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David L. Anderson
Associate Vice President and Dean of Students, Binghamton University

David L. Anderson is the associate vice president and dean of students at Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY). He has supervisory responsibilities for the Career Development Center, the University Health Service, the University Counseling Center, Judicial Affairs, International Student and Scholar Services, TRIO Programs, and Services for Students with Disabilities. He was the founding president of the State University of New York Career Development Organization (SUNYCDO) and is a past president of the Middle Atlantic Placement Association. As chair of the Student Life Committee of the SUNY-wide University Faculty Senate, he edited the publications "Student Learning Symposium: The Integration of Academic and Student Life" and "Outstanding Student Life Programs." He wrote "Making Career Choices" for SUNYCDO and the College Placement Council published his work, "Computer Fundamentals: A Primer for Career Development Professionals." In addition to his administrative duties, he is a seminar leader for the Binghamton Scholars and an internship seminar instructor in the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences.

Emily Y. Ashworth
Assistant Provost for International Programs, Texas A&M University

Emily Y. Ashworth is the assistant provost for international programs at Texas A&M University. She is responsible for administrative oversight, coordination and enhancement of international programs, and effective promotion of an international dimension through teaching, research, services, student development and other programs in the university. As assistant provost, Ashworth supervises five offices: International Programs (study abroad, sponsored-students, and international students), the European Union Center, the Institute for Pacific Asia, the Office of Latin American Programs, and the International Center at the Bush Presidential Library Complex. Her responsibilities also include supervision of the operation of two Texas A&M centers in Mexico City and Italy.

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Ivan Ivanovich Borisov
Rector, Voronezh State University

Ivan Ivanovich Borisov is the rector of the Voronezh State University (VSU) and is a professor and doctor of philosophy. He graduated from the history department of Voronezh State University in 1962. Since 1962 he has worked at VSU as an assistant, senior lecturer, and vice rector. He elected rector of VSU in 1998. His main research interest is in the problem of human beings in the history of philosophy and in modern science. He is the author of 120 scientific and curricular publications including 6 monographs and textbooks. He is the chair of the council of university rectors of the Voronezh region, a member of the board of the Russian Rectors Union, the Eurasian Association of Universities, the Association of Classical Russian Universities, and the Council of Rectors of the Central Federal District of Russia, and he is a member of the editorial board of the St. Petersburg journal, Veche.

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Bryan R. Cole
Professor and Head of the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University

Bryan R. Cole is professor and head of the department of educational administration and human resource development at Texas A&M University. Effective September 2000, he was appointed to a special two-year appointment as assistant vice-president for quality leadership. Cole has also served as associate dean of undergraduate studies in the College of Education for ten years and assistant dean for five years. He has served as the director of the Summer Seminar on Academic Administration for twenty-five years, training over 800 higher education administrators representing over 150 institutions. His professional interests include continuous quality improvement in educational systems, including educational law and higher education administration. He is also a frequent speaker and consultant on the implementation of continuous quality improvement in educational systems. Cole teaches graduate classes in higher education management, higher education law, and implementing continuous quality improvement in educational systems and has provided training in this area to over 5,000 faculty, staff and administrators since 1993. He has served as chairman of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and was a member of the board for six years. Cole received his BS from the US Military Academy at West Point and his MEd and PhD in Educational Administration (Higher Education) from Texas A&M University.

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Irina Dezhina
Consultant, US Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)

Irina Dezhina is senior research fellow at the Institute for the Economy in Transition, Moscow, and a consultant to the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. She received her Ph.D. in economics (science policy studies) in 1992 from the Institute for National Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1994 she was regional exchange scholar at the Kennan Institute for advanced Russian studies and in 1997 she was a Fulbright scholar in the program "Science, Technology, and Society," at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1999 she worked in the United States as a science policy analyst at SRI International in Washington, DC. Dr. Dezhina has over 90 publications in Russian and foreign press, including monograph on the analysis of tendencies and impact of foreign support for Russian science (1996, in Russian), and the history of the International Science Foundation ("The Role and Impact of the International Science Foundation in Supporting Science in Russia" - 2000, in English and Russian).

