Leadership

Tara Boyce-Hofmann

President and Chief Executive Officer
AFS-USA, Inc.

Wendy Kuran

Board Chair
Associate VP, Development and Alumni Engagement, Duke Kunshan University and Duke in China
AFS Returnee – U.S. to Finland, 1974-75

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

Ambassador (ret.) Patrick Moon

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

Barbara Olson

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

Alan Williams

Treasurer
AFS Host Parent and Returnee

John Bacon

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

Jim Walker

Supervisory Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair of the AFS-USA National Council of Volunteers
AFS Host Parent, Volunteer, and Returnee – U.S. to Indonesia, 1987-88

Susan Moon

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

Zenith Houston

CEO
GailardHouston Enterprise

Ann Sweet

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

Mari Treviño Glass

Founder
Treviño Consulting Group

Sarah Yancey

Chairperson, Sustainable Youth Ministry Team, Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church
Volunteer and AFS Host Family

Peter M. Robinson

President and CEO, United States Council for International Business
AFS Returnee

Jane Ransom

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

Gisele Marcus

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

Christina V. Wood

National Development Director, Stand for Children
AFS Host Family

Leadership

Executive Team

Willie Thompson

Board of Directors

AFS-USA President’s Council