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Meet Our Leadership
Our dedicated Board of Directors and leadership team bring experience, passion, and expertise to foster global education and cultural exchange, keeping our community informed and connected. Meet the individuals who guide our mission and drive our initiatives:
Dr. Joyce M. Davis
President & CEO
PennLive Outreach & Opinion Editor
Dr. Mehdi Noorbaksh
Vice President
Professor, Harrisburg University
Eliz Nestorov
Treasurer
Founder & CEO, AKAEVA Consulting, LLC.
Rev. Russell Goodman
Secretary
New Branches Ministry
Dr. Oralia Dominic
Secretary
Cole Goodman
Community Outreach Ambassador
Mary Gabriele
Programs Manager
Meet our Board.
Hagir Elsheikh
HSE Staffing Agency & Tomorrow’s Smile Inc.
Nathaniel Gadsden
UPMC Chaplain
Pat Gadsden
President, Life Esteem Inc.
Russell M. Goodman
New Branches Ministry
Dr. William Harner
Former acting Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, Former Superintendent Cumberland Valley & Quakertown Schools
Dr. Renu Joshi
Endocrinologist, Joshi Foundation
Guerline L. Laurore
Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer, Pennie
Romeo Azondekon
Vice President of Student Services, Central Penn College
Frank Rapisarda
Principal of FKR Design Solutions LLC
Jesse Waters
Elizabethtown College, Bowers Writers House
Dr. Kathleen White
Director, Governor’s Schools (Retired)
Holly Leggett
President/ CEO, Team PA Foundation
Kalpana Doppalapudi
Founder, Powerwomen Inc.
Dr. Oralia Garcia Dominic
President & Founder of the National Institute of Rural & Minority Health (NIRMH)
Board of Directors Emeriti
Dr. Gaylen Bradley
Hershey Medical School (Retired)
Harry White
Attorney (Retired)
Link Martin
Director, Temple University Harrisburg (Retired)
President's Advisory Council
Ambassador John Craig
Senior Fellow Mediterranean Basin, Middle East, and Gulf Initiative
