AMIS Board of Directors
Amy Speas, President
Karen Reynolds, Vice-President
Patricia Hibbard, Secretary
Robert Taylor IV, Treasurer, Northside Kiwanis
Mitch Costley, North Avenue Presbyterian
John Hibbard, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian
Wendy Kohn
Kirk Keene, Galleria/NW Kiwanis
Petar Ivusic, International Student at GSU
Andra Martin, Ebenezer Baptist Church
Nikki Regis, Ebenezer Baptist Church
Mesha Marie Ward
Rev. Irene Wong, AMIS Executive Director
Academic Advisory Board
Marisa Atencio, Ed.D. (Chair)
Assistant Dean and Director of Global Education
Oglethorpe University
Veronique Barnes
Associate Director, ISSS
Georgia State University
Christian Gallie
Intensive English Program,
Georgia State University
Kathryn Gaylord-Miles
Director, ISSS
Kennesaw State University
Peter W.M. Karanja
Vice President of Operations
Beulah Heights University
Kate Kirk
Assistant Director, ISSS
Georgia Tech
Khalfani Lawson
Office of Student Affairs & Community Life
Columbia Theological Seminary
Sandra McQueen
Past-President
GA Association of Fulbright Scholars
Adria Motiwalla
Student Support Coordinator, Language Institute
Georgia Tech
Jody Pritt
Director, ISSS
Georgia State University
Wafia Sayf
International Student and Study Aboard Advisor
Agnes Scott College
Kirsten Schaetzel, Ph.D.
English Language Specialist
Emory University School of Law
For more information about AMIS Atlanta's Board of Directors and Academic Advisory Board, view our most recent Annual Report.
Over 200 volunteers and donors of diverse faith backgrounds make our ministry a welcomed gift to international students and scholars. Our volunteers are blessed in return by the richness of international friendship.