Cynthia Banks

Cynthia Banks is Faculty Director for Global Initiatives at the Leeds College of Business, University of Colorado - Boulder and co-founder/Exec Director for The Global Leadership League. Prior roles include Founder/CEO of GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and co-Founder/ President of the Foundation for Global Scholars . Her consulting practice, New World Vistas, designs business and leadership strategies for higher education and beyond. From 1990-2014, Banks was the Founder and CEO of GlobaLinks Learning Abroad a global education abroad organization which has helped more than 30,000 students study or intern abroad at 120 programs worldwide. Banks has been a trainer for the NAFSA Management Development Program, has served on the NAFSA’s Board of Directors, and was Chair of the Education Abroad Knowledge Community. She sits on the board for Colorado State University Institute for Entrepreneurship and is an elected member of the International Women's Forum. A regular presenter at domestic and global education conferences and a lecturer at local universities. Honors include 2013 Top Three Minority/Women Owned Business in Colorado by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.