AFS is a leader in intercultural learning and offers international exchange programs in over 50 countries around the world through independent, not-for-profit AFS organizations, each with a network of volunteers, a professionally staffed office, and headed up by a volunteer board. AFS International provides worldwide leadership, coordination, support, quality control and development of AFS organizations and programs.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
| Floria Arias |
Turrialba, Costa Rica
Co-founder of Bufete Chaves & Arias |
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| J. Brian Atwood (Chair) |
Minnesota, USA
Dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota |
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| Francisco (“Tachi”) Cazal (ex-officio) |
New York, USA
President,AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc. |
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| Hassan El Kalla |
Cairo, Egypt
Chairperson, Futures Foundation |
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| Ms. Maureen Erasmus |
New York, USA
ex-Global Head of GMI Corporate Strategy, Merrill Lynch |
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| Prof. Carlo Fusaro |
Firenze, Italy
Professor & Director of Department of Public Law, University of Florence |
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| Francisco dela Fuente Guerra III |
Makati City, Philippines
Vice-President, Developing Markets – ASEAN & Korea, S.C. Johnson |
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| Christian A. Kurtén |
Helsingfors, Finland
Nokia Networks (retired) |
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| William (“Bill”) Meserve |
Massachusetts, USA
Senior Counsel, Ropes and Gray |
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| Don (“Mohan”) Mohanlal |
London, United Kingdom and New Delhi, India
President and CEO of the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation in India and United Kingdom |
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| Ginny Radford |
Auckland, New Zealand
Managing Director, Cobalt Communications Ltd. |
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| Ernesto Rey |
Bogota, Colombia
President, Links S.A. |
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| Mietta Denti Rodeschini |
Bergamo, Italy
Corporate Attorney, Rodeschini Group |
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| Kerry Sin |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lawyer, RAJA ARIFF & SIN |
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| Keith Stock |
New York, USA
President, MasterCard Advisors |
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| Yuzo Takada |
Osaka, Japan
General Manager, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Fukuoka Office FUAAA Dept.) |
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| Ronaldo Veirano |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Founding Partner of Veirano & Advogados Associados |
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| Dr. Ulrich Weiss |
Frankfurt, Germany
Member of the Board of Managing Directors of Deutsche Bank (retired) |
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| R. Müge Yüzüak |
New York, USA
Chief of Staff,Citigroup Global Consumer Group |
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| LIFE TRUSTEES | ||
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| Ward Chamberlin, Jr.# |
New York, USA
Vice President and Managing Director, Channel Thirteen/WNET, New York
(retired); President, Chamberlin Associates |
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| Norman C. Eddy# |
New York, USA
Clergy, United Church of Christ and Coordinator, East Harlem Interfaith
(retired) |
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| Arthur Howe Jr.# |
Connecticut, USA
AFS International President (1965-1971) |
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| Dr. Richard M. Hunt# |
Massachusetts, USA
The University Marshal, Harvard University (retired) |
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| Sachiye Kuwamoto |
California, USA
Regional Director, Japanese-American Citizens League, California |
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| Edwin R. Masback, Jr.# |
New York, USA
President, Masback Hardware Company (retired) |
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| # World War II AFS ambulance driver. | ||
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| EXECUTIVE TEAM | ||
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| Francisco (“Tachi”) Cazal | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
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| Dominik Scherrer | Chief Information and Consulting Officer | |
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| Christine Vogel | Chief Development and Branding Officer | |
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| Dr. Urs-Rainer von Arx | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
