<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> Le 10ième Congrès CONAHEC pour l'enseignment supérieur en Amérique du Nord

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Giannina Mercedes Alfaro Medina
Directora de Sistemas de Información, Servicio Nacional de Adiestramiento en Trabajo Industrial (SENATI), PERU
Licenciada en Ciencias Matemáticas, ha seguido estudios de especialización en distintas ramas de las Tecnologías de Información y Gerencia de Proyectos.
En la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería del Perú, participó en proyectos de innovación metodológica en la enseñanza de las Matemáticas.
Ha dirigido el Programa Nacional de Informática del SENATI, proyecto especial que brinda un alto porcentaje del ingreso neto institucional.
Actualmente se desempeña como Jefe de Sistemas de TI del SENATI, y bajo su dirección se ha realizado con éxito la implementación del proyecto SINFO SENATI, que es el sistema de información que integra todos los procesos institucionales
 
 
Donald K. Alper
Director - Border Policy Research Institute & Center for Canadian-American Studies
Western Washington University, USA
Donald K. Alper is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University. He is the Director of the Border Policy Research Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from The University of British Columbia. His research interests focus on Canadian politics and British Columbia-U.S. transboundary issues. His research has appeared in Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques, Journal of Borderlands Studies, The American Review of Canadian Studies, Social Science Journal, B.C. Studies and other journals. He co-edited ¬Forging Truces in the War in the Woods: Sustaining the Forests of the Pacific Coast (UBC Press 2000). He served as president of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States for a two-year term, 1999-2001.
 
 
María Blanca Amaro Sánchez
Profesor-Investigador, Facultad de Arquitectura
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, MÉXICO
Biography
 
 

Jon Amastae
Director, Center for Inter American and Border Studies
University of Texas at El Paso, USA

Director, Center for InterAmerican and Border Studies has many years of experience working in international Higher Education settings and teaching Latin American and Border Studies

 
 

Eduardo Aponte
Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education (CES)
Eduardo Aponte (Ph D) is an economist of education (University of Massachusetts, 1978 and Post doctoral Studies in Stanford University, 1986) conducting research and lecturing at the University of Puerto Rico, School of Education Graduate Program where he Coordinates the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education at the Higher Education Research Center. He is also Advisor to the Puerto Rican Council on Education since 1989, and has been Visiting Scholar, Researcher and Professor in the United States, Mexico, Italy, Venezuela, Brasil, and Argentina.
 
 
  
Eduardo Ávalos Lira
Presidente - Consejo de Acreditación en al Enseñanza de la Contaduría y Administración A.C. (CACECA) MÉXICO
Eduardo Ávalos Lira, al mismo tiempo que preside el CACECA, es rector de la Universidad Tecnológica de Baden Powell en México. Se ha desempeñado como decano y vice-decano de la Escuela de Contaduría del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, además de contar con experiencia en el ámbito de los negocios como gerente de exportaciones, auditoría y planeación de Warner Lambert México. Sus estudios incluyen un postgrado en Administración y Desarrollo de la Educación. Actualmente es candidato a doctor en Administración Pública por el Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración Pública.
 
 
  
María Isabel Avilés
Directora - Desarrollo Académico Internacional de la Vicerrectoría de Internacionalización, ITESM Campus Monterrey, MÉXICO
Estudió la licenciatura en Ciencias de la Comunicación en el Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Monterrey, la maestría en Desarrollo Organizacional en la Universidad de Monterrey y la maestría en Ciencias de la Información en la Universidad de Wisconsin, Estados Unidos. Actualmente cursa el doctorado en Sociedades Multiculturales y Estudios Interculturales en la Universidad de Granada, España. Desde 1988 es titular de la dirección de Desarrollo Académico Internacional de la Vicerrectoría de Internacionalización del Tecnológico de Monterrey.
 
 
  
Silvana Ayala Peláez
Engineering Student - ITESM Campus Monterrey, MEXICO
Silvana Ayala studies her fourth semester of Engineering in Mechatronics in the Tecnológico de Monterrey. In 2004 she was part of the Instituto de Emprendedores Tecnológicos (Institute of Technological Entrepreneurs), and she was selected to participate in an exchange for the International Development of Businesses with the University of Arizona from January to May, 2005.
While in this program she participated in an internship with the ecologic
advisory company Earth Knowledge. She is part of the Arizona Solar Racing Team, and with them she will enter the Solar Race of America 2005. She’s part of groups of theater and singing in his university and Works actively within the leadership programs.
 
 
  
Wayne Ballantyne
Academic Coordinator - International Programs, Seneca College, CANADA
Twenty five years of experience in the Internacional Business field, including private sector, public sector and academic. Academic coordinator of the International Programs at Seneca and professor since 1990. Lectured in Cuba, Mexico, Spain, China, Latvia, and Russia.
   
Margarita Benítez
Senior Associate - Institute for Higher Education Policy
Margarita Benítez is a senior associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy, a DC-based research organization whose mission is to foster access and success in postsecondary education through public policy research and other activities. She coordinates academic initiatives in the United States for the University of Puerto Rico, and is an advisor to the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration. She directs the BEAMS (Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students) Project, in which over a hundred minority-serving institutions of higher education participate. She chairs the EXITO (Excellent Ideas Transform Outcomes) Task Force for Excelencia in Education, an organization that focuses on Latino student success in higher education.
 