John M. Dobson
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University

John M. Dobson pursued a joint major in physics and history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a degree in humanities and science. He then did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, earning an MS and PhD in history. After a tour of duty as a Foreign Service Officer with the US Department of State, he accepted a faculty position at Iowa State University. Dobson's scholarly work includes five published books and several articles on various aspects of American political, diplomatic, and economic history. He was a Fulbright senior lecturer at University College, Dublin, Ireland, and has been a visiting professor at the University of Maryland and Glasgow University in the United Kingdom. He moved into university administration in 1987 serving in a variety of posts at Iowa State University including associate graduate dean and associate vice provost for research. In 1999 he became dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma State University. The college has some 400 faculty members and 6,500 students in 24 departments including the physical, social, biological and mathematical sciences, as well as the arts and humanities. Throughout his administrative career, Dobson has continued to teach large-enrollment classes in American history.

J. Griffin Doyle
Associate Vice President for Economic Development and Community Affairs, University of Georgia

J. Griffin Doyle serves as the associate vice president for economic development and community affairs for the University of Georgia. In this position, he provides external constituencies a convenient portal to access the vast expertise and resources of Georgia's land grant university. Internally, he works with academic and public service faculty to coordinate multi-disciplinary responses to today's complex societal challenges. Previous employment includes service as associate director of the university's Institute of Government (1997-2000). Before coming to the university in 1997, he served as president of a private public policy foundation in Atlanta (1993-1997), as deputy commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (1987-1993), as public affairs manager for a large Fortune 500, multi-national paper manufacturer (1984-1987), as a senior advisor to a Georgia governor (1982-1984), and as an Assistant United States Attorney. Doyle received both his undergraduate and law degrees (1976 and 1979, respectively) from the University of Georgia.

Dennis J. Dutschke
Associate Vice Provost of International Programs, University of California at Davis

Dennis J. Dutschke is associate vice provost of international programs at the University of California (UC) at Davis. International education has been a major part of Dutschke's professional life as a university professor and administrator. He has been involved in international teaching, curriculum development, study abroad and exchange programs. As associate vice-provost of international programs his responsibilities include facilitating, coordinating, stimulating and providing leadership for UC Davis faculty, students, and staff to pursue international programs and activities. Essential activities include assisting in the establishment of agreements of cooperation for exchange between UC Davis and foreign institutions, and agreements of association with non-UC providers of study abroad, research abroad and international internships, developing an international curriculum, promoting policy and procedures for international off-campus activities, providing opportunities for education abroad, hosting international visitors, and ensuring that UC Davis achieves its goals of the Globalization Initiative and mission of international education. Dutschke has played an important and diversified role in the University of California Education Abroad Program, serving as a faculty adviser, Study Center Director of EAP in Italy, and Campus Director of UCD Education Abroad Program. He has been directly involved in the establishment of the UC Davis Education Abroad Center, the Short Term Program Abroad, international internship programs, the establishment of an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor in global/international studies, and the international student exchange program. Dutschke is a full professor in the Department of French and Italian at UC Davis.

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Christopher J. Foley
Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Indiana University Bloomington

Christopher J. Foley is a senior associate director of admissions for Indiana University Bloomington. His areas of responsibility include international admissions, domestic and international processing operations, reporting, and communications support. He has worked with the American University in Kyrgyzstan to review and modify their admission, financial aid, and records procedures. As a member of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, he has trained and advised other admissions professionals on best practices in international admissions and recruitment. Foley graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas, where he was a Sturgis Fellow, and received a master's degree in English from Indiana University.

