The NAFSA Board of Directors presents its national leadership slate for 2025. The election ballot will be available from October 1 to October 31, 2025. Current NAFSA members in good standing are eligible to vote and will receive their invitation via email. The results of the election will be announced in early November, and the elected volunteer leaders will begin their leadership roles in January 2026.
For more information on the election process, the single slate, and volunteer leadership, see the Volunteer Leadership webpage.
Vice President for Public Policy and Practice, NAFSA Board of Directors
Joanna Regulska
Joanna Regulska, vice provost and dean of global affairs as well as distinguished professor of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies at the University of California-Davis, has contributed to the field of international education for more than 30 years. She has striven to provide all students with global learning experiences and to create innovative approaches to faculty global engagement. Regulska was awarded the first Institute of International Education (IIE) Senior International Officer of the Year Award (2019), inducted to the IIE National Academy of International Education (2021), and received the Association of International Education Administrators Charles Klasek Award for Outstanding Service to the Field of International Higher Education (2022). A respected scholar, her research concentrates on women’s political activism and grassroots mobilization, with a focus on Europe and the Caucasus.
Vice President for Scholarship and Institutional Strategy, NAFSA Board of Directors
Tamara Cunningham
Tamara Cunningham has been a transformational leader in higher education for more than 20 years, with 13 years focused on global education. As the inaugural assistant vice chancellor for global initiatives at the University of California-San Diego, Cunningham is the lead architect for the institution’s comprehensive strategic internationalization plan. She is completing a doctorate in educational leadership at St. Peter’s University, and her dissertation centers on the democratization of global learning for underrepresented populations. She earned an MA in communications and information studies from Rutgers University and a BA in English from New Jersey City University.
Members-at-Large, NAFSA Board of Directors
Anjam Chaudhary
Anjam Chaudhary is the global inclusion program director at the Office of International Studies and Programs at Michigan State University where she leads transformative programs particularly in inclusive leadership, intercultural awareness, and cross-cultural communication. Bringing a wealth of experience in fostering inclusive practices across a diverse community of students, staff, and faculty on a global scale, Chaudhary actively engages in initiatives to implement inclusion, access, opportunity, and excellence on local, national, and international platforms. She also shares her expertise through research contributions, conference presentations, and consulting projects focused on global inclusion and intercultural communication. In her secondary roles, she leads the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program and serves as the co-academic director for the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program.
Ketevan Darakvelidze
Ketevan Darakhvelidze is chancellor of Ilia State University (ISU), one of Georgia’s most dynamic, research-intensive universities. Since 2011, she has served multiple university leadership roles and has advanced ISU’s global engagement, institutional development, and innovation ecosystem, securing over €16 million through more than 300 international projects under Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, USAID, and others. A Fulbright (Muskie) fellow and Erasmus Mundus scholar, she holds master’s degrees from Columbia University and the University of Oslo, the University of Tampere, and the University of Aveiro. With over 50 large-scale initiatives, she has strengthened higher education reform and transformation, research integrity, innovation, and internationalization. Darakhvelidze champions international collaboration as a driver of democratic, cultural, and economic development, aligning with NAFSA’s mission for inclusive, future-ready education.
Ian Gibson
Ian Gibson is the dean of San Diego State University’s (SDSU) Global Campus (GC), leading a portfolio of more than 500 programs in international, online, and professional education. Collectively, GC serves more than 10,000 learners worldwide each year and oversees many of SDSU’s global operations across Asia, Europe, and Oceania, including over 200 partnerships in 37 countries that expand access to SDSU degrees, certificates, and ESL programs. Gibson’s financial oversight experience includes profit and loss responsibility for an annual, self-supporting budget exceeding $40 million. Earlier in his career, he worked as an intellectual property attorney and in the entertainment industry as a session musician and composer.
Edward Michael Roekaert
Edward Roekaert has been the rector of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) since 2014. In 2021, he became the president of the university. Before joining UPC, he was the rector at Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola where he held the positions of founding dean and faculty member of the School of Hospitality and Tourism, vice-rector of internationality, and vice-rector of academic affairs.
Roekaert is currently a Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation commissioner, president of MetaRed IT Peru, and board member of the Federation of Private Universities of Peru, the UNESCO IESALC’s Presidents Network for Sustainability, Casa Andina Hotels, and Universia Peru.
Malaika Serrano
Malaika Marable Serrano is a scholar-practitioner with more than 20 years of leadership experience across the higher education, nonprofit, federal, and corporate sectors. She is recognized for building inclusive programs, strengthening teams, and creating environments where learners can thrive. Most recently, she served as vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) at Guild Education, where she led the integration of DEIB principles and best practices across the organization. Her previous leadership roles include head of DEI at WorldStrides; executive director for academic and field programs at Semester at Sea; and faculty and leadership appointments at the University of Maryland, University of Tennessee, and several nonprofit organizations. In addition to NAFSA, she serves on the boards of Fulbright Canada and the Fund for Education Abroad.
