Leadership

Tara Boyce-Hofmann

President and Chief Executive Officer
AFS-USA, Inc.

Robert Stableski

Board Chair
Retired Non-Profit Senior Executive, AFS Volunteer

Executive Team

Marlene Baker

Chief Development, Communications and Alumni Relations Officer

Mary Jo Brock

Chief Officer of Field Operations and Organizational Development

Keri Dooley

Chief Government Relations and Sponsored Programs Officer

Melvin Harmon

Chief Officer of Marketing, Customer Experience, and Strategic Advancement

Michelle C. Pinedo

Chief Financial Officer
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Willie Thompson

Chief Growth Officer and Business Analyst
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Board of Directors

Diana Deem

Secretary of Board
Director, Congressional and Political Affairs at AICPA
AFS Host Parent and Sending Parent

Peter Westort

Treasurer of Board
Retired Professor, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh
AFS Host Parent, Sending Parent, and Volunteer

Sarah Yancey

Vice-Chair of Board
Chairperson, Sustainable Youth Ministry Team, Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church
AFS Host Family and Volunteer

Emre Evren

Senior Consultant, The Hartford Financial Services
AFS Volunteer and Returnee – Turkey to the U.S., 1984-85

Wendy Kuran

Associate VP for Business Development: Duke Kunshan University and China at Duke University
AFS Returnee – U.S. to Finland, 1974-75

H. Jed Hepworth

Retired, Cargill Incorporated
AFS Host Parent, Returnee, and Volunteer

Debra Maly

Speech Pathologist
Chair of the AFS-USA’s National Council of Volunteers
AFS Volunteer and Host Parent

Ambassador (ret.) Patrick Moon

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

Susan Moon

Healthcare Executive in Data Analytics
AFS Host Parent and Returnee – U.S. to Finland, 1979-80

Sudip Mukherjee

Wealth Management Advisor and Portfolio Manager, Merrill Lynch

Barbara Olson

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

Jane Ransom

Executive Director of the American Brain Foundation
AFS Returnee – U.S. to Italy

Julia Vollmers

Program Manager, U.S. Government
AFS Returnee – U.S. to France, 1996-97

Jim Walker

Supervisory Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics
AFS Host Parent, Volunteer, and Returnee – U.S. to Indonesia, 1987-88

Our Leadership