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Paul L. Gaston
Provost, Kent State University

Paul L. Gaston, provost of Kent State University, is the author of two books and numerous articles on subjects ranging from interart analogies, the poetry of George Herbert, and the fiction of Walker Percy, to the assessment of educational outcomes. He has served or is now serving on the boards of directors of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the Council on Academic Affairs of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, and the Ohio Learning Network. He has pursued successful "hiring for diversity" and "retaining for diversity" initiatives as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and as provost at Northern Kentucky University and at Kent State. Gaston served as a consultant/evaluator for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools for more than a decade and now serves in that capacity within the North Central Association.

Anatoly Leonidovich Gavrikov
Rector, Novgorod State University

A.L. Gavrikov is the rector of Novgorod State University and is a professor and doctor of sociology, with a Ph.D. in technical science. He finished his undergraduate and graduate coursework at the Leningrad Electrical and Technological Institute. He was the head of computer center, has managed academic research programs in the institute and was department chair. He previously served as vice rector of the university (formerly the Polytechnic Institute). He is the author of more than 75 publications, including monographs.

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Donald R. Hossler
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services, Indiana University and Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services, Indiana University Bloomington

Donald R. Hossler is a professor of educational leadership and policy studies and is currently the associate vice-president for enrollment services for the Indiana University System and the vice chancellor for enrollment services at Indiana University Bloomington. He has served as the executive associate dean for the School of Education and chair of the department of educational leadership and policy studies. His areas of specialization include college choice, student financial aid policy, enrollment management, and higher education finance. Hossler has consulted with more than 30 colleges, universities and related educational organizations and has presented more than 90 scholarly papers and invited lectures in the United States, Canada, China and Russia on the topics of student college choice, student financial aid policy and higher education finance. Recently, he conducted research and served as an expert witness in the Knight v. Alabama desegregation case. He has received several grants and completed a national study of state funding policies for state systems of higher education. He has conducted research on change and reform in higher education in Russia. Hossler earned his baccalaureate and graduated with honors at California Lutheran University in 1971. He earned a PhD in higher education from the Claremont Graduate School in 1979 where he worked with the noted economist of higher education, Dr. Howard Bowen.

Kathleen C. Hoyt
Trustee, University of Vermont, and Secretary of the Agency of Administration of the State of Vermont

Kathleen Hoyt was educated in North Carolina and has worked in the area of public administration in Vermont for more than 30 years. She has served two governors as political adviser and chief of staff, and for the last five years has held the top post in Governor Howard Dean's administration. As secretary of administration she has been responsible for taxes, all budgeting, including bonding for and construction of the physical assets of the state government, as well as personnel, facilities management and the technology infrastructure for state government. In 1998, Hoyt chaired the Commission on Higher Education Funding and developed a multi-year strategy to increase investment in higher education that has been adopted in great part by the governor and the legislature over the last four years. In March 2001, Governor Dean appointed Hoyt to the Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont (UVM) where she is a member of the Finance and Budget Committee. In May 2002, she will assume the chairmanship of the Investment Committee, which invests and manages UVM endowments. She will also become a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. Hoyt has received numerous awards including the 1998 Distinguished Service to State Government from the National Governors' Association and the Excellence in Public Policy Award from the National Council of Governors' Policy Advisors.

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D. Bruce Johnstone
University Professor of Higher and Comparative Education, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York and Former Chancellor, The State University of New York System

D. Bruce Johnstone is a university professor of higher and comparative education, director of the Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education and director of the International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY). He is former president (1979-88) of the State University College at Buffalo and former chancellor (1988-94) of the State University of New York system, which included 64 campuses, 400,000 students, and an annual budget of more than $5 billion. Johnstone teaches higher and comparative education, and is the author or editor of more than 70 books, monographs, articles, and chapters dealing with the economics and finance of higher education, student financial assistance and loans, and higher educational governance and management--and all of the above topics in their international comparative perspectives. Johnstone's three-year Ford Foundation-financed project is studying the shift of higher education costs from governments and taxpayers to parents and students, worldwide, and includes an official partnership with Ural State University. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Salzburg Seminar's Universities Project, and led a team last summer looking at Bashkir State University. Johnstone received his BA (1963) and MAT (1964) degrees from Harvard University and his PhD (1969) from the University of Minnesota.

