Education:
B.A., Michigan State University, History
M.A., Michigan State University, History
Area of Expertise:
Conceiving, developing and leading international education programs for undergraduates and industry representatives in a variety of focus areas and disciplines, including arts and letters, business (supply chain and marketing), agriculture and natural resources, as well as international development.
International Experience:
- Founder and Faculty Coordinator, MSU International Business in China;
- Founder and Faculty Coordinator, MSU Marketing and Cultural Studies in Japan
Global Humanitarian Efforts:
- Co-founder of Hope’s Bridge, a nonprofit organization dedicated to community health, education, and the environment in Ghana.
- Member of advisory board for Solidarity Bridge Clothing, a fair trade initiative dedicated to improving the lives of Bolivian citizens.
- Engaged in service-based travel in Bolivia (September and October 2005), where I joined a medical and enterprise mission to provide medical supplies and business consulting to impoverished indigenous groups in La Paz and Cochabamba, Bolivia.
- Coordinated fund-raising campaign to pay for a kidney transplant for a 47-year old mother in Cochabamba, Bolivia (November and December, 2005) and ran the Chicago Marathon in 2007 to raise funds for a Children’s Heart Repair project in Bolivia.
- Partnered with Solidarity Bridge executive director to conceptualize a new enterprise in Bolivia designed to improve the livelihoods of taxi drivers by financing conversions to a less expensive natural gas fuel.
Global Travel:
- Have traveled extensively through North and South Asia, Western and Eastern Europe, South America and Africa.
- Spent three months backpacking across China, Mongolia, and Siberia in the summer of 2002.
- Spent one month exploring cooperative business opportunities in tourism, education, and automotive manufacturing in China and Mongolia in fall 2003.
- Conducted informal English business writing training seminar in Liuzhou, China for employees at Wuling Automotive Factory, a joint venture with General Motors in October 2003.
Mongolia Study Abroad:
- Proposed study abroad program in Mongolia for Human Biology majors.
- Awarded site visit grant on basis of feasibility document exploring potential of a study abroad program to Mongolia.
- Consulted in the development and implementation of Lansing Community College Humanities Study Abroad in Mongolia.
Current projects:
- Study Abroad: International Development and Markets in India
- Study Abroad: Institution Building and Fundraising in Ecuador
- Research Abroad: Global Undergraduate Research Program in International Development (South Africa)
- Research Abroad: Global Undergraduate Research Program in Biofuels and Biotechnology (Malaysia, South Africa, Brazil, and France)
- Internship Abroad (as a collaborating partner): Agriculture, Development, Environment, and Gender: NGO Internships in Malawi
- Industry Abroad: Peru Study Tour/Business Development Program – Opportunities in the Global Marketplace for Midwestern Agribusiness
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