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PROGRAM Underwriters Angelson Family Foundation DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Caroline Casagrande Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs U.S. Department of State Co-Chairs Calvin G. Butler, Jr. IIE GLOBAL CHANGEMAKER Colleen Goggins Amal Alachkar Alumna of the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Peter M. Gottsegen and the U.S. Department of State’s Jack M. Greenberg Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

Henry G. Jarecki IIE HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Thomas S. Johnson Stavros Niarchos Foundation Accepted by Henry Kaufman Andreas Dracopoulos Laya Khadjavi Co-President of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Cathy-Ann Martine DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER Laurence C. Morse Dr. Jill Biden Second Lady of the United States, 2009–2017 Hartley R. Rogers Honorary Co-Chair, Biden Foundation Thomas A. Russo John Sexton FEATURING DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER Caroline Casagrande Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs PROMOTING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and The exchange programs Cultural Affairs (ECA) IIE is privileged to administer key of the U.S. Department programs on behalf of the U.S. Secretary Marie Royce, providing Department of State’s Bureau of senior-level advice on the of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs formulation of public diplomacy Educational and Cultural (ECA), including the Fulbright, programming to support the Gilman, and Humphrey programs. National Security Strategy. She Affairs have over 1 million The mission of the Bureau of has led new initiatives on a broad Educational and Cultural Affairs is range of educational and cultural alumni around the world, to increase mutual understanding exchange programming to including more than between the people of the United support global women’s economic States and the people of other empowerment, religious freedom, 84 Nobel Laureates countries by means of educational and countering state-sponsored and nearly 583 current and and cultural exchange that assist disinformation. former heads of state in the development of peaceful relations. A life-long public servant, and government. Casagrande served in the From artists, educators, and athletes New Jersey General Assembly to students and youth in the U.S representing the 11th and 12th in public service. She has been an – and from almost every other Legislative Districts from 2008 to honorary fellow of Rutgers University’s country and territory throughout 2016, rising to Deputy Republican Eagleton Institute of Politics since 2015. the world – ECA engages rising Leader. She is the youngest Casagrande is an exchange alumna, leaders through academic, cultural, woman assembly member ever having participated both as an American sports, and professional exchanges. elected in New Jersey, and a Council of Young Political Leaders Striving to reflect the diversity of the U.S. and global society, ECA Caroline Casagrande is the Deputy member of the first all-female (ACYPL) delegate to Nepal in 2010 and programs, funding, and other Assistant Secretary for Academic delegation to represent a New Jersey as an ACYPL fellowship recipient at the activities encourage the involvement Programs in the U.S. Department of Legislative District. Prior to serving in East-West Center in 2015 from where she State’s Bureau of Educational and the New Jersey Assembly, she was a traveled to India as part of a delegation of of American and international Cultural Affairs (ECA). The programs partner in the law firm of Menna, Supko & young parliamentarians. participants from traditionally supported by her office include: Fulbright Casagrande in Shrewsbury, NJ. She has underrepresented groups, including Scholarships, Humphrey Fellowships, served as township attorney and special A New Jersey native, Casagrande holds a women, racial and ethnic minorities, Gilman Scholarships, undergraduate counsel for municipalities throughout J.D. from Rutgers School of Law – Camden and people with disabilities. exchanges, teacher exchanges, the New Jersey. and a B.S. in political science from ECA exchange program alumni promotion of U.S. higher education Pennsylvania State University. While in encompass over 1 million people overseas and study abroad for Americans, Casagrande served as Director of the college, Casagrande interned in the new around the world, including more and English and foreign language study Young Women’s Leadership Institute democratic government of South Africa. than 84 Nobel Laureates and nearly programs. Previously, Casagrande served from 2010-2016, which she developed to She is now a resident of Virginia with her 583 current and former heads of as the Special Advisor to ECA Assistant expose high school seniors to careers husband and three children. state and government.

