Board of Directors
Robert Summers
President
(Term December 2024 - December 2025), Vice Provost for International Affairs Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)
Ismael Betancourt
Past President
(Term: December 2024 - December 2025)
Chief Global Officer and Assistant Provost for Global Education and Engagement, Radford University
Stephanie Sieggreen
President-Elect (Term: December 2024 - December 2025, continuing through 2027)
David Adler
Agency Delegate
(Term: December 2022- December 2025)
Founder and CEO
Ustudy Global
Clay Harmon
Executive Director, AIRC
Carl Herrin
Advocacy Chair
Chief of Staff, President’s Office,
Worcester State University
Alexandra Michel
Agency Delegate
(Term: Appointed December 2022- December 2023); (Elected December 2023 - December, 2026)
Managing Partner, College Contact GmbH
Pieter Vermeulen
Institutional Delegate
(Term: December 2023-through December 2026)
Senior Director, International Recruitment, University of North Texas (UNT)
Jonathan Weller
Institutional Delegate
(Term: December 2023-through December 2026)
Director of International Enrollment University of Cincinnati
Naveen Yathapu
Agency Delegate through December 2027, Founder and Owner Yathapu Consulting, dba I-20 Fever
Cynthia Yu
Commission Chair through December 2025, Associate Director of International Admissions and Enrollment, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Ling Zhang
Institutional Delegate (Term: December 2024-through December 2027)
Executive Director, Office of international Affairs and Graduate Recruitment at Central Michigan University
AIRC Certification Commission
Cynthia Yu
Chair, (Through 2025 and Term ending 2027)Associate Director of International Admissions and Enrollment University at Buffalo, SUNY
Emily Kirsch
Vice Chair, (Through December 2025 and Term ending 2027), Director of International Relations and Partnerships, UCLA Extension
Jane Benson-Rivera
Assistant Director, Communications & Operations - International Admissions & Recruitment
University at Albany
Brendan Bruan
Director of Admission Operations & Systems
Pacific Lutheran University
(Term ending 2027)
Alexander Chang
Director of International Recruitment, Global Partnership and Study Mobility Programs, San Francisco State University
(Term ending 2026)
Madison Ferreri
Assistant Director of Admissions University of New Hampshire-Manchester
(Term ending 2028)
Joe Knight
Joe Knight, Assistant Director of International Recruitment, University of North Texas
Mayumi Kowta
(Term ending 2026)
Director, International Programs
California State University Channel Islands
Phil Hull
Director of International Student Services, University of Central Missouri
(Term ending 2026)
Joshua McKeown
Associate Provost for International Education and Programs
Director, Office of International Education and Programs
(Term ending 2026)
Ashley Tankersley
Manager, International Student Recruitment
Hillsborough Community College (Term ending 2026)
