International expert, senior-level higher education professional, and collaborative leader with over 25 years in the Middle East and Central Asia, bringing an extensive global skill set. Experienced with international education organizations, diplomatic missions, ministries, and higher education institutions. Regional expert on recruitment, strategic institutional partnerships, exchange development, and international student counseling. I am passionate about connecting and building relationships between the United States, the Middle East, South, and Central Asia.

Improving institutional capacity through innovative solutions, integral stakeholder relationship cultivation and strategic partnership development are motivators for me. This is evidenced through an impactful career abroad as a manager, consultant, advisor, and coordinator in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two dynamic globalizing countries discussing the future of education. These roles have required a high level of success in leading and cultivating global teams in dynamic environments. As a life-long student of culture, history, and people, I’ve traveled for professional or personal purposes to 35+ countries and possess a strong cultural proficiency.

• Advances international student mobility to the United States through training, promoting, and collaborating with U.S. higher education institutions, and providing expert advice and recommendations on international student mobility and higher education engagement.

• Develops programs, procedures, and guidance to advisers and counselors around the admission process to colleges and universities in the United States.

• Design and deliver training and workshops, in-person and virtually, tailored to industry advising standards. This includes career counseling and professional development opportunities to continuously enhance individuals' performance.

• Facilitates partnership cultivation with the U.S. higher education community to increase student mobility, working with local partners.

• Serves as a resource, providing expert advice on international student recruitment and retention to U.S. higher education institutions and organizations;

• Provides advice and recommendations in the development of educational advising programs.

• Develops and maximizes the use of innovative tools and resources to help clients reach more diverse audiences when promoting U.S. study abroad.

• Enables people around the world to show the best of U.S. higher education and the many opportunities that await international students in the United States.