The Collaborative is guided by a Steering Committee (SC) and supported by an Advocacy Council (AC).

Participation is by invitation. Contact managing director Mike Bishop with questions.

  • Bibi Al-Ibrahim (AC)

    Education Director and Site Liaison for Appalachia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, The Navajo Nation, AllPeopleBeHappy (formerly Amizade)
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  • Carolina Bolaños Palmieri (SC)

    Director of Programs, Child Family Health International
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  • Patrick Eccles (SC)

    Sr. Associate Director, Global Learning Office, Northwestern University
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  • Mat Gendle (SC)

    Director of Project Pericles and Professor of Psychology, Elon University
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  • Fatemeh Hosseini (SC)

    Director of Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy and Assistant Research Professor, Georgetown University
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  • Hilary Kahn (AC)

    Associate Vice President for International Affairs, IU Bloomington and Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs, IU Indianapolis
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  • Richard Kiely (AC)

    Associate Vice Provost for Engagement and Land-Grant Affairs and Director, Academic Initiatives, Cornell University
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  • Laura Roberts (SC)

    Assistant Teaching Professor and Director, Worcester Community Project Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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  • Erin Sabato (SC)

    Senior Director of Global Learning and Part-Time Faculty, Quinnipiac University
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  • Nedra Sandiford (SC)

    Gen O ISV Ecosystem Technology Sales Rep, Oracle
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  • Mimi Sheller (AC)

    Dean of The Global School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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  • Amy Somchanhmavong (SC)

    Associate Director, Global Community-Engaged Learning Programs, Cornell University
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  • John Tansey (SC)

    Executive Director, The Frank J. Guarini Institute for International Education, Dartmouth College
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  • Cynthia Toms (SC)

    Professor of Global Studies and Kinesiology, Westmont College
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  • Faith Valencia-Forrester (SC)

    Academic Lead (Work-integrated Learning), Work-integrated Learning and Social Impact Project Specialist, Lawyer, Advocate, Charles Sturt University
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  • Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler (AC)

    Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Research on Global Engagement, Elon University
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  • Sharon Welch (AC)

    Social ethicist, academic and lifelong activist
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  • Janelle Wheat (AC)

    Pro Vice Chancellor, Learning & Teaching, Charles Sturt University
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  • Dawn Whitehead (AC)

    Vice President, Office of Global Citizenship for Campus, Community, and Careers, AAC&U
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