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Commission on International Initiatives

The Commission on International Initiatives advises ACE on its initiatives in internationalization and global learning and in our contacts with other countries. The Commission guides ACE in its work in the following general areas:

• Providing policy guidance to U.S. institutions wishing to internationalize their programs.
• Working with other associations to increase support for international education activities from the federal government, state governments, and the private sector.
• Working with national and regional associations of universities abroad on issues of common interest to U.S. college and university presidents and their counterparts in other countries.

Under the Commission on International Initiatives' guidance, ACE commissions studies, issues papers, and convenes international meetings as well as meetings of U.S. presidents. Once a year, the Commission meets jointly with the Leadership Network for International Education, a broader group including both presidents and chief academic officers, to discuss a major issue in the internationalization of higher education. ACE also occasionally sponsors projects involving institutions and associations in other countries and is one of six presidential associations cosponsoring Higher Education for Development.

Commission Chair

Roderick J. McDavis, President, Ohio University
Term Ending June 30, 2010

ACE Staff

Madeleine Green, Vice President, International Initiatives
Christa Olson, Associate Director, Center for International Initiatives
Barbara Hill, Senior Associate, Center for International Initiatives

Term Ending June 30, 2009

Gene Awakuni, Chancellor
University of Hawai`i — West O`ahu

Robert D. Coombe, Chancellor
University of Denver (CO)

Mark D. Gearan, President
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)

Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO
Institute of International Education (NY)

Richard Guarasci, President
Wagner College (NY)

Ronald D. Liebowitz, President
Middlebury College (VT)

Carolyn R. Mahoney, President
Lincoln University (MO)

Carol Ann Mooney, President
Saint Mary's College (IN)

Eduardo J. Padrón, President
Miami Dade College (FL)

Jackson N. Sasser, President
Santa Fe Community College (FL)

Hamid Shirvani, President
California State University, Stanislaus

Robert A. Wild, S.J., President
Marquette University (WI)

Term Ending June 30, 2010

Susan C. Aldridge, President
University of Maryland University College

MaryAnn Baenninger, President
College of Saint Benedict (MN)

Charles R. Bantz, Chancellor
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

Carole M. Berotte Joseph, President
Massachusetts Bay Community College

Richard G. Carpenter, Chancellor
North Harris Montgomery Community College District (TX)

Raymond E. Crossman, President
Adler School of Professional Psychology (IL)

Jerry M. Greiner, President
Arcadia University (PA)

Ann Weaver Hart, President
Temple University (PA)

Chester D. Haskell, President
Cogswell Polytechnical College (CA)

Morris F. Johnson, III, President
St. Louis Community College at Forest Park (MO)

Douglas A. Kristensen, Chancellor
University of Nebraska at Kearney

Francisco Marmolejo, Executive Director
Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (AZ)

Claire M. Morris, President and CEO
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (ON)

Daniel S. Papp, President
Kennesaw State University (GA)

Benjamin F. Payton, President
Tuskegee University (AL)

Beverley J. Pitts, President
University of Indianapolis (IN)

G. David Pollick, President
Birmingham-Southern College (AL)

John B. Simpson, President
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Robert G. Templin, Jr., President
Northern Virginia Community College

Kathleen M. Waldron, President
Bernard M. Baruch College
City University of New York

John D. Welty, President
California State University, Fresno

Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran, President
Kalamazoo College (MI)

Michael K. Young, President
The University of Utah

Term Ending June 30, 2011

Edward L. Ayers, President
University of Richmond (VA)

Erik J. Bitterbaum, President
College at Cortland, State University of New York

Robert A. Brown, President
Boston University (MA)

Grant H. Cornwell, President
College of Wooster (OH)

Brady J. Deaton, Chancellor
University of Missouri

Elson S. Floyd, President
Washington State University

Robert M. Franklin, President
Morehouse College (GA)

Edward Lee Gorsuch, President
City University of Seattle (WA)

Marvalene Hughes, President
Dillard University (LA)

Marvin Krislov, President
Oberlin College (OH)

John V. Lombardi, President
Louisiana State University System

James E. Lyons, Secretary
Maryland Higher Education Commission

Mary E. Lyons, President
University of San Diego (CA)

Julianne Malveaux, President
Bennett College for Women (NC)

Sally Mason, President
The University of Iowa

Gail O. Mellow, President
LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York

Leon Richards, Chancellor
Kapi'olani Community College (HI)

Charles W. Sorensen, Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Stout

Anthony S. Tricoli, President
Georgia Perimeter College

Special Appointments

Maria Harper-Marinick, Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs
Maricopa County Community College District (AZ)