Philadelphia International Leadership Initiative Fellows

Timothy Boyle, Vice President - Corporate Tax, SunGard Data Systems
Traveled to Ireland & the United Kingdom (2005)

Daniel Castro, Inspector, Philadelphia Police Department
Traveled to the United Kingdom (2001)

David Castro, President and CEO, Institute of Leadership Education, Advancement and Development; CEO, Center for Community Interest
Traveled to Turkey (2002)

Della Clark, President, The Enterprise Center
Traveled to Central Europe (2002) & Ireland (2004)

Diane Dalto, Chair, Pennsylvania Arts Council
Traveled to Central Europe (2000)

Brigitte Daniel, Executive Vice President, Wilco Electronic Systems, Inc.
Traveled to India & Sri Lanka(2011)

Lucinda Duncalfe, CEO, ClickEquations
Traveled to China (2010)

Jim Eisenhower, Partner, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Traveled to the United Kingdom & Ireland (2002)

Cynthia Figueroa, President, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc.
Traveled to Chile & Argentina (2010)

Donna Frisby-Greenwood, Program Director, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Traveled to Turkey (2003)

Jane Golden, Executive Director, Mural Arts Program
Traveled to Ireland (2003)

Greg Goldman, Vice President, Development, The Philadelphia Zoo
Traveled to Thailand (2003) and China (Taiwan) (2004)

Anne Gordon, Partner, Dubilier & Co.
Traveled to Finland & Sweden (2001)

Tine Hansen-Turton, Executive Director/CEO, National Nursing Centers Consortium
Traveled to Singapore & New Zealand (2005)

Gail Harrity, President & COO, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Traveled to China & China (Taiwan), (2002)

Keisha Hegamin Jordan, Executive Director, Computers for Youth--Philadelphia
Traveled to New Zealand & Australia (2003)

David Hyman, Managing Partner, Kleinbard, Bell & Brecker, LLP
Traveled to Central &Western Europe (2002)

Felix James, Esq., President & CEO, Ready-or-Not, LLC, 2005 ACE INA Education Fellow
Traveled to Turkey & Jordan (2005)

Nikki Johnson-Huston, Assistant City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia
Traveling to India & Sri Lanka (2012)

Loree Jones, Co-Executive Director, City Year of Greater Philadelphia
Traveled to South Africa (2007)

Sharon Kershbaum, Deputy Departmental Offices Operations, Department of the Treasury
Traveled to New Zealand (2003)
 

Thomas Lussenhop, Principal, OFH LLC
Traveled to Turkey (2001)

Nancy McGinley, Chief Academic Officer, Division of Student Learning Services, Charleston County School District, 2002 ACE INA Education Fellow
Traveled to Australia & New Zealand (2002)

Christine Massey, Research Associate, Director of Education Outreach, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2001 ACE INA Education Fellow
Traveled to Australia and New Zealand (2001)

Diane Melley, Vice President, Global Citizenship Initiatives, Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, IBM Corporation
Traveled to European Commission & Ireland (2001)

Wanda Mial, Executive Director, Women’s Christian Alliance
Traveled to Ireland (2002)

John Osborn, Former EVP & General Counsel, Cephalon, Member, US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
Traveled to Ireland (1998)

Cherelle Parker, State Representative-200th Legislative DistrictPennsylvania House of Representatives
Traveled to Chile & Argentina (2010)

Aaron Posner, Artistic Director, Two River Theatre
Traveled to Central Europe (2001)

Robert Powelson, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
Traveled to Singapore & Australia (2005)

Wendell E. Pritchett, Chancellor, Rutgers University Camden
Traveled to Brazil (2012)

Pedro Ramos, Managing Principal, OnPoint Public & Private Solutions LLC & Partner, Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards, LLC
Traveled to France (2000)

Carlin Romano, Critic-At-Large, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Traveled to Israel (1989)

Maitreyi Roy, Vice President for Programs, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Traveled to Germany, Spain, & the European Commission (2007)

Rick Sauer, Executive Director, Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations
Traveled to Australia & New Zealand (2007)

Sister Mary Scullion, Executive Director, Project H.O.M.E.
Traveled to Central & Western Europe (2002)

Andrew Stober, Chief of Staff, Mayor's Office of Transportation and Utilities, City of Philadelphia
Traveled to Australia, Singapore & China (Taiwan) (2012)

