attorney, Torys LLP
• Dr. Jan Pullen, Head of School, Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
• Dr. Raili Roy, Associate Director – South Asia Center, University of Pennsylvania
• Ms. Anastasia Shown, Outreach Coordinator – South Asia and Middle East Centers, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Roland Stephen, Senior Economist, SRI International
• Ms. Homa Tavangar, Author/Consultant, Growing Up Global
• Dr. Luis Valenzuela, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
• Mr. Andrew Watt, President & CEO, Association of Fundraising Professionals