Board of Directors

2012 Board Officers

Steven Bennett
Chair of the Board
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
The Brookings Institution
Washington, DC

Cristina Eguizábal
Vice-Chair of the Board
Director
Latin America and Caribbean Center
Florida International University
Miami, FL

Jay Schwartz
Treasurer of the Board
Deputy Director, Finance
Human Rights Watch
New York, NY

2012 Board Members

Leonor Blum
Professor of History and Political Science
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Baltimore, MD

Lazaro Cárdenas Bátel
Former Governor of Michoacan, Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico

Ernest Collazo
Managing Partner
Collazo Florentino & Keil LLP
New York, NY
 
Martín Coria
Regional Coordinator
Church World Service
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Joe Eldridge
Chaplain
American University
Washington, DC
        
Rachel Garst
Executive Director
Creating Great Places
Coon Rapids, IA
     
Gordon Hanson
Director
Center on Pacific Economies
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Neil Jeffery
Chief Executive Officer
Renewable World
London, United Kingdom

Vic Johnson
Senior Advisor for Public Policy
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Washington, DC

Cynthia McClintock
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
The George Washington University
Washington, DC   

Ethan Miller
Managing Director
GE Antares Capitol
New York, NY

Mark Murray
Vice President
Cornerstone Government Affairs
Washington, DC

Joy Olson
Executive Director
Washington Office on Latin America
Washington, DC

Will Philipp
Former Associate Executive Director for Organizational Advancement
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Spotsylvania, VA

Karen Tramontano
Chief Executive Officer 
Bluestar Strategies LLC
Washington, DC