 
  
José Nicolás Barragán
Director - Acreditación Internacional, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, MEXICO
 Es profesor de planta en el programa Doctoral en Administración en la Facultad de Comercio y Administración en la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Obtuvo su Doctorado en Educación por la Universidad de Texas en Austin, en 1998. Es profesor de intercambio con la Universidad George August, en Gottingen, Alemania, es también Profesor del Programa de Maestría en Administración de la Universidad de Texas Pan American, en Edinburg, Ha publicado el libro “Administración de las Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas: retos y problemas ante la nueva economía global”, por Editorial Trillas, y además de varios artículos arbitrados a nivel nacional e internacional tales como :“Impacto de la Innovación” para la Academia de Ciencias Administrativas (ACACIA)
 
 
  
Joseph W. Bascuas
President - Medaille College, USA
Dr. Bascuas is president of Medaille College in Buffalo, NY. Previously he has held administrative and teaching positions at the Georgia School of Professional Psychology, Antioch University, Nova/Southeastern University and Salve Regina University. He has been involved in the professional education of psychologists for over 22 years and has served as president of the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology and as associate chair of the Committee on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Bascuas was born in Havana, Cuba. He received a B.A. from LaSalle University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Temple University.
   
Clyde Barrow
Director – Center for Policy Analysis, University of Massachusetts, USA
 
   
Ignacio Berdugo Gómez de la Torre
Former Rector of the University of Salamanca
El Dr. Berdugo cuenta con una extensa carrera en el ámbito de la educación superior. Ha sido profesor investigador en varias universidades de América Latina y Europa . Es autor de libros y artículos que se han publicado en revistas españolas, los cuales tratan principalmente de estudios sobre política y derecho. Actualmente dirige un proyecto sobre consolidación y lucha contra la corrupción en el Estado de Derecho.
 
Johnson Bia
President, Downtown Campus, Pima Community College, USA
Dr. Johnson Bia is President of the Downtown Campus, Pima Community College (PCC), in Tucson, Arizona. PCC serves 86,000 students each year at its six campuses. The Downtown Campus enrolls 19,000 students each year in occupational, transfer and personal interest courses. Prior to his presidency, Dr. Bia served as Dean of Workforce & Business Development for 12 years. He also served as Executive Director of PPEP Rural Business Development Corporation and as President of Crownpoint Institute of Technology. Dr. Bia is active in Community Colleges for International Development and is a strong promoter of international development and study abroad programs.
 
 
  
Christiane Boulanger
Senior Program Advisor - Program for Mobility in North American Higher Education, Learning and Literacy Directorate, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, CANADA
Christiane Boulanger has been involved in the Educational sector as a Professor. She started working with the International Academic Mobility Initiative with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada in 2001. She now manages the North American portion of the Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education conceived in the spirit of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1995. The Program is administered collectively by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), and the Secretaria de Educacion Publica (SEP) in Mexico.
 
 
  
Regent Cabana
Program Director, URBANA and NEXOPOLIS, USA
Regent Cabana, Ph.D., has twenty years of experience in international academic programs and international relations, either as an officer for the foreign service of the Quebec Government, or as a coordinator of academic programs abroad. He has been teaching comparative urban development classes in Mexico and Canada since 1997 at the University of New Orleans and, currently, at the University of Washington. He is the Program Director of URBANA and NEXOPOLIS, two consortia of universities in Mexico, Canada and the United States that support student and faculty exchange programs abroad. He is also a Consultant in International Academic Programs. He lives in New Orleans.
 
 
  
Ricardo Castro-Salazar
Division Dean of Instruction, East Campus, Pima County Community College, USA
Ricardo Castro Salazar has worked as a Coordinator in the Office of International Projects at Pima Community College District. He has been a faculty member in International Business Studies, the Executive Assistant to the Chancellor, and is now an Instructional Division Dean at PCC East Campus. Ricardo has lived, worked and studied in different countries, including: Mexico, Holland, Brazil, China, and the Middle East. He holds masters degrees from universities in the US, the Netherlands, and Mexico with specialties in Latin American Studies, International Relations, and Education respectively. He is currently a doctoral student in Multicultural Education at Durham University in England.
 
 
  
Eugenio Cetina Vadillo
Director General - Educación Superior, Ministry of Public Education, MEXICO
 
 
 
  
Noelle Chmielewski
Graduate Research Assistant - Rangeland Ecology & Management, Texas A & M University, USA
Noelle Rene Chmielewski is currently a graduate student in the Department of Agricultural Education at Texas A&M University, pursuing a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Education. Her undergraduate credits include a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences and a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Science, both from Texas A&M University. Noelle is an independent wildlife consultant and is a certified agricultural science teacher in Agricultural Production, grades 8-12. Upon graduation, she plans on pursuing a career in higher education. A native of Waco, Texas, Noelle has prior international experience in Mexico and the Spanish language.
   
Joan Cortadellas
Director, Global University Network for Innovation, SPAIN
 
 
 
  
Sally Crimmins
Senior Associate Director - Office of International Programs, State University of New York System Administration, USA
Sally Crimmins Villela is the Senior Associate Director of the Office of International Programs and Director of Latin American Programs for the State University of New York. Previously, Ms. Crimmins Villela worked for SUNY’s Center for International Development, on a congressional support project in Mexico City. She has worked on similar projects in Brazil and Hungary. Prior to that, Ms. Crimmins Villela was a full time lecturer of Portuguese Language at the University at Albany where she designed and taught courses in beginning and intermediate Portuguese and oversaw all aspects of instruction for the basic Spanish language program. Ms. Crimmins Villela has a master's degree in TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language). She is an adjunct faculty member in the Modern Languages Department at Union College.
 
 
  
Sylvia Crowder
Program Officer - Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, USA
Sylvia joined the FIPSE staff in 1999 with a background in higher education association management that includes a program directorship at the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, an executive directorship of a national health care organization, and fourteen-years at the American Council on Education where she served as a senior staff and/or director to a variety of programs. In addition, Sylvia taught French and English at Towson State University. She holds a Ph.D. in higher education administration and adult education policy from the University of Maryland, a Master of Science in French Linguistics from Georgetown University, and a Bachelor of Arts in French with a minor concentration in Russian from Howard University. At FIPSE, in addition to monitoring numerous grants for FIPSE’s Comprehensive Program and serving as FIPSE’s liaison to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Sylvia also is the coordinator of the Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education.
 
