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Lily Sokolowski is the API Peer Mentor at Texas Woman’s University. She studied with API in Florence, Italy. “I saw David yesterday. He’s hot.” Granted the only David I knew was the forty year old café owner on my street, I was a little confused as to what exactly my friend was talking about. “Whaat?” [...]
API STAFF DIRECTORY
Board of Directors
Jennifer Allen – President/Director
Brittany Norman – Executive Vice President
Julie Leitman – Northeast Regional Director
Sharon Foerster, Ph.D. – Academic Advisor
Student Services Staff
Courtney Greene – Vice President of Student Services and Policy
Carolyn Lutes – Director of Student Services
PROGRAM MANAGERS
Brittany Boehr (Costa Rica – San Joaquín de Flores, San José; Spain – Madrid, Seville)
Paige Clark (England – Leeds, London; Spain – Cádiz, Granada, Salamanca)
Holly Howson (Spain – Barcelona, Bilbao, Girona; Italy – Rome (JCU))
Vija G. Mendelson, Ph.D. (Argentina – Buenos Aires; Chile – Valparaíso, Viña del Mar; France – Caen, Grenoble, Paris; Mexico – Querétaro; Qatar – Doha; UAE – Sharjah)
Kim Norton (Hungary – Budapest; Italy – 3 Cities, Florence, Rome (LdM), Taormina, Tuscania, Venice; Poland – Krakow)
Erin Pawelek (Ireland – Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick; Italy – Florence, Rome (JCU); Scotland – Edinburgh, Stirling)
STUDENT SERVICES ASSISTANT
Mallory Harndent – Student Services Assistant
Administrative and Support Staff
Lisa Braun - Administrative Coordinator
Debbie Rennie – Administrative Assistant
Financial Services Staff
Jill Denton – Chief Financial Officer
Aimee Degroff – Financial Services Associate – Overseas Accounting
Cyndi Nevin – Financial Services Associate
Chris Ciani - Financial Services Assistant
High School and Customized Programs
Courtney Harnden Link – Vice President of High School and Customized Programs
Roni Sivan – Coordinator of Customized Programs
Patrick Durigan – Program Advisor
University Relations Staff
Christie Johnson – Vice President for University Relations
Jeff Clifton – Southeast Regional Director
Martha Flinter – University Relations Coordinator
Chelsea Kindred – Central Regional Director
Julie Leitman – Senior Northeast Regional Director
Cathy Rao – University Relations Coordinator
Joan D. Solaún, Ph.D. – Institutional Development and Relations Coordinator
Ilene Tillman – Northeast Regional Director
Julie Van Vechten-Smith - Western Regional Director
Karen Williams – Transcript and Visa Processing Coordinator
Development and Communications Staff
Jeramy Johnson – Vice President of Development
Michael Bova – Technology and Communications Coordinator
Mark Ciani - Marketing Assistant
Kim Karalekas - New Media and Research Coordinator
Marc Smith – Creative Director
On-Site Staff
API employs more than 50 individuals in our fourteen host countries. Depending on the size of each respective host city, some sites have several resident directors with specific responsibilities, such as oversight of housing placements or cultural activities, whereas other sites have one director who manages all program components.
Parents and advisors are asked to work directly with the API Texas office rather than our on-site staff. This allows the Resident Directors to concentrate more fully on the needs of the student participants and ensures accurate communication of API policies and procedures.