AFS is a leader in intercultural learning and offers international exchange programs in over 50 countries around the world through independent, not-for-profit AFS organizations, each with a network of volunteers, a professionally staffed office, and headed up by a volunteer board. AFS International provides worldwide leadership, coordination, support, quality control and development of AFS organizations and programs.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
| Dr. Kofi Apraku |
Accra, Ghana
Minister of Regional Cooperation & NEPAD |
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| Floria Arias |
Turrialba, Costa Rica
Co-founder of Bufete Chaves & Arias |
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| J. Brian Atwood (Chair) |
Minnesota, USA
Dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota |
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| Francisco “Tachi” Cazal (ex-officio) |
New York, USA
President,AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc. |
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| Hassan El Kalla |
Cairo, Egypt
Chairperson, Futures Foundation |
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| Eduardo Enmanuel |
Quito, Ecuador
CEO, PERTRALY S.A. |
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| Maureen Erasmus |
New York, USA
Managing Director, Global Head of Strategy and Business Development, Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc. |
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| Christian A. Kurtén |
Helsingfors, Finland
Nokia Networks (retired) |
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| Gert Lucas |
Konstanz, Germany
Independent consultant in information technology |
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| William (Bill) Meserve |
Massachusetts, USA
Senior Counsel, Ropes and Gray |
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| Don Mohanlal |
London, United Kingdom and New Delhi, India
President and CEO of the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation in India and United Kingdom |
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| Maleeratna Plumchitchom |
Bangkok, Thailand
Advisor to Thanachart Bank and Thanachart Group |
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| Mietta Denti Rodeschini |
Bergamo, Italy
Corporate Attorney, Rodeschini Group |
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| Keith Stock |
New York, USA
President, MasterCard Advisors |
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| Yuzo Takada |
Osaka, Japan
General Manager, Chemicals Division, Mitsui
& Co. (USA) |
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| Ronaldo Veirano |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Founding Partner of Veirano & Advogados Associados |
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| Steve Wallace |
Wisconsin, USA
Founder and President of The Omanhene Cocoa Bean Co. |
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| Dr. Ulrich Weiss |
Frankfurt, Germany
Member of the Board of Managing Directors of Deutsche Bank (retired) |
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| Patrick Worms (Vice Chair) |
Brussels, Belgium
Senior Consultant,Aspect Public Relations |
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| LIFE TRUSTEES | ||
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| Dr. Frederick E. Balderston# |
California, USA
Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California
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| Ward Chamberlin, Jr.# |
New York, USA
Vice President and Managing Director, Channel Thirteen/WNET, New York
(retired); President, Chamberlin Associates |
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| Norman C. Eddy# |
New York, USA
Clergy, United Church of Christ and Coordinator, East Harlem Interfaith
(retired) |
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| Arthur Howe Jr.# |
Connecticut, USA
AFS International President (1965-1971) |
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| Dr. Richard M. Hunt# |
Massachusetts, USA
The University Marshal, Harvard University (retired) |
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| Sachiye Kuwamoto |
California, USA
Regional Director, Japanese-American Citizens League, California |
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| Edwin R. Masback, Jr.# |
New York, USA
President, Masback Hardware Company (retired) |
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| # World War II AFS ambulance driver. | ||
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| EXECUTIVE TEAM | ||
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| Francisco “Tachi” Cazal | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
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| Sandra Mitchell | Corporate Secretary and Chief Intercultural Education Officer | |
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| Dominik Scherrer | Chief Information and Consulting Officer | |
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| Ebbe Skovdal | Chief Development and Branding Officer | |
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| Dr. Urs-Rainer von Arx | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