 
  
Ramón A. Cruz
President of Puerto Rico Higher Education Council
Ramón A. Cruz 1973 al 1976 fue Secretario de Instrucción Pública 1973 al 1976y luego, fungió como Presidente de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico de 1977 al 1987.Entre sus múltiples designaciones están la de Miembro Ex Officio del Consejo de Educación Superior de Puerto Rico del 1973 al 1976, Presidente de la Asociación de Colegios y Universidades Privadas (ACUP), 1984-86 y Presidente de la Asociación de Presidentes de Universidades de Puerto Rico (APUPR) en 1985. Actualmente es el Presidente del Consejo de Educación Superior de Puerto Rico y pertenece a varias juntas de directores de asociaciones y fundaciones sin fines de lucro en Puerto Rico
 
 
  
Alfredo Cuellar
Chair - Department of Educational Research and Administration, Kremen School of Education and Human Development, California State University, USA
 
 
María de la Colina
Assistant Professor - Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, Texas State University-San Marcos
 
   
Axel Didriksson
Director, Red de Macrouniversidades de América Latina y el Caribe, MEXICO
Axel Didriksson holds a Ph D in Political Sociology from UNAM, México and Post Doctoral Studies from Cambridge Univesity, England. He is Director of the Higher Education Research Center at UNAM, and Senior Researcher in International Higher Education. Currently is the UNESCO Chair in Integration of Higher Education in North America and the Coordinator of the Regional Network of MacroUniversities of Latin America and the Caribbean.
 
 
  
Cynthia de las Fuentes
Associate Professor, Our Lady of the Lake University, USA
Cynthia de las Fuentes’s areas of expertise are in multicultural, Latina/o, and feminist psychologies, bilingual training for psychologists, ethics, and education and training, in particular counseling psychology and the PsyD model. She has skills in teaching through distance education nationally and internationally “live” via the web. Recipient of several awards for contributions to the professional development of ethnic and racial minorities in psychology, education, and scholarship, she also chaired the first Latino Psychology conference, now a biannual event sponsored by the National Latino Psychological Association, on which she serves as an executive committee member. She is currently president of the Society for the Psychology of Women
 
Christine DuBois
Directo General, Office of Learning Technologies, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, CANADA
 
 
 
Manuel Fernós
Presidente, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico
During his 26-year-carrer at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Manuel Fernós has succeeded in increasing academic offerings and has achieved a 60 million dollar expansion in construction projects. He established the Assistant Vice-Presidency for Distance Learning and Technological Development, which places Inter American University at the vanguard of nontraditional education in Puerto Rico. At present, there are 13,785 students registered in distance learning courses in 681 online sections in six programs. During his professional career he has received many recognitions of merit. Among these are: Outstanding Lawyer of the Bar Association of Puerto Rico (1983), the Lifetime Achievement Award 2001, 3rd. Millennium Edition, granted by the Association of Information Technology Professionals, Puerto Rico Chapter; and the Outstanding Executive of 2000 in the Education Category, granted by the Association of Sales and Marketing Executives of Puerto Rico.
 
 
  
Juan Celso Flores Martínez
Knowledge Management Consultant - European Division of Schnieder Electric and Professor of Strategy in the Master's Program, Université de Paris 5, FRANCE
Contador Público por la FACPYA, UANL ; es Master en Consultoría ERP por SupdeCo Montpellier y en Administración Estratégica Internacional por la Univ. de Paris 1, Sorbonne.Como doctorando forma parte del laboratorio GREGOR del IAE de Paris, Sorbonne y es profesor de Estrategia en el Master MIAGE de la Univ. De Paris 5, Réné Descartes. Como consultor investigador, sus áreas de interés bifurcan en áreas del conocimiento científico administrativo que permitan crear un mundo mejor adaptado a los cambios actuales y sobre todo, más humanista.
En sus tiempos libres, escribe canciones, artículos para revistas internacionales y cuentos para niños.
 
 
  
Garry J. Forger
Assistant Director, Learning Technologies Center, University of Arizona, USA
Garry Forger is the Assistant Director of the Learning Technologies Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. His interests include the use of technology to enhance the teaching and learning experience, both in the classroom and at a distance. Recently his interest has expanded beyond the borders of the U.S. to include collaborations with international colleagues to enable not only sharing of information but also collaborative teaching. He is involved in the creation of online tools and the protocols to use these tools that will make this goal possible.
 
 
  
Evelyne Foy
Directrice générale - Fédération des Cégeps, CANADA
 
 
 
  
Gabriel Fregoso
Profesor Investigador - Departamento de Mercadotecnia y Negocios Internacionales, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico-Administrativas, Universidad de Guadalajara, MEXICO 
Ingeniero en Comunicaciones y Electrónica, Maestro en Administración con especialidad en Alta Dirección. Doctorando en Relaciones y Negocios Internacionales en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Ha publicado manuales (“El Control de Procesos para la Mejora Continua” y “Las 7 Herramientas Básicas de la Estadística”) y artículos (“Condiciones que favorecen la formación de clusters en la cadena productiva”,2003; “Estrategias de la empresa multinacional para penetrar, establecerse y crecer en un país extranjero”, 2002, “Un análisis de la acción colectiva como fundamento para la unión y coalición de las PyMEs”, 2001). Su línea de investigación es sobre los “Cluster” o agrupaciones empresariales.
 
Jocelyne Gacel
Coordinadora, Coordinación de Cooperación Internacional, Universidad de Guadalajara, MEXICO
Jocelyne Gacel is coordinator of academic cooperation at the University of Guadalajara and a founding member of the Mexican Association for International Education (AMPEI), serving as the organization's president from 1996-2000. She is a professor and consultant of the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education, and conducts seminars on the internationalization of higher education. Gacel has directed research projects on the internationalization of higher education in Latin America. She was the founding editor of "Educación Global" and author of two books: The Internationalization of Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: Reflections and Guidelines and The Internationalization of Mexican Universities: Institutional Policies and Strategies.
   