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By 2011, Dr. Alachkar had flourishing, and she is sharing her Higher education in particular often established the first neuroscience knowledge and drive for innovation is considered a luxury. One result is research lab in Syria. A rising with a new generation of scientists. that only 1% of the world’s 60 million academic star, she received a Today, Amal is a leading voice refugees have access to higher prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey for scholars in exile, joining IIE’s education, compared to the global Fellowship, sponsored by the U.S. worldwide effort to ensure that the average of 34%. Another is that some Department of State’s Bureau of brightest academic minds don’t of the best and brightest scholars in Educational and Cultural Affairs become a casualty of war. their fields are in jeopardy. Without (ECA). She completed her Humphrey our support, the world’s youth and its Fellowship at Pennsylvania State intellectual capital are at risk. University. IIE GLOBAL CHANGEMAKER AWARD Through IIE programs like the Scholar When the peaceful uprising began The IIE Global Changemaker Rescue Fund, the Artist Protection in Syria during the Arab Spring, Dr. Awards recognize participants Fund, and the Platform for Education Amal Alachkar Alachkar was among the academics from IIE-managed programs who in Emergencies Response, IIE helps who supported the student students, scholars, and artists in crises. IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Scholar exhibit a commitment to positively movement demanding dignity, transform society and have made We provide them with desperately and Hubert H. Humphrey freedom of speech, and justice for extraordinary achievements to needed financial resources, and we Program Fellow all Syrians. But speaking out put solve some of the world’s most connect them with colleges and her research and her life in danger. pressing issues. universities where they can find refuge. Dr. Amal Alachkar is a Syrian Support from the IIE Scholar Rescue These opportunities create a pathway neuroscientist and pharmacologist Fund (IIE-SRF) enabled Dr. Alachkar for them to continue their education; whose research focuses on to join UC Irvine as a professor Protecting Education contribute to their fields and to their neurological and psychiatric from 2012-2014. After her IIE-SRF in Emergencies new host communities; and, when it disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, fellowship ended, she was able to is possible, to help rebuild their home depression, schizophrenia and autism remain at UC Irvine, where she was The need for higher education is communities. to understand their neurobiological recently offered a tenured full-time acute in places of conflict, where causes and find effective therapies. academic position. it is crucial in rebuilding societies What You Can Do and forms the groundwork for More students, scholars, and artists Dr. Alachkar graduated from Dr. Alachkar has published over 45 lasting stability and peace. And yet, are reaching out to IIE for assistance. the Aleppo University School of articles in international journals. She education is the orphan of every As the demand grows, so does our Pharmacy in 1996. In 2000, she used her extraordinary teaching war. During conflicts, universities are commitment to helping as many of was awarded a scholarship to the abilities to help establish UC Irvine’s often specifically targeted; scholars them as possible. University of Manchester, UK, where first online master’s program in are persecuted, interrogated, she received a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology. She conducts disappeared. With your help, we can protect lives, neuroscience. Upon her return to groundbreaking research on the develop future leaders, and preserve Syria in 2004, she joined the Aleppo brain circuits that underlie mental Today, when conflicts and crises bright, promising minds that have the University School of Pharmacy, disorders. In particular, she has around the world have created the potential to solve global problems. where she was later promoted to designed a model that uncovers largest numbers of displaced persons Associate Professor and served as the roots of schizophrenia, which and refugees since WWII, education To make your gift today, please Associate Dean for administrative will help find novel treatments. is among the most poorly funded contact Joyce Hendricks at and students’ affairs. Her work, once in jeopardy, is sectors in humanitarian aid. (646) 572-8741.

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Greek youth, strengthening public discourse, and celebrating Greek culture. The Foundation’s largest Stavros Niarchos With a recent landmark grant, single gift is the Stavros Niarchos the SNF established the Stavros Foundation Cultural Center Foundation Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute (SNFCC), in Athens. The SNFCC is IIE Humanitarian Award for at Johns Hopkins University. This a sustainable, world-class cultural, International Cooperation multidisciplinary center will debate, educational and recreational urban explore and promote civil discourse complex that includes new facilities The Stavros Niarchos Foundation and civic engagement worldwide. A for the National Library of Greece (SNF) is one of the world’s leading grant to Rockefeller University will and the Greek National Opera, private, international philanthropic create a new and expanded campus, located within the Stavros Niarchos organizations, making grants in the the Stavros Niarchos Foundation- Park. It is the first public-private areas of arts and culture, education, David Rockefeller River Campus, partnership of its kind in Greece. The health and sports, and social welfare. which will open in the spring of 2019. Foundation delivered the SNFCC Since 1996, the Foundation has In keeping with the Foundation’s to its true owners, Greek Society, in committed more than $2.6 billion, long-standing and extensive February 2017. through more than 4,000 grants to commitment to libraries, the SNF Greek Diaspora nonprofit organizations in 124 nations has made a transformational gift to around the world. renovate the Mid-Manhattan Library Fellowship Program branch of the New York Public Library IIE HUMANITARIAN The SNF funds organizations and and create an endowment to support AWARD FOR IIE is grateful to the SNF for its projects, worldwide, that aim to its public programs. INTERNATIONAL support of the Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program (GDFP). Through achieve a broad, lasting and positive COOPERATION impact for society at large, and Through its grantmaking within this scholar exchange program, exhibit strong leadership and sound Greece, the Foundation is The IIE Humanitarian Award academics in the U.S. and Canada, management. The Foundation also contributing to the country’s for International Cooperation who were born in Greece or are of Greek descent, collaborate with supports projects that facilitate socioeconomic recovery, supporting recognizes organizations which universities throughout Greece to the formation of public-private the health sector and efforts promote global understanding partnerships as an effective means to increase employment and develop curricula, conduct research, and demonstrate a commit- for serving public welfare. educational opportunities for and teach and mentor students ment to causes that advance in priority areas identified by the the vision that launched IIE: Greek host universities. Areas for a peaceful, equitable world collaboration have ranged from public The SNF funds organizations and projects, worldwide, health to genomics to urban food enriched by the international security. The program is designed to that aim to achieve a broad, lasting and positive impact exchange of ideas and greater help avert Greece’s brain drain and for society at large, and exhibit strong leadership understanding between people develop long-term, mutually-beneficial and sound management. and cultures. collaborations between universities in Greece and the U.S. and Canada.