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Helene Kamensky
Russia Program Coordinator, Universities Project, Salzburg Seminar

Helene Kamensky is Russia program coordinator for the Universities Project of the Salzburg Seminar. In addition to her work with the Universities Project, she is a lecturer in philosophy and Russian studies at the Universities of Salzburg and Vienna. Previously, Kamensky was a research fellow at the Institute of Scientific Theory, Salzburg International Research Center. From 1985 to 1989 she was dean of the faculty of foreign languages, Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Russian Federation. Earlier, she served that same institution as associate professor and senior lecturer in the department of philosophy. Kamensky holds a PhD in philosophy from the department of logic and epistemology at the Russian Academy of Sciences, which was authenticated by the University of Salzburg, Austria in 1993.

Donald R. Kelley
Director, Fulbright Institute of International Relations and Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas

Donald R. Kelley is the director of the Fulbright Institute of International Relations and professor of political science at the University of Arkansas. He has previously served as chairman of the department of political science and as a senior research fellow of the Fulbright Institute. A specialist in international relations and Russian politics, his most recent interests include the changing nature of the post-cold war world and the fate of the new democracies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He is the author or editor of a dozen books, the most recent including A Decade of Post-Communism: The Fate of Democracy in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, Politics in Russia and the Successor States, and The Sons of Sergei: Khrushchev and Gorbachev as Reformers.

Aleksei Konstantinovich Klyuev
Director, Institute of Management and Business, Ural State University

A.K. Klyuev graduated from the philosophy department of Ural State University (USU) with a specialty in sociology in 1984. From 1984 to 1985, he worked as the assistant in the sociology department at Ural State Pedagogical University, before moving on to graduate study in sociology at Ural State University from 1985 to 1988. From 1988-1991 he was a senior lecturer in the sociology department of USU; from 1991-1992 he worked as director of a USU academic consulting firm. In 1992 he worked as an adviser to the USU rector for economics and management, and from 1997 he has worked as the director of the Management and Business Institute at USU. In 2000, he also began serving as director of the Municipal Education Center for Management Training.

Evgeny Anatolievich Knyazev, Ph.D.
Vice Rector for International Relations, Kazan State University

A leading expert in the field of university management, Dr. Evgeny Knyazev is considered one of the outstanding educators in Russia today. His ability to articulate opportunities and challenges and engage diverse groups in a common dialogue have brought him attention and acclaim both within Russia and abroad. In his capacities as vice rector for international relations at Kazan State University and as an advisor to the Vice Minister of Education, he is helping to transform higher education in Russia utilizing a decentralized, creative approach that is responsive to regional needs and concerns. An advocate for higher education's pivotal role in facilitating social and economic reform, Dr. Knyazev is in the process of establishing the Center for Strategic University Management, which will be the first institute of its kind in Russia.

Andrei Vadimovich Kortunov
Executive Director, Education Development Programs, Soros Foundation- Russia

Andrei V. Kortunov currently serves as executive director of the Megaproject "Education Development in Russia" at the Open Society Institute's representative office in Russia. He is an expert for the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Russian State Duma. A regular columnist for Moscow News, Kortunov has written articles for the Washington Post, London Times, Newsweek, and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Mr Kortunov holds a degree in history from the Moscow State University of International Relations and pursued postgraduate studies at the Institute of the USA and Canada where he served until recently as deputy director and head of the Foreign Policy Department. Mr Kortunov has authored approximately 120 publications analyzing U.S.-Soviet relations, international security issues, and Soviet domestic and foreign policy. Mr Kortunov is a member of various boards and works extensively with the global academic community.