Jesús Galaz Fontes
Visiting Professor & Chair of International Higher Education (2005-2006), Center for the Study of Higher Education / CONAHEC, University of Arizona, USA
Jesús Francisco Galaz-Fontes holds a B.A. in psychology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, a M.A. in experimental psychology from the University of Guelph (Canada), and a Ph.D. in higher education from Claremont Graduate University (United States). After being head of the Faculty of Human Sciences at the Autonomous University of Baja California (Mexico) he has been studying higher education and, in particular, the academic profession, an area in which he has published several works.
 
 
  
Noemi Gal-Or
Director, Institute for Transborder Studies, Kwantlen University College, CANADA 
Noemi teaches in the Department of Political Science and serves as Director of the Institute for Transborder Studies (ITS). She has published widely (books, monographs, articles, chapters in edited anthologies, and book reviews) in various fields pertaining to strategic studies, international political economy, international law, regional integration, immigration, and public policy. Her present research interests are in the critical study of cross-border justice issues, specifically dispute resolution (ADR) in regional and global multilateral frameworks,
particularly the NAFTA, EU, WTO, and the future FTAA
 
Augustine P. Gallego
Chancellor Emeritus, San Diego Community College District, USA
Augustine Gallego has been Chancellor of the San Diego Community College District since 1990. He recently completed a one-year term as chair of the American Council on Education (ACE), the largest higher education advocacy organization in the nation. As chief executive officer of one of the largest community college districts in the United States, he has led the development of numerous innovative programs, including public and private partnerships to more effectively and efficiently serve students and the community. Among his community service activities in the San Diego region, Chancellor Gallego chairs the board of directors of the San Diego Dialogue public policy organization based at the University of California. He is a member of the Board of Trustees, University of San Diego.
 
 
  
Paul Ganster
Associate Director, Office of International Programs, San Diego State University, USA
Dr. Ganster is a social scientist with a specialty in Latin America. For the past 20 years, his efforts have been directed toward policy questions of the U.S.-Mexican border region and the comparative study of border regions around the world. Ganster's current research interests include border environmental issues, transborder governance issues, comparative border studies, and sustainable development in the border region. He serves on a number of regional advisory boards for organizations dealing with the border region. He is the current Chairman of the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy. In addition to teaching at San Diego State University, Dr. Ganster has been a visiting professor at the School of Economics of the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in Tijuana.
 
 
  
Virginia E. Garland
Coordinator, Graduate Programs in Educational Administration, University of New Hampshire, USA
Professor Virginia E. Garland is Coordinator of the Graduate Programs in Educational Administration and Supervision at the University of New Hampshire, U.S.A. She has also been a visiting professor in the cross-cultural studies department of Kobe University, Japan, and the Shanghai, Beijing, and Tianjin Institutes of Education, China. Her teaching and research interests include technology integration and international education. Dr. Garland has authored or co-authored over thirty published articles and book chapters. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Educators and Scholars and the Editorial Advisory Board of Scholar and Educator, based at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico.
 
 
  
Janel G. Gauthier
Professor of Psychology, Laval University, CANADA
Dr. Janel Gauthier is Professor of Psychology and Member of the Council of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Laval University in Quebec City. He is a past president of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and a Fellow of CPA. He has served several years as Chair of graduate programs in clinical psychology at Laval University, where he has recently led a major initiative involving the complete restructuring of graduate studies in psychology as well as the creation of one of the very first Psy.D. programs in Canada. He has published over 90 journal articles and chapters on behavioural and cognitive interventions for anxiety, depression, grief, headaches, and low social self-esteem. He maintains an active clinical practice in the context of his research studies.
 
 
  
Margarita Gil Samaniego
Head of International Cooperation and Academic Exchange Department, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, MEXICO  
Margarita Gil Samaniego is currently Head of the International Cooperation and Academic Exchange Department at UABC Mexicali campus. She has nine years academic and administrative experience with UABC. She is actively involved in fostering new partnerships and maintaining current partnerships to help achieve the UABC goal of internationalization. Among her responsibilities are operating and promoting UABC mobility programs and scholarships at our 17 schools, research centers among professors and students as well as being the link between our International Cooperation Central Office. She has taken a number of courses and workshops on Mobility and Internationalization of Higher Education, as well as participated at conferences organized by CONAHEC, AMPEI and ANUIES related to this theme.
 
Manuel M. Goël
Director - Academic Liaison Office
UAEM - UNT
Born in Mexico, Manuel Goël obtained a Law Degree from the University of the Valley of Toluca, Mexico, and lived most of my adult life in Canada, Australia and the United States. After retiring from the Canadian Federal Government, he joined the faculty staff of the Autonomous University of Mexico - Toluca in 2001 and became the founding Director for the National & International Academic Cooperation Office. He has coordinated international initiatives and academic research efforts abroad. In 2005, he co-founded and became the Director for the Academic Liaison Office for UAEM at UNT-Denton to foster international academic ties between universities in North America.
 
 
  
Josué M. González
Southwest Center for Education Equity & Language Diversity, Arizona State University, USA
 
 
 
  
Laura Patricia González
Head - Academic Exchange and International Cooperation Office, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, MEXICO 

Currently holds the position of Head of Academic Exchange and International Cooperation Office at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez and Associate professor in Education Undergraduate program. She is also a member of the Mexican Association for International Education (AMPEI). Formerly, she served as Assistant to International Public Relations Office to Cd. Juarez Town Hall.

 
 
  
Daniel Guay
Université du Québec, CANADA 
Daniel Guay is an advisor for Université du Québec in academic mobility and international partnership. Before 2004, he was deputy director of the International Office at Université Laval: management of international projects, strategic planning in academic mobility, joint academic programs, R&D projects, distance education, technology transfers, and university-industry partnerships. He holds a Masters degree in educational technology and second-language didactics, with experience in the public and private sectors as free lance screen-writer, advisor in educational television and media production, collaborator with international NGOs like CONAHEC and North American government agencies.
 
