November 14-16, 2023
Cary, NC, USA

Facilitators and Participant Biographies

Facilitators

Gonzalo Bruce serves as Assistant Provost for Global Engagement at Boise State University. As the Senior International Officer, he provides leadership in areas that support strategic internationalization, including Global Learning, International Recruitment and Admission, the Intensive English Program, International Student and Scholars Services, and the Peace Corps Prep Program. Bruce has more than 18 years of experience in international education. In his current position, he is directly involved in developing new international programs and partnerships and managing externally funded projects, which involve global partners. He received the Ph.D. degree from The Ohio State University and the Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Pittsburgh. Bruce is active in several professional associations, including NAFSA, AIEA and EAIE.

Darla Deardorff is AIEA Executive Director and affiliated faculty at Duke and numerous institutions worldwide.  Author/editor of seven books and over 50 articles and book chapters, she is regularly invited to speak and consult around the world including the UN and OECD.  Her doctorate is from NC State University.

Annie Phillips Munson is the Executive Director for International Affairs at Texas Woman’s University. She oversees the Education Abroad and International Student and Scholar Services departments and is responsible for campus-wide leadership in the development and implementation of strategic planning and programming related to international education. Phillips is a member of AIEA’s 2018 New SIO Leadership Academy cohort and is a 2020-2021 AIEA Presidential Fellow. She has taught in the areas of Radio/TV News, Communication Studies, and Higher Education Leadership. Phillips holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education as well as a Master's in Communication Studies from the University of North Texas and a Bachelor's in Radio/TV Communication from Angelo State University.

Participants

Grace Atebe received her EdD from West Virginia University (WVU) doctoral program, studying Education Leadership in higher education. She is an alumna of the University of Nairobi (UoN) with a Masters In Business Administration and an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences (Botany and Zoology) with a minor in Chemistry. Grace currently works at Oregon State University (OSU) as the Executive Director, Office of International Services, and co-serves as the Deputy Senior international Officer.

​Adebola Babatunde Ekanola, a Professor of Philosophy has served as Head, Department of Philosophy; Dean, Faculty of Arts; Director, Office of International Programmes; Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic); and Acting Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan. He has facilitated several international collaborations for the University of Ibadan. These include the DAAD In Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme and the DAAD-funded employability research and training programme. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the National Universities Commission, Abuja, Nigeria.

Claire Doran is the Director of Internationalisation at Maynooth University (MU), Ireland, where she is responsible for international marketing and recruitment, education abroad, partnership development, and international-student support. During her 17 years of international-education experience, Claire has also served at Trinity College Dublin and Dublin Institute of Technology. Claire holds a BA in Applied Languages and MA in French (University of Limerick), and an MEd in Educational Guidance & Counselling from Trinity College Dublin.
 

​Since joining Carnegie Mellon (2000), Lisa Krieg has held leadership roles in international education, enrollment services, and accreditation serving the CMU community in the US and across the globe. Lisa’s student-centered, team-based, and service-oriented management style contributes to process efficiency, transparent communication, and growth-oriented work environments. Reporting to the Provost, Krieg serves as Associate Vice President for Global Strategic Initiatives and Institutional Accreditation, and is CMU’s chief accreditation officer. Lisa co-chaired CMU’s self-study reaccreditation (2016-18) and the Coronavirus Planning Committee on Academic Matters (2020-22).

Tammy Rosner is the Director of International Education at the University System of Georgia (USG), providing system-wide leadership for strategic planning, policy interpretation, and coordination of international education initiatives. Tammy holds an EdD in Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development from the University of Georgia and has participated in Fulbright programs in Germany and France. Recent publications have concentrated on equity within global education efforts and the facilitation of career readiness through mobile and non-mobile international education experiences.