Philadelphia International Leadership Initiative Fellows

Timothy Boyle, Partner, KPMG LLP
Traveled to Ireland and the United Kingdom (2005)

Daniel Castro,Captain, 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, Executive Director, The Enterprise Center
Traveled to Central Europe (2002) and Ireland (2004)

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

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

Donna Frisby-Greenwood, Director, Office of College and Career Awareness, Philadelphia School District
Traveled to Turkey (2003)

Jane Golden, Director, Department of Recreation, Mural Arts Program
Traveled to Ireland (2003)

Greg Goldman, CEO, Digital Impact Group
Traveled to Thailand (2003) and China (Taiwan) (2004)

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

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

Gail Harrity, COO, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Traveled to China, China (Taiwan), and Hong Kong (2002)

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

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

Felix James, Esq., Associate Provost of University Outreach & Program Development, Rutgers University
Traveled to Turkey and Jordan (2005)

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

Sharon Kershbaum, Assistant Director, Office of Contracting and Procurement, Government of the District of Columbia
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 and 2002 ACE INA Education Fellow
Traveled to Australia and New Zealand (2002)

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

Diane Melley, Director, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, IBM Corporation
Traveled to European Union and 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)

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

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

Pedro Ramos, Managing Principal, OnPoint Public & Private Solutions LLC & Partner, Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards, LLC
Traveled to France (2000)
                       
Maitreyi Roy, Vice President for Programs, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Traveling to Germany, Spain, & the European Union (2007)

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

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

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

Nicholas Torres, President, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc.
Traveling to Argentina & Chile (2008)

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

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

New England International Leadership Initiative Fellows

Yiota Ahladas
Traveled to South Africa & New Zealand (2006)

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

Stuart Brotman, President, Stuart N. Brotman Communications
Traveled to Hungary (2000)

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

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

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

Richard Chacon, Executive Director, Massachusetts Office for Refugees & Immigrants
Traveling to Brazil, Germany, & the E.U. (2008)

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

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

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

Frank Gaschen,  Managing Director, MTR Holding Company Ltd.
Traveled to Hungary (1997)

Robert Russman Halperin
Traveled to Australia (2002)

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

Marjorie Kilkelly, Director of Northeast States Association for Agriculture Stewardship (NSAAS)
Traveled to Central Europe (1999)

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

John McGah, Senior Research Associate, McCormack Institute for Public Affairs, UMass Boston
Traveled to European Union, Hungary and the Netherlands (2002)

Chellie Pingree, U.S. House of Representatives (D-ME)
Traveled to Hungary (1997)

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

Karl Wagener, Executive Director, Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality
Traveled to Hungary (1995)

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)

Ran Coble, Executive Director, North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research
Traveled to Argentina and Chile (2001)

Jane Cox, Managing Director, Leadership Forum, Inc.
Traveled to Australia and 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 and Spain (2007)

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

Tony Habit, Executive Director, North Carolina New Schools Project
Traveled to Australia and 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, Former Chief of Staff, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, North Carolina
Traveled to Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia (2006)

John Hodges-Copple, Planning Director, Triangle J Council of Governments
Traveled to New Zealand (2000)

Kathy Higgins, President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation  
Traveled to Australia and New Zealand (2005)

James Johnson, E. Maynard Adams Distinguished Professor and Director Urban Investment Strategies
Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Traveled to Thailand (2000)

Trisha Lester, Vice President, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Traveled to Argentina, Bolivia and Peru (2003)

Wendell McCain, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Parish Capital Advisors
Traveled to China and China (Taiwan) (2005)

William “Beau” Mills, Senior Partner, FountainWorks
Traveled to China (2006)
                 
Douglas Miskew, Director of Public Affairs, Capital Strategies
Traveled to Australia and Singapore (1999)

Richard H. Moore, Former Treasurer, State of North Carolina
Traveled to India, China and 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 and the United Kingdom (2005)

Rajeev Narayan, Associate Director, Kenan Institute of Engineering, Technology & Science, NC State University
Traveling 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 Union and Germany (2001)

Eric Reeves, Former Senator, North Carolina General Assembly; General Counsel & Director of Public Affairs, SchoolDude.com
Traveled to the European Union and Hungary (2000)

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; Founder, President and Producer, NAPRO Communications, Inc
Traveled to European Union and Germany (2003)

Debra Tyler-Horton, Deputy Director, North Carolina Justice Center
Traveled to Argentina and Peru (2005)

Michael Williamson, Deputy State Treasurer and Director of State Retirement System, NC Department of the Treasury
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

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

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

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