 
  
Nitza M. Hernández
Executive Director - Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System (HETS), PUERTO RICO
 Dr. Nitza Hernández is Executive Director of the Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System (HETS), a bilingual consortium for distance learning initiatives constituted by 22 colleges and universities in seven states of the US and Puerto. With a strong interdisciplinary academic background, Dr. Hernández has considerable experience in teaching, research, academic management, consulting, faculty training, and distance learning. She has provided leadership to the HETS consortium’s collaboration initiatives for online learning with emphasis on inter-institutional collaboration among community colleges and universities, and the development of articulation agreements and policies for delivering joint online offerings. Dr. Hernández has a Ph.D. degree in Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s in Educational Media from Temple University.
   
Inocencio Higuera
Director Adjunto de Ciencia, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), MEXICO
 
 
 
 
Brian B. Kesner
Professor, College of Architecture & Environmental Design, California
Polythechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA
Professor Brian B. Kesner (Emeritus) Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, since 1980: architectural design, research & creative problem-solving methods, and various other lecture courses at. He previously was the principal of his firm in Durango, Colorado, where is still a licensed architect.
Since 1990, Brian has specialized in sustainable housing & community design in teaching the thesis studio with this focus. For ten years, from 1993, Brian collaborated with professors from City & Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture to offer interdisciplinary courses in Sustainable Environments, which has now become a Minor of Sustainable Environments. He teaches parts of the year at Cal Poly and in Mexico.
 
  
Katharine Krebs
SUNY Binghamton; USA 
Katharine C. Krebs is the Director of International Programs at Binghamton University. She received her MA and PhD from Tulane University and embarked upon a career that took her to Denver, Albany, Philadelphia and, finally, Binghamton, where she became the University’s first full-time professional director of international education. Krebs came to what was largely a static program of only six study-abroad opportunities with 207 participants. In 2000-01, those numbers had grown to 30 programs with 496 students participating — the highest rate of participation among the university centers. She has helped to establish new partnerships with 16 universities in nine countries. She was also a central figure in the development of the International Studies Certificate Program, whereby students pursue international interests through a curriculum of language, cross-cultural subjects, experiential learning and a capstone project. Krebs continues to seek even more study-abroad opportunities while also heightening Binghamton’s visibility through her activities within the SUNY system and in national professional organizations.
 
Fernando León
Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, City University, USA
Dr. Leon Garcia is Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs of City University (Washington), where he is responsible for the overall quality of City University programs in throughout the State of Washington, Canada, Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Mexico. He previously served as President of the Phoenix Institute for Professional Education and Chief Academic Officer of Apollo International and before that as Provost at CETYS University in Mexico. Dr. Leon Garcia holds a doctoral degree in Educational Administration and Policy Analysis and an M.A. in International Development Education from Stanford University, as well as a B.S. in Engineering Management from CETYS University.
   
José Luis León
Director de Proyectos Especiales, Dirección General de Educación Superior Universitaria, Secretaría de Educación Pública, MEXICO
 
 
 
  
Jenny Lee
Assistant Professor of higher education, Center for the Study of Higher Education, University of Arizona, USA
Dr. Jenny J. Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona. Prior to her arrival in Fall
2003, she served as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she obtained her Ph.D. Her research area encompasses institutional and system-wide change towards the goals of social justice. Currently, Dr. Lee is investigating international student access to higher education and their experiences in higher education institutions. Dr. Lee has authored and co-authored numerous studies on these topics in Research in Higher Education, Review of Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, and others.
 
 
David Longanecker
Executive Director, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
David A. Longanecker is the executive director of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in Boulder, Colorado. Previously he served for six years as the assistant secretary for postsecondary education at the U.S. Department of Education, developing and implementing national policy and programs providing more than $40 billion annually in student aid and $1 billion to institutions. Prior to that he was the state higher education executive officer (SHEEO) in Colorado and Minnesota.He was also the principal analyst for higher education for the Congressional Budget Office. Dr. Longanecker has served on numerous boards and commissions and was president of the State Higher Education Executive Officers. He has written extensively on a range of higher education issues.
 
 
  
Romualdo López Zárate
Profesor del Área de Sociología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, MEXICO and Former Chair of International Higher Education (2004-2005), Center for the Study of Higher Education / CONAHEC, University of Arizona, USA
Romualdo López Zárate es profesor de Sociología de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco. Es Licenciado en Sociología, maestro en Metodología de la Ciencia y doctor en Educación. Se ha desarrollado como profesor en temas de Sociología de la Educación y Métodos y Técnicas de Investigación Social en la UAM y UNAM. Ha escrito artículos en revistas especializadas y libros sobre educación. Tiene experiencia académico- administrativa en la UAM, la SEP y la ANUIES. Es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores y ocupó el cargo de profesor invitado en la Universidad de Arizona por el CONAHEC y la ANUIES.
 
 
  
Rafael López Castañares
Secretario General Ejecutivo, Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior, MEXICO
 
   
Manuel Maldonado Rivera
Vicepresidente para Puerto Rico y América Latina, College Board, PUERTO RICO
Manuel Maldonado ha realizado valiosas aportaciones a la educación en Puerto Rico y América Latina. El Dr. Maldonado comenzó en el año 1987 como Director de la OPRAL, y en 1989 había sido ascendido al puesto de Director Ejecutivo. Ha conducido y publicado varios estudios sobre modelos curriculares, programas de educación general, y estructuras académicas y administrativas. Ha sido consultor y evaluador externo para varias entidades educativas, tanto en Puerto Rico como en el extranjero. Ha ocupado varios puestos académicos en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, la Universidad del Estado de Nueva York, y la Universidad de Texas. Obtuvo un Bachillerato en Filosofía de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, una Maestría en Filosofía de la Universidad de Columbia, y un Doctorado en Filosofía Educativa y Educación Superior de la Universidad de Texas.
 