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Marcia Sloan Latta
Associate Vice President for Advancement and Director of Development, Bowling Green State University

Marcia Sloan Latta, a certified fund raising executive (CFRE), serves as the associate vice president for advancement and director of development at Bowling Green State University. She has held a variety of positions in the advancement field over the past 16 years encompassing virtually every area of advancement work including alumni affairs, marketing, development, and community relations. Following college graduation, she began her career as a congressional aide on Capitol Hill and then did volunteer work in Costa Rica before beginning to work in the field of advancement. In addition to her academic experience, Latta has worked in hospital philanthropy, political fundraising, and served as the founding president of the Bowling Green Community Foundation. She has also served as a volunteer fundraiser for numerous civic and church causes and is active in several professional associations including the northwest Ohio chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, where she served as president in 2001. She received her CFRE designation in 1995. Latta holds both her master's and undergraduate degrees in the field of mass communications. She has received numerous awards including three national Circle of Excellence Awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, several Crystal Awards from Women In Communications, and was recognized as one of Northwest Ohio's Top 20 Leaders Under the Age of 40 in 1999.

Michael F. Luck
Vice President for Philanthropy and Alumni Affairs, The Research Foundation of the State University of New York

Michael F. Luck is the vice president for philanthropy and alumni affairs at the Research Foundation of State University of New York (SUNY). The Research Foundation (RF) is a private, nonprofit educational corporation that administers externally funded contracts and grants for and on behalf of 30 SUNY campuses and the system administration. Luck is an educational anthropologist, cognitive theorist, and seasoned professional leader in the field of institutional advancement with more than 30 years' experience. His career spans healthcare and education and he has provided leadership for six successful capital campaigns totaling more than a half billion dollars. Prior to joining the RF, Luck served as vice chancellor for institutional advancement at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where he was responsible for the planning and implementation of alumni marketing strategies for the university as well as the first fundraising campaign in the institution's history. He has recently been senior vice president for development and public affairs at Wayne State University in Detroit, president of the Rutgers University Foundation, director of the development office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and special assistant to the president and executive vice president at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. In his professional leadership roles, he has also been president of the Lehigh Valley Trust Fund in Pennsylvania and president of the Providence Memorial Foundation in El Paso, Texas. Luck has given hundreds of lectures and presentations and published more than 32 articles in the field of development and anthropology. He continues to provide active leadership at the national, regional, and local level for a number of not-for-profit organizations as well as professional and civic groups. Luck received his doctorate degree in higher education administration from Southern Illinois University. He received his master's and bachelor's degrees from Southern Illinois University and Johnson State College, respectively.

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Aims C. McGuinness, Jr.
Senior Associate, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems

Aims C. McGuinness, Jr. is a senior associate at the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). At NCHEMS, he specializes in state governance and coordination of postsecondary education, strategic planning and restructuring higher education systems, roles and responsibilities of public institutional and multi-campus system governing boards, and international comparison of education reform. Prior to joining NCHEMS in 1993, he was director of higher education policy at the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Before joining ECS in 1975, he served as a congressional staff member and was executive assistant to the chancellor of the University of Maine system.
McGuinness has published a variety of articles focusing on state policy and governance in higher education. He is also extensively involved in international education reform initiatives. He was a consultant to the World Bank on restructuring education in the Russian Federation in 1998-99, and a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development teams for education policy reviews in the Russian Federation in 1997 and 1998. He is currently a member of the International Strategic Experts Group, sponsored by the Council of Europe and World Bank, that is advising the government of the Russian Federation on implementing education reform. McGuinness received his BA in political science from the University of Pennsylvania, his MBA from the George Washington University, and his PhD in social science from the Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

Kevin J. McKenna
Professor, University of Vermont

Kevin J. McKenna is professor of Russian language and literature at the University of Vermont (UVM). He also serves as the director of the UVM Area & International Studies Program. His areas of research include 18th-century Russian literature, especially Catherine the Great as belletriste, Russian paremiology, and political satire. His latest book (2001) is All the Views Fit to Print: Changing Images of the U.S. in 'Pravda' Political Cartoons, 1917-1991. A recipient of the University's highest honor for teaching, McKenna served as special advisor to the UVM President 1995-1998, when he handled faculty-administration relations as well as working with the UVM Board of Trustees. In 1996, he was invited to serve as an official outside observer for the Russian national elections.