Neil Boyden Tanner, Chief Counsel, Global Employer Segment & Deputy Chief Counsel, International Law, Cigna
Traveling to Brazil, Singapore & Vietnam (2013)

David Thornburgh, Executive Director, Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania
Traveled to Australia & New Zealand (2000)

Nicholas Torres, President of Education-Plus, Inc.
Traveled to Argentina & Chile (2008)

Kimberly Turner, Chief of Staff, Office of State Rep. Dwight Evans, 2004 ACE INA Education Fellow
Traveled to China & China (Taiwan) (2005)

Steven D. Welch, Co-Founder, DreamIt Ventures
Traveled to China, China (Taiwan), & Singapore (2009)

R. Seth Williams, District Attorney, City of Philadelphia
Traveled to Australia and South Africa (2011)

New England International Leadership Initiative Fellows

Yiota Ahladas, Director, Center for Community & Neighborhoods, City of Burlington, Vermont
Traveled to South Africa & New Zealand (2006)

Jarrett Barrios, Chief Executive, American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts
Traveled to Brazil (2009)

Robin Blatt, Principal, Applied Biogenuity; Founding Editor & Publisher, The Journal of BioLaw & Business
Traveled to India & Singapore (2006)

Stuart Brotman, Fellow, Harvard Law School, Berkman Center for Internet & Society Visiting Scholar, MIT Comparative Media Studies Program
Traveled to Hungary (2000)

Andrea Cabral, Sheriff, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Traveled to Australia (2007)

Timothy Cahill, Former State Treasurer and Receiver General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Traveled to India & Ireland (2007)

Laurie Camissa, Vice President for Child Advocacy, Children’s Hospital – Boston
Traveled to Hungary (2000)

Richard Chacon, Senior Associate Director, Office of the Vice President for Resource Development, MIT
Traveled to Brazil & Germany (2008)

Leland Cheung, City Councillor, City of Cambridge
Traveled to Germany & Switzerland (2012)

Curtis Ching, Chief Financial Officer, GE Capital-Taiwan, General Electric
Traveled to China (Taiwan) (1994)

John Della Volpe, Director of Polling, Institute of Politics, Harvard University; Founder & Managing Partner, SocialSphere Strategies
Traveled to Korea & China (2008)

Alex Dowse, Owner, Dowse Orchards; President, Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation
Traveled to Hungary (1997)

W. Christopher Fang, Worldwide Director, Clinical Research and Medical Affairs, Johnson & Johnson, DePuy
Traveled to China, China (Taiwan) & Singapore (2011)

Wayne Feiden, Director of Planning and Development, City of Northampton Massachusetts
Traveled to Hungary (1995)

Frank Gashen, Managing Director, MTR Holding Company Ltd.
Traveled to Hungary (1995)

Deborah Gordon, Chief Marketing Officer, Network Health, LLC
Traveling to Australia, Sinapore & New Zealand (2013)

Robert Halperin, Executive Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
Traveled to Australia (2002)

David Holm, Program Manager, Northeast SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program)
Traveled to Romania (1996)

Marjorie Kilkelly, President, New England Farmers Union
Traveled to Central Europe (1999)

Susan Longley, Former State Senator for Maine
Traveled to China (Taiwan) (1999)

John McGah, Executive Director, Give US Your Poor
Traveled to European Commission, Hungary & the Netherlands (2002)

Diane Mulcahy, Head of Private Equity, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Traveled to Saudi Arabia & Turkey (2010)

Giovanna Negretti, Founding Executive Director, Oiste, The Latino Civic Education Initiative
Traveled to Chile & Australia (2010)

Christopher Nowinski, Co-Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, Boston University
Traveled to the European Commission & Central Europe (2011)

Chellie Pingree, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Traveled to Hungary (1997)

John Piotti, State Representative, Maine House of Representatives
Traveled to Sweden & European Commission (2005)

Karl Wagener, Executive Director, Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality
Traveled to Czech Republic & Slovakia (1995)

Melissa Walsh, Chief Operating Officer, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
Traveled to Ireland & Spain (2011)

Steven Pelch, Vice President, Organization Planning, Emerson Electric
Traveled to Russia (2010)