Salvador Malo
General Director, CENEVAL, MEXICO
Salvador Malo has a long career in higher education. He has served as Secretary General at the National University of Mexico, as Director General for Higher Education at the Ministry of Education, and is currently Director General of CENEVAL, Mexico's Centre for the Assessment of Higher Education. In addition to his duties in these positions he has been actively involved in international activites. He participated in the Tri-lateral Task Force for higher education between Canada, Mexico and the United States, is at present head of the board of the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration, and is promoting a Higher Education project in Latin America.
 
 
  
Julio Martín
President, Universidad Autónoma de Asunción, PARAGUAY
Nacido en España, naturalizado paraguayo. Se graduó en Leyes en la Universidad Central de Quito, Ecuador, y en Ingeniería, en la Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay. Obtuvo su Maestría en Educación en la Universidad de Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, y es candidato a Doctor en Derecho, por la Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, España. Especializado en Gestión de la Educación Superior en universidades de diversos países, Estados Unidos, Francia, Argentina, Tailandia, y España.
Trabajó como consultor en la Evaluación de Proyectos Sociales, para la Unión Europea, el Banco Mundial, la Cooperación de Alemania, Suecia y Finlandia, la OEA, y la UNESCO, y como miembro del Grupo de Expertos en Evaluación y Acreditación del MERCOSUR. Ha publicado varios libros y artículos en revistas profesionales. Actualmente, es Rector de la Universidad Autónoma de Asunción, Paraguay.
 
 
David Marshall
President, Mount Royal College, CANADA
Prior to his arrival at Mount Royal, Dr. Marshall was President and Vice-Chancellor of Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario for 13 years.
After beginning his career as a high school teacher in Ontario, he served as the Regional Educational Consultant for the Government of the Northwest Territories; as Director of a Canadian International Development Agency project in St. Lucia, West Indies; as Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba, and Director, Regional Services Branch at the Department of Education, Winnipeg, Manitoba. He then was appointed President of Nipissing in 1990.
He has published extensively on the subject of leadership and administration. His specialties are administration in developing areas, teacher education, and higher education management. Recent publications and articles include: Filling the Gap: Calgary and the Post-secondary Education Spectrum, The Degree Mobility Spectrum: The Tiering of Canadian Degrees, among others.
 
 
  
Rina Martínez Romero
Asesora en planeación del Rector, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MEXICO 
 
 
 
  
Elia Marum-Espinoza
Directora y Profesora para la Calidad e Innovación de la Educación Superior de la Universidad de Guadalajara, MEXICO
 
 
 
  
Tina Mayagoitia
Program Manager/Coordinator, Center for Inter-American and Border Studies, University of Texas at El Paso, USA 
She has worked in a variery of binational projects and is currently coordinating the program proposed here: Building International Higher Education on the U.S. – Mexico Border. She and Dr. Jon Amaste also co-teach a course to incoming International students and coordinate the Programa Interamericano Estudiantil.
 
 
  
James P. Meyers
Senior Evaluator, Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc., USA 
Employed since 1986 by Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE), a private, non-profit public service organization. Main responsibilities
include evaluation of foreign educational credentials to determine U.S. equivalency for individuals seeking further education. Conduct research on international education, and provide training to college and university staff on comparative education and the educational systems of different countries. Author of "The Educational System of Kenya" published by ECE, and monitor/editor two other complete country study publications (Spain and Finland). Contributor to publications including the NAFSA "Guide to Educational Systems Around the World". Presenter at professional conferences on different topics related to foreign credential evaluation.
 
 
  
Patricia Montaño-Salinas
Directora de Planeación y Sistemas de la Vicerrectoría de Internacionalización, ITESM Campus Monterrey, MEXICO 
Estudió la licenciatura en Ciencias Computacionales en la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, la maestría en Administración de Tecnologías de Información en el Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Ciudad de México, la maestría en Administración con especialidad en “Global E-Management” en la EGADE del Tecnológico de Monterrey. Desde 1998 es titular de la dirección de Planeación y Sistemas de Vicerrectoría de Internacionalización del Tecnológico de Monterrey.
 
 
Pierre Moreau
President, University of Quebec, CANADA
With a Ph.D in microbiology and immunology from McGill University, postdoctoral studies at Institut Pasteur, Université de Strasbourg, a career as professor of biology at University of Ottawa, professor, vice-dean and dean of the Department of Science and Engineering of Université Laval, then as Vice-President and President of Université du Québec, Dr Moreau developed a serious academic and administrative expertise in higher education. He is an active keynote speaker in North America and France, and a member of numerous Boards: CREPUQ Committee on diploma recognition of the Intergenerational Forum, Quebec Symphonic Orchestra, Québec Educational City, Québec Water Institute, etc.
   
Goretti Narain
President, Unión de Universidades del Caribe
Doctor Narain is the Chancellor of the University of Netherlands Antilles and President of UNICA Association of Caribbean Universities. As the new president of UNICA, she is very active in developing collaboration networks between the Caribbean institutions and the international higher education community
 
Paul D. Nelson
Director of Education and Director of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Education and Training, American Psychological Association, USA
Following receipt of a doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Chicago, Paul Nelson has enjoyed two careers. One was as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy engaged in research, research management, and executive leadership positions. The second has been with the American Psychological Association as a senior staff member of the Education Directorate. For nearly 15 years, Paul Nelson was director of the Association’s accreditation program for professional education and training. Presently, he holds the position of Deputy Executive Director for the Education Directorate and Director, Office of Graduate and Postgraduate Education.
 