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Johns Hopkins University (JHU) contributions towards promoting in Baltimore, and the Center for and supporting Greek education, Strategic and International Studies and he received the Person of PAST HONOREES the Year award from the Hellenic (CSIS) in Washington. In addition, Throughout our 99-year history, American Chamber of Commerce. he serves on the Advisory Board of IIE has been privileged to work In 2012, the NYPL honored him for the Berman Institute of Bioethics at with distinguished world leaders in his personal contributions to the JHU and is an Honorary Trustee of government, education, diplomacy, Library’s educational programs. the New York Public Library (NYPL), business, and philanthropy. Past where he served as a Trustee from honorees include: 2003 to 2010. From 2009 to 2018 he served as a member of the Andreas Dracopoulos U.S. President George H.W. Bush Board of Directors of the Peterson Institute for International Economics has provided President of Valery Giscard d’Estaing in Washington, and from 2012 to longstanding personal 2018 he served on the Board of the President of Ireland Mary Robinson Dalton School in New York. support to many U.S. Secretaries of State Madeline Andreas projects, mainly in Albright and James A. Baker, III Dracopoulos In 2018, H.E. the President of the United Nations Secretary General Hellenic Republic awarded Mr. the areas of Education, Kofi Annan Co-President of the Dracopoulos the rank of the Grand Arts & Culture, Her Majesty Queen Noor Al Hussein Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cross of the Order of Honor. In 2016, of Jordan the Republic of France awarded Mr. and Medicine. Andreas Dracopoulos is Co- Dracopoulos the rank of the Officer U.S. Senators Bill Bradley, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John Kerry, President of the Stavros Niarchos of the Legion of Honor. In 2012, the Patrick Leahy, Mitch McConnell, Foundation (SNF). The Foundation Hellenic Republic awarded him the Andreas Dracopoulos has provided Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Charles was established in 1996 at the longstanding personal support to rank of the Grand Commander of E. Schumer, and Ted Stevens passing of his great uncle, the the Order of the Phoenix. many projects, mainly in the areas late Stavros Niarchos, and since of Education, Arts & Culture, and U.S. Representatives Benjamin A. Gilman, Jim Kolbe, Tom Lantos, inception has made more than 4,000 In 2017, Mr. Dracopoulos received Medicine. Among these activities, Nita Lowey, and Ralph Regula grants to nonprofit organizations humanitarian awards from the he provided the founding grant around the world. Mr. Dracopoulos New York Stem Cell Foundation to establish the Dracopoulos Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York was born and raised in Athens, (NYSCF) and the Fire Department iDeas Lab at CSIS and endowed Greece, and graduated from Athens of the City of New York Foundation the directorship at the Berman Henry M. Paulson, Jr. and College. He received a Bachelor of (FDNY Foundation). The Child Institute of Bioethics at JHU. He Goldman Sachs Science degree in Economics from Mind Institute honored him in 2015 continues to support through William R. Rhodes, Vice Chairman the Wharton School of Business at for his longstanding commitment his personal grant making the of Citigroup the University of Pennsylvania. He and support of children’s mental important work of several nonprofit Scott Powell and Santander US lives in . health issues. In the same year, Mr. organizations. Dracopoulos was honored during Mr. Dracopoulos is a Trustee of The the 100th Anniversary celebration Rockefeller University in New York, of The National Herald for his