Ronan Mac Aongusa
Human Resource Advisor and Second Secretary, European Commission in Russia

Ronan Mac Aongusa is the human resource advisor in the Delegation of the European Commission in Russia, and, as such, has been responsible for the management of all human resources, health, and social protection projects under the TACIS program for Russia since 1999. He previously worked as an advisor and manager of education and training programs for the Mashraq countries and Yemen under the MEDA program of the European Commission in Brussels Directorate General for External Relations.

Georgii Vladimirovich Maier
Rector, Tomsk State University

Georgii Maier graduated from Tomsk State University (TSU) in 1971 with a degree in physics. From 1971 to 1993, he worked as a research fellow, from 1993 to 1995 served as vice rector for research, and in 1995 was elected rector of the university. He is the author of four monographs and 200 academic publications on optics and spectroscopy and educational management. A professor and doctor of physics and mathematics, Maier is an active member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and the Mongolian Academy of Science. He also holds honorary doctorates from Semipalatinck University (Kazakhstan) and Khovd University (Mongolia). He is a member of the Science and Technology Council for the Russian Ministry of Education, chair of the leading council of the Ministry of Education for environmental protection, and a member of various academic and scientific councils. Maier is a recipient of the Keldish and Korolev Medals, awarded by the Federation of Russian Cosmonauts.

Josef A. Mestenhauser
Professor Emeritus, Department of Educational Policy and Administration, University of Minnesota

Josef A. Mestenhauser has devoted his career to international education as a teacher, researcher, administrator, counselor and consultant. He has published more than 100 books, monographs, articles and book chapters on educational exchanges, international studies, transfer of knowledge, cross-cultural relations, leadership development, cultural change, educational reform and professionalism. He is a three-time holder of senior Fulbright grants in the Philippines, Japan and Czechoslovakia. He has been President of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, International Society for Educational, Cultural and Scientific Interchanges (ISECSI) and the Fulbright Association of Minnesota, and has held offices in several professional associations. Presently Mestenhauser is professor emeritus of educational policy and administration in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, where he has taught courses in the comparative and international development education concentration. He holds a doctorate from the faculty of law at Charles University, and a PhD from the University of Minnesota in political science and international relations.

Adam K. Motherwell
Assistant Dean for Finance & Administration, University of Arkansas

Adam K. Motherwell is a certified public accountant (CPA) and the assistant dean for finance and administration in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was the university auditor at the University of Arkansas from 1992 to 2000, and was a legislative auditor for the state of Arkansas from 1989 to 1992. He manages a teaching and research budget of over $32 million, a University of Arkansas Foundation budget of over $47 million, and university endowments of $10 million. Motherwell serves on the board of trustees for the University of Arkansas Credit Union, a local credit union with assets of over $35 million, and the audit committee for the City of Fayetteville, a municipality with a population of 60,000 and assets over $50 million. He is a member of the American Institute of CPA's, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO).

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Norman J. Peterson
Director, Office of International Programs, Montana State University

Norman Peterson has been director of international programs at Montana State University since 1994. Before joining the university, he lived and worked in Washington, DC, for many years. He was director of the Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange, an advocacy group for nonprofit US international exchange organizations, for almost 15 years and also worked with the International Student Exchange Program. He is active in several US-based international higher education associations, and is currently serving as vice president for public affairs for NAFSA: The Association of International Educators.