Luz María Nieto Caraveo
Secretaria Académica, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, MEXICO

Es profesora investigadora de la Universidad Autónoma de San Luis
Potosí desde 1982. Fue coordinadora de la Agenda Ambiental de la UASLP de 1988 hasta junio del 2004, fecha en que fue nombrada Secretaria Académica de la UASLP. Cuenta con 24 años de experiencia académica (docencia, investigación y gestión) en áreas como: educación ambiental y para la sustentabilidad, diseño y evaluación curricular; planeación estratégica, evaluación e innovación académicas en educación superior. Ha producido varias publicaciones especializadas, ponencias y presentaciones en eventos de diferente escala, además de publicaciones de divulgación. Ha impartido cursos y talleres de actualización profesional, licenciatura y postgrado en los temas de su especialidad.

 
Gerardo Ochoa
Subdirector de Desarollo Académico, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, MEXICO
 
 
Gilberto Olivas
EDUCAMEXUS
Program Manager, CONAHEC
Gilberto Olivas es coordinador del programa EDUCAMEXUS en CONAHEC, que tiene como objetivo brindar información y oportunidades educativas a mexicanos que residen en Estados Unidos o Canadá. Se desempeñó como ingeniero de proyectos en el Centro Integral de Manufactura del CETYS y como maestro de asignatura en el área de electrónica en la misma Universidad. En el año 2003, finalizó su Maestría en Administración de Sistemas de Información en la Universidad de Arizona en Tucson. Como estudiante colaboró con CONAHEC en el desarrollo del sitio de Internet y sistema de información del programa de intercambio estudiantil del CONAHEC y al finalizar su grado de maestría se incorporó de tiempo completo al equipo de CONAHEC para iniciar el programa EDUCAMEXUS.
 
Christa Olson
Associate Director of International Initiatives, Center for Institutional and International Initiatives, American Council on Education, USA
She works with the Vice President / Director of the Center on all aspects of ACE’s initiatives to engage member institutions in internationalization including new project development and dissemination of best practices. She directs the Global Learning for All project, oversees the Internationalization Collaborative, and directs the ACE/FIPSE project Lessons Learned on Assessing International Learning. Before coming to ACE, Dr. Olson was a professor at New Jersey City University. While at NJCU, she co-directed a Title VI grant that targeted teacher education entitled “World Languages and Cultures in Urban Education”. Her publications include: Internationalizing the Campus: A User’s Guide (with Madeleine Green); “Engaging U.S. Faculty in Internationalization” Global Educacion; and “Global Competency and Intercultural Sensitivity” Journal of Studies in International Education. She also has conducted workshops on internationalization at AIEA, NAFSA, AAHE and on diverse campuses.
 
Linda L. Oviedo
PhD Candidate, Arizona State University, USA
 
 
Vincent Peters
Professor and Associate Dean of Off-Campus Programs, Bethel University, USA
Vincent Peters has been a resident of Minnesota since 1987. Vincent served as a faculty of Social Work at Augsburg College, Minneapolis for 8 years including 3 years as faculty at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN.
Vincent joined the faculty of social work at Bethel University in 1995 and then assumed the position as associate dean of off-campus programs; a position specifically created to internationally expand a variety of opportunities for students to pursue off-campus based academic activities. Vincent provides leadership, guidance and oversight to faculty, staff and students in the area of Study Abroad, Service-Learning, Campus-Community Partnership, and Federal Work-Study Initiatives. Vincent has traveled widely and is very active in many academic and church related activities internationally
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David Pijawka
Director - PhD Program in Environmental Design and Planning, Arizona State University, USA
 
 
Manuel Piña
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Agricultural Education, Texas A & M University, USA
 
 
Rocío Quesada Castillo
Coordinadora del Programa de Desarrollo de Habilidades para la Formación Permanente, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MEXICO
Desde 1972 se dedica a la formación de profesores, a la investigación y a la organización de programas de innovación educativa. Ha desempeñado diferentes cargos destacando el de Secretaria Académica del Centro de Investigaciones y Servicios Educativos (CISE) de la UNAM. Actualmente se desempeña como profesora de la Facultad de Psicología y Coordinadora de Programas de Apoyo al Aprendizaje en la Dirección General de Evaluación Educativa de dicha Universidad.
Ha sido miembro de comisiones evaluadoras del trabajo académico y de comités editoriales. Dentro de sus publicaciones se encuentran libros, folletos y artículos distribuidos a nivel nacional e internacional. Destaca su contribución en la formación compensatoria de alumnos de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
 
Gary Rhodes
Director, Center for Global Education, Loyola Marymount University, USA
Gary Rhodes is Director of the Center for Global Education at Loyola Marymount University. He received his Ph.D. and MS.Ed. from USC and his B.B. from UCSB. He has published articles, been cited, and presented widely at conferences across the U.S. and around the world. He is part of NAFSA’s Trainer Corps, Co-chair of the NAFSA: SECUSSA Research Committee, and member of NAFSA’s Committees on Under-representation and Data Collection in Study Abroad. He serves the Editorial Board of Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad and received Fulbright Grants to India (2002) and South Africa (2001).
 
Jaime J. Romo
Assistant Professor, Department of Learning and Teaching, University of San Diego, USA
Jaime J. Romo, Assistant Professor, holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of San Diego. He earned his Master's of Education degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and his Bachelor's degree from Stanford University. Prior to joining the faculty at USD, he taught multicultural education in the National University teacher education department. He has taught and served as an administrator in middle and high schools in Los Angeles and San Diego. Dr. Romo’s main area of interest is promoting individual and institutional multicultural competency development toward cultural democracy. His research explores transformational teaching, borderland education and system psychodynamics.
 