Saroj Siegler Quinn
Saroj Quinn is the executive director of international education for the San Mateo County Community College District, overseeing global strategy for Cañada College, College of San Mateo, and Skyline College. With 20 years of experience, she has developed international programs and partnerships for U.S. and foreign universities as well as nonprofits. Quinn specializes in innovative, results-driven strategies for international enrollment management and programming. She holds a BA in sociology from Princeton University and an MA in higher education administration with a concentration in international education from George Washington University.
Robbyn Wacker
Robbyn R. Wacker has over three decades of leadership in higher education, advancing global engagement through teaching, scholarship, and executive leadership. As president of St. Cloud State University, she led transformational strategies that expanded internationalization; strengthened partnerships across East Asia, South Africa, and Europe; increased international student enrollment; and revitalized the university’s Alnwick Castle campus in the United Kingdom. She also represented Minnesota higher education on gubernatorial delegations to Australia, Finland, and the United Kingdom, advancing international academic and economic partnerships. Wacker has been a lifelong champion of internationalization, having a passion for advancing international education as a transformative force for students, faculty, universities, and communities worldwide.
Chair-elect, Education Abroad Knowledge Community
Christina Thompson
Christina “Chris” Thompson is the founder and managing director of COMPEAR Global Education Network and creator of the Global Respectful Disruption Summit. She spent most of her career in global education within higher education before moving into the provider space, bringing a dual perspective to internationalization strategy and equity-centered leadership. She also serves as research lead for the award-winning CultureVision by Be Equitable. Thompson earned her EdD in organizational leadership and innovation at Marymount University, where her research introduced Respectful Disruption Leadership as a transformative framework for systemic change in global education.
Chair-elect, International Education Leadership Knowledge Community
Douglas Proctor
Douglas Proctor will take up the role of assistant vice president of global engagement and partnerships and senior international officer at York University (York) in Toronto, Canada, in January 2026. After a global career in international education with positions held in Australia, France, Ireland, and New Caledonia Proctor looks forward to leading the development and implementation of York’s next internationalization and global engagement strategy. A senior fellow of the International Education Association of Australia, Douglas holds a PhD in international higher education from the University of Melbourne and serves as one of four program faculty for NAFSA's Executive Internationalization Leadership e-Institute in 2025–26.
Chair-elect, International Enrollment Management Knowledge Community
Rachel Scholten
Rachel Scholten has worked in international enrollment management at four universities across three states and currently serves as the director of international admission at Loyola University Maryland. She is completing her term as president of the Maryland International Education Consortium; has served in several NAFSA volunteer leadership roles, including academy coach and international enrollment management liaison; and has contributed to multiple NAFSA publications, most recently as co-editor of NAFSA’s Guide to International Student Recruitment, 4th Edition. Scholten holds a BA in sociology, an MA in international development studies and is a third-year PhD student in comparative and international development education.
Chair-elect, International Student and Scholar Services Knowledge Community
Anastasia Fynn
Anastasia Fynn is the director of international student and scholar services (ISSS) at the University of Utah (Utah), where she leads campus-wide internationalization efforts. She previously directed ISSS at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where she helped the institution earn a Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization in 2020. Flynn has held different volunteer leadership roles at regional and national levels of NAFSA. With more than 14 years in the field, she serves as national liaison for NAFSA’s Knowledge Community for International Student and Scholar Services and on the advisory board of the Black and Multicultural Professionals in International Education interest group. She holds a BA from the University of Ghana, an MBA from Strayer University, and is pursuing an EdD at Utah.
Chair-elect, Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community
Katherine Hellman
Kate Hellmann is a faculty administrator and researcher in the field of international education and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). She has a PhD in education and a master's in applied linguistics. At Washington State University, she directs a comprehensive suite of services aimed at retaining the international student and scholar community including immigration compliance, holistic support, events, programs and English-language services. Hellmann conducts research in international education. Recent focus areas include intercultural communication, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in internationalization and the role international educators play in mitigating climate change. Her research and practice focus on the internationalization of higher education in the United States.
Chair-elect, Leadership Development Committee
Jim Brosam
Jim Brosam II is a higher education leader with more than 20 years in international education and university advancement. He founded Jameson Global in 2015, which advises institutions on global recruitment, alumni engagement, and advancement. A doctoral candidate (ABD) at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, his research explores global fundraising, philanthropy perceptions, and training for international educators. Brosam has led recruitment and study abroad programs in over 40 countries and frequently presents at NAFSA conferences. He helped launch NAFSA’s International Alumni and Advancement interest group and co-coordinated the International Educators of Illinois Mentorship Program (2023–25). His expertise includes strategic planning, budget management, communications, and integrated marketing.
Chair-elect, Member Engagement Committee
Amanda Broome
Amanda Broome is the assistant director of marketing and communications for international affairs at Virginia Tech, where she helps connect students to global learning opportunities through strategic communications. She brings over a decade of experience in higher education communications, community-building, and volunteer leadership. Broome served for two years as communications coordinator for NAFSA Region VIII. Known for fostering connection in both personal and professional settings, she enjoys helping people feel supported and engaged. Broome is excited about the opportunity to continue that work through member engagement in the international education field.
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