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Commission on Internationalization and Global Engagement

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. The Commission meets during the ACE Annual Meeting and in conjunction 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

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

ACE Staff

Patti McGill Peterson, Presidential Advisor for Global Initiatives

Term Ending June 30, 2012

James A. Ammons, President
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Jack Bermingham, President
Highline Community College (WA)

Linda P. Brady, Chancellor
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Paul Davidson, President
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)

Lewis M. Duncan, President
Rollins College (FL)

Jonathan A. Kaplan, President
Walden University (MN)

Alberto Maldonado-Ruiz, Chancellor
Universidad del Este (PR)

Jane Dammen McAuliffe, President
Bryn Mawr College (PA)

John W. Miller, President
Central Connecticut State University

G. P. "Bud" Peterson, President
Georgia Institute of Technology

Gary A. Ransdell, President
Western Kentucky University

Herman J. Saatkamp, President
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

David A. Sam, President
Elgin Community College (IL)

Suzanne Shipley, President
Shepherd University (WV)

Debora Spar, President
Barnard College (NY)

Carolyn Williams, President
Bronx Community College, City University of New York

Term Ending June 30, 2013

Esther L. Barazzone, President
Chatham University (PA)

Carlton E. Brown, President
Clark Atlanta University (GA)

Carol A. Cartwright, President
Bowling Green State University (OH)

Philip P. DiStefano, Chancellor
University of Colorado at Boulder

Michael Droge, President
Park University (MO)

David F. Finney, President
Champlain College (VT)

William V. Flores, President
University of Houston—Downtown (TX)

Mildred Garcia, President
California State University—Dominguez Hills

Milton A. Gordon, President
California State University, Fullerton

Lesley Hallick, President
Pacific University (OR)

William R. Harvey, President
Hampton University (VA)

Linda Katehi, Chancellor
University of California, Davis

Anne M. Kress, President
Monroe Community College (NY)

Enoch Duma Mazala, Chief Executive Officer
Higher Education South Africa

Ronald Mason, Jr., President
Southern University System (LA)

Mark B. Rosenberg, President
Florida International University

Mary Evans Sais, President
Kentucky State University

Barbara R. Snyder, President
Case Western Reserve University (OH)

David J. Steinberg, President
Long Island University (NY)