AFS International provides worldwide leadership, coordination, support, quality control and development of the more than 50 AFS Partners across the globe. The AFS International Board of Trustees, a diverse group representing over a dozen countries, works in conjunction with our Partners and volunteers worldwide to realize our goal of providing the world’s youth with secure avenues of intercultural exchange.

AFS International Board of Trustees Members

Floria Arias
Turrialba, Costa Rica
Co-founder of Bufete Chaves & Arias

Vandré Luis Meneses Brilhante
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Executive President and founding member of CIEDS

Prof. Carlo Fusaro
Florence, Italy
Professor & Director of Department of Public Law
at University of Florence

Dr. Ricardo Garay
Asuncion, Paraguay
Dean of Graduate Studies and
International Relations,
National University of Asuncion

Elisabeth Hardt
Brussels, Belgium and Florence, Italy
Freelance for EFIL and University of Florence

Christian A. Kurtén (Chair)
Helsinki, Finland
Nokia Networks (retired)

Don Mohanlal
London, UK and New Delhi, India
President and CEO,
Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation in
India and United Kingdom

Ginny Radford (Vice Chair)
Auckland, New Zealand
Managing Director, Cobalt Communications Ltd.

Tsugiko Scullion
Connecticut, USA
Organizational Development Consultant

Kerry Sin
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Managing Partner, RAJA ARIFF & SIN

Dr. Vincenzo Morlini (ex officio)
New York, USA
President and Chief Executive Officer,
AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc.

Hanaa Singer
Kathmandu, Nepal

Madeleine Ströje Wilkens
Hammarö, Sweden
Ambassador of Sweden to
Iceland, Argentina and Chile (retired)

Christian Werle
Hong Kong, S.A.R.
Managing Director of Eurogroup Far East

R. Müge Yüzüak
Mumbai, India
Head of Cards Business, Citibank India

Life Trustees

Ward Chamberlin, Jr.
New York, USA
Vice President and Managing Director,
Channel Thirteen/WNET, New York (retired);
President, Chamberlin Associates

World War II AFS ambulance driver

Norman C. Eddy
New York, USA
Clergy, United Church of
Christ and Coordinator,
East Harlem Interfaith (retired)

World War II AFS ambulance driver