Stephanie Pope, Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, Boeing
Traveled to Ireland & the European Commission (2008)

Robert Shanklin, Vice President, Coal Technology, Arch Coal, Inc.
Traveled to Australia & China (2010)

Michelle Sherod, President & CEO, ALL Solutions, Inc.
Traveled to China (2009)

Jen Smith, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Washington University
Traveling to India (2013)

Rachel Storch, Fmr. Representative (St. Louis), Missouri House of Representatives
Traveled to Brazil, Argentina, & Uruguay (2008)

Michael Train, President, Rosemount Measurement, Emerson Process Management
Traveled to Saudi Arabia & Turkey (2008)

Clint Zweifel, Missouri State Treasurer
Traveled to Brazil & Spain (2009)

Research Triangle International Leadership Initiative Fellows

Ted Abernathy, Executive Director, Southern Growth Policy Board
Traveled to Ireland (2001)

Anita Brown-Graham, Director, Institute for Emerging Issues
Traveled to South Africa (2005)

Robert Burns, Senior Vice President, Lux Research, Inc.
Traveled to Malaysia & China (2011)

Ran Coble, Executive Director,
North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research
Traveled to Argentina & Chile (2001)
 
Jane Cox, Managing Director, Leadership Forum, Inc.
Traveled to Australia & New Zealand (2003)

Jean Davis, Director of International Trade, North Carolina Department of Commerce
Traveled to Australia (2004)

Daniel Douglas, Director of Planning, Kling Stubbins Architects
Traveled to Germany & Spain (2007)

Jeff Frazier, Senior Director, CISCO Sytems, Inc.
Traveled to Australia, Korea & New Zealand (2012)

Rosalind Fuse-Hall, Chief of Staff, Office of the President, Florida A&M University
Traveled to Malaysia, Singapore & Thailand (2004)

Tony Habit, Executive Director, North Carolina New Schools Project
Traveled to Australia & New Zealand (2000)

John Herrera, Vice President for Latino/Hispanic Affairs, Center for Community Self-Help; Alderman, Town of Carrboro
Traveled to Mexico (2003)

J. Donald Hobart, Chief Advisor for Business and Economic Development at North Carolina Governor’s Office
Traveled to Thailand, Singapore, & Malaysia (2006)

John Hodges-Copple, Planning Director, Triangle J Council of Governments
Traveled to New Zealand (2000)
 
Kathy Higgins, Vice President of Community Relations,Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina  
Traveled to Australia & New Zealand (2005)

Igor Jablokov, Entrepreneur in Residence, Blackstone Entrepreneurs
Traveling to Israel & Jordan (2013)
 
James Johnson, E. Maynard Adams Distinguished Professor and Director Urban Investment Strategies
Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Traveled to Thailand (2000)

Aly Khalifa, Owner, Gamil Design, Inc.
Traveled to China & China(Taiwan) (2012)
 
Trisha Lester, Vice President, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Traveled to Argentina, Bolivia & Peru (2003)
 
Wendell McCain, Chairman, Worldwide Distribution LLC
Traveled to China & China (Taiwan) (2005)

William “Beau” Mills, District Director, Office of  U.S. Congressman David Price
Traveled to China (2006)
 
Douglas Miskew, President, Public Sector Group
Traveled to Australia & Singapore (1999)
 
Richard H. Moore, Former Treasurer, 
State of North Carolina
Traveled to India, China & China (Taiwan) (2006)
 
Mary Mountcastle, Senior Associate, Center for Community Self-Help
Traveled to South Africa (2005)
 
Joan Myers, Director, Cyber Technologies, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
Traveled to Ireland & the United Kingdom (2005)
 
Rajeev Narayan, Associate Director, Kenan Institute of Engineering, Technology & Science, NC State University
Traveled to Argentina & Brazil (2008)
 
Jennifer Owen, Director of Policy Initiatives, Center for Child & Family Policy, Duke University
Traveled to South Africa (2007)
 
Ellen Reckhow, Chairman, Durham County Board of Commissioners
Traveled to the European Commission & Germany (2001)
 
Eric Reeves, Former Senator, North Carolina General Assembly; General Counsel & Director of Public Affairs, SchoolDude.com
Traveled to the European Commission & Hungary (2000)

James Rosen, Partner, Intersouth Partners
Traveled to China, Malaysia & Singapore (2011)

