Leadership

Tara Boyce-Hofmann

President and Chief Executive Officer
AFS-USA, Inc.

Jane Ransom

Board Chair
AFS Returnee – U.S. to Italy

Executive Team

Marlene Baker

Vice President, Development, Alumni Relations, & External Communications

Mary Jo Brock

Vice President, Host Family Experience & Stakeholder Engagement

Keri Dooley

Executive Vice President, Compliance & Government Relations

Melvin Harmon

Vice President, Marketing, Study Abroad, and Participant Support & Learning

Michelle C. Pinedo

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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Willie Thompson

Vice President, Digital Strategy & Business Intelligence
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Steve Thrush

Vice President, Hosting and Strategic Operations

Board of Directors

John Bacon

Vice Chair
Chief Development Officer for Planned Giving
Metropolitan Museum of Art
AFS Returnee – U.S. to Belgium

Peter M. Robinson

Treasurer
Former President and CEO, United States Council for International Business
AFS Host Parent and Returnee US to Austria 72-73

Gisele Marcus

Secretary
Professor of Practice (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion)
Olin Business School, Washington University
Corporate Director, First Mid Bancshares, Inc.
Volunteer and AFS Host Family

Associate Vice President for Development and Alumni Engagement for Duke Kunshan University (DKU) and China Duke University
AFS Returnee – U.S. to Finalnd, 1974-75
AFS Sending Parent– U.S. to Chile

Barbara Olson

Director of School/Community Relations for the Osseo Area Schools in Minnesota
AFS Returnee

Dr. Gregory Sabin

Preceptor at Harvard Extension School, Harvard University

Ann Sweet

Registered Dental Hygienist
Vice Chair of the AFS-USA National Council of Volunteers
AFS Host Parent and Volunteer

Christina V. Wood

National Development Director, Stand for Children
AFS Host Family

Ambassador (ret.) Patrick Moon

Private Consultant on National Security Issues
AFS Returnee – U.S. to Brazil, 1967

Karen Treber

General Counsel of Salisbury University, Maryland
AFS Host Family and Volunteer

Kelly McFarland Stratman, CAE

Chief of Staff of the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS)
AFS Alumna: U.S. to Denmark, 1985

Connie Askin

Chief Executive Officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters Central Mass and MetroWest
AFS Alumna: U.S. to Portugal, 1985, Chief Financial Officer, AFS International 2002-2004; AFS Host Family and Volunteer

Dr. Marcus Campbell

Superintendent, Evanston Township High School

Madelyn White

Counsel: Carter Ledyard & Milburn
AFS Returnee – U.S. to Belgium; U.S. to France
AFS Host Sibling

Murray Johnson

Owner and Manager of WI manufacturing company and OH cattle/crop farm
AFS Volunteer
AFS Host Family
AFS Sending Parent – U.S. to Argentina; U.S. to Spain

Tara Hayward

Consultant, Public Health Research and Development

Leadership

Executive Team

Board of Directors

AFS-USA President’s Council