Juan José Sánchez-Sosa
Secretario General - Unión de Universidades de América Latina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MEXIC
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Margo Schultz
Student Exchange Program Coordinator, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, USA
Margo Schultz has been coordinating three Student Exchange Programs for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) since 2004. WICHE’s programs serve more than 21,000 students in the Western United States at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. Previously, Schultz served as associate project director of CONAHEC, where her duties included managing CONAHEC’s portal and conferences. She also spent seven years in Gabon, Central Africa, teaching English as a foreign language with the Peace Corps and on contract with the Gabonese Ministry of Education. Schultz received her bachelor's degree in business French from the University of Colorado and a master's degree in international policy studies with an emphasis in intercultural communication from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
 
Bruce Sillner
SUNY New Paltz, USA; Katharine Krebs, SUNY Binghamton; USA
Bruce Sillner is the Dean of International Programs of the State University of New York at New Paltz. As such, he is responsible for the university’s study abroad and exchange programs, international student and scholar services, the intensive English language program, the Institute for International Business and binational programs. SUNY New Paltz offers more than forty study abroad programs enrolling more than 400 students per year. He also serves as chair of the steering committee of the SUNY Council of Directors of International Education. SUNY New Paltz was the first public university in the US to offer a study abroad program for freshmen.
 
Charles S. Slater
Associate Professor, PhD Program in Education, Texas State University, USA
Dr. Charles L. Slater is associate professor of educational administration at Texas State University. He has frequently presented workshops in Mexico and published articles on leadership in collaboration with
Mexican colleagues.

 
Jenna Smith
Graduate Research Assistant - Rangeland Ecology & Management, Texas A & M University, USA
Jenna Christen Smith is a 2004 graduate of Texas A&M University where she received a bachelor of science in animal science. She is currently pursuing a master of education with an emphasis in agricultural communications and journalism. She works as a graduate teaching assistant and as the communications specialist for the Brazos Heritage Society. Smith has also completed several Web sites for businesses and manages them in her spare time. She plans on pursuing a career in public relations and communications upon graduation. A native of El Campo, Texas, Smith has prior international experience in Mexico and the Spanish language.
 
Stephen R. Smith
PhD Candidate, Department of Adult Education, University of Georgia, USA
Stephen has over 20 years of professional experience in multicultural and international education, training, and distance learning.
Stephen is currently completing the requirements for a doctorate in adult and continuing education at the University of Georgia, Athens. His research focuses on program planning in international academic exchange between Mexico and the United States in the areas of professional and continuing education. In addition, Stephen has a bachelor’s degree in economics, an area certificate in Latin American and Caribbean studies, and a master’s degree in instructional technology, all granted from Indiana University, Bloomington. As an undergraduate, Stephen participated in study abroad programs at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima, Perú, and the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
 
Fred E. Szabo
Professor - Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University, CANADA
Fred Szabo is Professor of Mathematics at Concordia University in Montreal. He directs the co-operative programs in Mathematics, Statistics, and Actuarial Science. Before that, he was Dean of the School of Graduate Studies. In additional to his research publications in mathematics, Fred has written on contemporary issues in higher education, technology transfer and university-industry collaboration.
 
Reyes Tamez Guerra
Secretario de Educación Pública, MEXICO
La experiencia de Reyes Tamez en el ámbito académico, de la investigación y la docencia es destacada. Inicia su carrera académica en el Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) y posteriormente en la Escuela Nacional de Estudios Profesionales de Zaragoza de la UNAM. A mediados de los ochenta obtiene el nombramiento de Profesor Titular de Inmunología e Inmunoquímica en la Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL).Ha sido conferencista en México, Estados Unidos, Hungría, Chile, Ecuador, China, Israel, España, Marruecos, Francia y Brasil. Ha sido miembro de los Comités Evaluadores de Becas y Proyectos de Investigación de la Dirección Adjunta de Desarrollo Científico del CONACyT; vocal de Cooperación y de Estudio de la Unión de Universidades de América Latina, Presidente del Consejo Regional Noreste y Miembro del Consejo Nacional de la ANUIES y Vicepresidente Alterno de la Organización Universitaria Interamericana.
 
Carlos E. Teisser
International Affairs Director, Universidad Regiomontana, MEXICO
During his professional life, he has been working in International Relations at the corporate and the governmental level, in this last sector as Director for Consular and Diplomatic Affairs. He entered the international life in higher education in 1996, as Director for International Affairs at Universidad Regiomontana in Monterrey, Mexico. He has been director for the North chapter for AMPEI, the Mexican Association for International Education, chair of the Council at ISEP, the International Students Exchange program in Washington and participates actively in mainly international education organizations.
   
Christine Van Duelmen
Executive Director, International Council for Innovation in Higher Education, CANADA
 
 
Christine Webb
Director, Institute for Cooperative Education, Concordia University, CANADA
Christine Webb is the Director of the Institute for Cooperative Education at Concordia University in Montreal. Before that, she was Director of Cooperative Education at Memorial University in Newfoundland. Christine has international experience in the placement of coop students in Europe and Latin America. Her research interests include skills profiling, international job placement, and university-industry collaboration.
 
Cara Weston
Department Head of International Education, Selkirk College, CANADA
As Department Head of International Education at Selkirk College, one of Cara Weston's responsibilities is to facilitate development of curriculum internationalization and student mobility in new and existing programs. She also developing a new program in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) for Canadian and international students. She has collaborated with colleagues in other program areas on special exchange projects, internships, and faculty workshops. Ms. Weston has administered and taught at colleges and universities in Japan, the United States, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates, and is currently working on her doctorate in higher education administration.
   
Luis Yarzabal
Red Grupo Montevideo (MERCOSUR), URUGUAY
 
 
Bernard Yevin
Dean, Business Information Technologies Division, Forsyth Technical Community College, USA
Bernie Yevin currently serves as Dean of the Division of Business and Information Technologies Division at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, NC, where he manages four academic departments, each heavily populated with non-traditional students, adjunct faculty, and on-line courses. Currently, Yevin is working with faculty to develop two International programs. Earlier, Yevin developed the International Business major and its curriculum at one school, which included two years of foreign language study and a semester foreign internship option working in a foreign business. Yevin has served as a contributing author to four International Business textbooks, has consulted with a variety of corporations on various aspects of international trade and has participated on Trade Missions to Japan and Indonesia.