Leadership

Tara Boyce-Hofmann

President and Chief Executive Officer
AFS-USA, Inc.

Barbara Olson

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

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

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

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

Sarah Yancey

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

Ann Sweet

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

Jane Ransom

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

Secretary of the Board
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

Peter M. Robinson

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

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

Dr. Gregory Sabin

Preceptor at Harvard Extension School, Harvard University

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. Ken Wallace

High School District Superintendent, Park Ridge, Illinois

Leadership

Executive Team

Board of Directors

AFS-USA President’s Council