AMIS Board

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Doug Elliott, President

Amy Speas, Vice President

Rob Taylor, Treasurer, Northside Kiwanis

Patricia Hibbard, Secretary, Mt. Vernon Pres. Church

Heidy Brusitus, Atlanta Kiwanis Club

Mitch Costley, North Avenue Presbyterian Church

John Hibbard, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church

Petar Ivusic, International Student at GSU 

Kirk Keene,  Galleria/NW Kiwanis

Andra Martin, Ebenezer Baptist Church

Nikki Regis, Ebenezer Baptist Church

Karen Reynolds, North Avenue Presbyterian

Emily Texter, Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church

Mesha Marie Ward

Rev. Irene Wong, AMIS Executive Director

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Board of Directors

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

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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

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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's Board of Directors and Academic Advisory Board, view our most recent Annual Report.

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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.

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