Our Team

Board of Directors

Sarah Ansari (Treasurer)

CEO, Artizara.com

MBA from the institute of Business Administration

Kate Azar

Vice President, Nonprofit Strategy, PNC

Dr. Al Bennett

Dean Emeritus, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, UC Irvine

Former Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives, Executive Vice Chancellor, UC Irvine

Dr. Rudi Berkelhamer

Former Associate Dean Division of Undergraduate Education at UC Irvine

Dulcie Kugelman

Board Member, Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, UC Irvine

MA in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Ulster

Larry Kugelman (Chair)

Former CEO and President, The Health Plan for America

Ex-Officio Trustee of the UC Irvine Foundation

Dr. Roberta Lessor

Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Chapman University

Former Dean of the Wilkinson College of Art, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Chapman University

David Rosten (Secretary)

President Rosten Capital Investment

Former Deutsche Bank Trader

Dr. David Snow

UCI Distinguished Professor of Sociology

Co-Director, Center for Citizen Peace-building, UC Irvine

Daniel Wehrenfennig

Executive Director and Founder, Center for International Experiential Learning

Advisors

Aaron Cohen

Senior Staff Psychologist at UC Berkeley's Counseling and Psychological Services

Global Institute for Counseling and Student Mental Health

Monica Hanna

Student affairs professional at UCLA. Co-founder of Mint Lemonade, a personal growth company that empowers and inspires individuals with diverse identities by supporting their self development

Dr. Cheryl Lawther

Dr. Cheryl Lawther is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Human Rights Centre at Queens University, Belfast. Affiliated with The Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice.

Eric Nigh

Director of Arabic and Middle East Studies Program

School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies, University of Wyoming

Nour Malas

Deputy Editor for Business at the Los Angeles Times

Former foreign correspondent at the Wall Street Journal

Brett Moore

Business and Policy Advisor

Dr. Crystal Murphy

Associate Professor of Political Science at Chapman University, affiliated with the Peace Studies Department. Director of the MA in International Studies program.

She is also always the best dressed faculty member on international experiential learning trips.

Dr. Kevin Pham

Assistant Professor of Political Science at Gettysburg College.

Dr. Sharon Salinger 

Former Dean of Undergraduate Education at UC Irvine