Michael Schmedlen, Vice President, Worldwide Education, Hewlett-Packard
Traveling to Belgium, France & Ireland (2013)
 
Peter Skillern, Executive Director, Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina
Traveled to Ireland (2001)  
 
William G. Smith, President and CEO, Mutual Community Savings Bank, Inc. SSB
Traveled to Australia (2003)
 
Shannon St. John, Senior Advisor, Synergos Institute
Traveled to Bulgaria (1996)
 
Nina Szlosberg, Member, North Carolina Board of Transportation; President, Circle Squared Media, Inc. 
Traveled to European Commission & Germany (2003)
 
Debra Tyler-Horton, Associate State Director for Multicultural Outreach, AARP
Traveled to Argentina & Peru (2005)
 
Michael Williamson, Deputy Director, District of Columbia Retirement Board
Traveled to New Zealand (1999)
 

David Andrews, 1993 Fellow to Hungary, Owner-operator, Green Vale Farm (grain/livestock) – Marshalltown, Iowa

Benjamin Bartlett, 1999 Fellow to Argentina, Upper Peninsula Dairy and Livestock Agent, Michigan State University, Cooperative Extension – Chatham, Michigan

Robert Blair, 2011, Fellow to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Owner-Operator, Blair Farms - Kendrick, Idaho

Dane Britton, 1992 Fellow to Hungary, Securities Representative, Edward D. Jones & Company – Salina, Kansas (deceased)

Alex P. Dowse, 1997 Fellow to Hungary, Dowse Orchards – Sherborn, Massachusetts

David Dukes, 2001 Fellow to Australia, Grain and livestock farmer – Bedford, Iowa

Kerry Gibson, 2004 Fellow to EU & Germany, State Representative, Utah House of Representatives
Owner/Operator, Gibson’s Green Acres – Ogden, Utah

Suzanne Ginger, 1993 Fellow to Hungary, Freelance agricultural journalist; farm marketing manager – Farmington, Illinois

Duane Grant , 2003 Fellow to EU & Germany, Owner/Manager, Grant 4-D Farms – Rupert, Idaho

Joseph Guthrie, 2007 Fellow to Australia & New Zealand, Owner/Operator, Guthrie Farms, LLC – Dublin, Virginia

David Holm, 1996 Fellow to Romania, Program Manager, Northeast SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education), a USDA program located at University of Vermont – Amherst, Massachusetts

Adrienne Kravitz, 2010 Fellow to Brazil and Uruguay, Owner of AK Cranberries, Founder of Capital Realty Partners - Bridgewater, MA

Nathan L'Etoile, 2012 Fellow to China, Mongolia and Philippines, Assistant Commissioner, MA Department of Agricultural Resources - Boston, MA

John Maddux, 1998 Fellow to Argentina, President, Bentz Valley, Inc. – Wauneta, Nebraska

Larkin Martin, 2012 Fellow to Kenya and Turkey, Managing Agent, Martin Farm; Vice President, The Albemarle Corporation

John Nutting, 2009 Fellow to India, Farm Manager, Androscoggin Holsteins Inc - Augusta, Maine

Hope Pjesky, 2008 Fellow to Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Farm Owner/Operator – Goltry, Oklahoma

Rhett Proctor, 2011 Fellow to Australia and New Zealand
Owner Proctor's Bel Air Farm - Great Barrington, MA

Polly Ruhland, 2013 Fellow to China (Taiwan) & Japan
CEO, Cattlemen's Beef Promotion & Research Board
Denver, Colorado
           
Benjamin R. Riensche, 1994 Fellow to Hungary, Owner and Manager, Blue Diamond Farming Co. – Jesup, Iowa

Barton Ruth, 2005 Fellow to Ireland and the EU, Farm Owner/Operator, Bart Ruth Farms – Rising City, Nebraska

Lisa Specca, 2002 Fellow to Hungary, Owner/Manager, Specca Farms – Bordentown, New Jersey

William Warren, 2006 Fellow to EU, Germany & Austria, Orchard Manager, Co-owner, Warren Farms Inc – Dayton, Washington
           
Mack A. Wilson, 1995 Fellow to Romania, Associate Professor of Agriculture, Southeast Missouri State University – Cape Girardeau, Missouri