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Steven F. Schomberg
Associate Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Steven F. Schomberg serves as associate chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He oversees community and governmental relations and the extension of programs and services to off-campus sites. He also oversees the online, distance, and continuing education programs. Schomberg currently serves on the board of directors of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges and was a member of the task force appointed by the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy which issued the report: "Extension System: Vision for the 21st Century." Schomberg received his PhD in education from the University of Minnesota (1978) with a minor in measurement and evaluation.

Elena Nikolaevna Soboleva
Executive director, National Training Foundation

Elena Soboleva graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with a Ph.D in economics. Beginning in 1986 she worked as a lecturer and deputy director of the Department of Economic Theory in the university. In 1992 she began work as program director and then deputy director of the international fund, the Culture Initiative (Soros Foundation in Russia). In 1994 she became the vice rector of the Moscow Higher School for Social Science and Economics. Since 2000 she has worked as the head of the National Training Foundation, which implements education projects of the World Bank. Soboleva is a member of the board of the Education Development in Russia Megaproject of the Open Society Institute. She is the author of several scientific publications in economy theory and educational management.

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Vladimir Tikhonovich Titov
Vice Rector, Administrative Director, Voronezh CASE and Vice Rector, Voronezh State University

Vladimir Tikhonovich Titov is the deputy rector at Voronezh State Univeristy (VSU). He is an assistant professor, with a Ph.D. in language and literature. He graduated from the German and Romance Languages Department at VSU in 1974. Since 1974 he has worked in VSU as a lecturer, assistant professor in the Romance Languages Department, and as dean of the German and Romance Languages Department. The theme of his scientific research is general linguistics. He is the author of more then 49 publications. Since 2001 he has been working as the administrative director of the Voronezh Interregional Institute for Social Sciences.

Vladimir Evgenievich Tretyakov
Rector, Ural State University

In 1959 V.E. Tretyakov graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Department (mechanical division) of Ural State University, and in 1962 finished his Ph.D. at the same university. Since 1963 he has worked in the departments of theoretical theoretical mechanics and applied mathematics. In 1986 he founded the Department of Information Science and Management Processes, and continues to serve as the head of the department. He defended the thesis on "Stochastic, Deterministic, and Differential Games" in 1966. From 1968 to 1971 he was deputy dean of the Mathematics and Mechanics Department, and from 1972 to 1976 he was dean of the same department. From 1988 to 1993 he worked as vice rector for research at USU, and was elected rector in 1993.

Melvin C. Tyler
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, University of Missouri at Kansas City

Melvin C. Tyler is assistant vice chancellor for student affairs (enrollment management) and past director of admissions for the University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC). He is responsible for achieving and evaluating the strategic enrollment management plan for the University, which includes full oversight of enrollment services for undergraduate recruitment, retention, admissions, registration and records, financial aid, scholarships, and international student recruitment. He provides high level direct support and expert advice to eleven academic deans, four vice chancellors, and the chancellor of the university concerning the university-wide impact of enrollment management and is accountable for enrollment goals and objectives. Tyler has served as president of the Missouri Association for College Admission Counseling and chairperson of the Missouri ACT Executive Committee and has coordinated the collaborative development of the GEAR UP grant with UMKC and the Kansas City School District.

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Igor Nikolaevich Zornikov
Director, Regional Center for International Academic and Business Cooperation, Voronezh State University and Vice President, Russian Council on Academic Mobility

Igor Nikolaevich Zornikov is the director of the Regional Center for International Academic and Business Cooperation at Voronezh State University (VSU). He received his PhD in history from Voronezh State University in 1968 and is an assistant professor. Since 1970 he has worked at VSU as a lecturer, assistant professor, and from 1982 to 1998 was vice rector for international relations. Since 1998 he has served as director of the Regional Center for International Academic and Business Cooperation. His scientific interests are in the processes of high education integration and management of university's international activity. He is the author of more than 70 publications. He is vice president of the Russian Council on Academic Mobility and a member of the central board of the Russian Association on UN Assistance.