10 • INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION • GALA THE METROPOLITAN CLUB • MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2018 • 11 FEATURING DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER Dr. Jill Biden Second Lady of the United States, 2009–2017 Honorary Co-Chair, Biden Foundation she earned her Doctorate in pride for their work, and carrying the Education from the University fear that comes with this sacrifice. In Dr. Biden has always said of Delaware in January of her role as Second Lady, she brought that community colleges 2007. Her dissertation focused significant attention to the struggles on maximizing student of military families, in part through are “one of America’s best- retention in community her and former First Lady Michelle kept secrets.” As a teacher, colleges. Obama’s Joining Forces initiative to support military families worldwide. she sees how community As Second Lady, she worked Dr. Biden also released a children’s colleges have changed to underscore the critical book in 2012 — Don’t Forget, God role of community colleges Bless Our Troops — about how her the lives of so many of her in creating the best, most family dealt with her son Beau’s students for the better. educated workforce in the deployment to . world. She hosted the first- ever White House Summit Dr. Biden has also been a prominent on Community Colleges voice on the rights and welfare the Biden Cancer Initiative to inject with President Obama and of women and girls, especially as a sense of urgency into cancer led the Community College related to education. During her research and care and to deliver to Career Tour across the White House tenure, she traveled to better outcomes for patients. country to highlight industry nearly 40 countries, visiting almost partnerships between every region of the world. Following their time in the community colleges and Administration, Dr. Biden and Vice employers. Today, she In 1993, after four of her friends President Biden launched the Biden continues to teach at a were diagnosed with breast cancer, Foundation, continuing their work to Dr. Jill Biden is a lifelong educator community college in Northern Dr. Biden started the Biden Breast strengthen the middle class, protect and served as Second Lady of the Virginia — a position she held Health Initiative in Delaware, which women and children against violence, United States from 2009–2017. throughout her time in the White has educated more than 10,000 high advocate for community colleges, House — and is the honorary chair school girls about the importance and support military families. As Dr. Biden often says, being a of the College Promise National of early detection of breast cancer. teacher isn’t just what she does — Advisory Board, leading the effort And after Dr. Biden and former it’s who she is. She spent over three to make community colleges free for Vice President Joe Biden lost their decades teaching in community responsible students. son Beau to brain cancer in 2015, colleges, high schools, and a they helped push for a national psychiatric hospital for adolescents. As a military mom, Dr. Biden commitment to ending cancer as She has two master’s degrees — understands the experiences of we know it. Today, they continue the both of which she earned while military families: supporting their mission that started as the White working and raising a family — and service members, feeling incredible House Cancer Moonshot through

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Providing Access to Opportunity

IIE initiatives that provide access who study abroad have better grades to education for underserved and graduate from college at higher populations promote individual rates, which has a positive impact on growth and opportunity. They also wages and job prospects. Because go beyond that, helping to advance students of color and economically Enter for a chance to #GoStudyAbroad equality and human rights, spur disadvantaged students are far less economic development, and increase likely to study abroad, it becomes a national security – in the process, critical question of education equity. creating pathways to greater stability and sustainable peace. What You Can Do You can help IIE provide life- The Educating Women and Girls changing opportunities for In many regions of the world, girls students. Your gift to IIE enables are still less likely than boys to start us to offer programs like Higher Impact secondary school. Even fewer go on Education Readiness (HER), Women to pursue higher education, and they Enhancing Technology (WeTech), and are more likely than boys to drop Generation Study Abroad. out. Yet educating girls is one of the most cost-effective ways of spurring To learn more, please contact of Giving development. It correlates positively Joyce Hendricks at (646) 572-8741. with increased economic productivity, more robust labor markets, higher The generosity of donors like you has been crucial earnings, and improved family and in the development of many key IIE initiatives that societal health and well-being. benefit students, scholars, artists, and professionals. Study Abroad As the global community faces many pressing The globalized world requires students to engage with other challenges, at IIE we work hard to identify solutions cultures to gain vital skills and and provide life-changing opportunities that exposure as part of their education. connect, engage, and inspire tens of thousands of Students who participate in study abroad gain self-confidence and people in countries around the world. adaptability. They are better problem solvers and display more creativity. With less than 10% of American We do this work with your help. Thank you! students going abroad, as a nation we risk falling behind in global affairs and competitiveness. Moreover, those [email protected] iie.org/give

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Mark A. Angelson Calvin G. Butler Jr. Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees Member, Board of Trustees, IIE Institute of International Education Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore Gas and Chairman, IIE Scholar Rescue Fund and Electric Company Selection Committee Calvin G. Butler Jr. is the chief executive officer Mark Angelson is Vice Chairman of the of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), Institute of International Education (IIE), the nation’s first gas utility. He is a member of the nonprofit world leader in international BGE’s Board of Directors and the executive education and training, which administers the committee of BGE’s parent company, Exelon. Fulbright Scholarships and hundreds of other programs from offices around Prior to becoming CEO in March 2014, Butler was BGE’s senior vice the globe. He is Chairman of IIE’s 2019 Centennial Committee and Chairman president, regulatory and external affairs. Butler also served as Exelon’s of IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund and its scholar selection committee, and is co- senior vice president of corporate affairs and held other leadership positions author of several articles about the efficacy of saving professors and entire at Exelon and BGE’s sister utility, ComEd (Chicago). national academies from persecution the world over. Butler serves as vice-chair of the Gridwise Alliance, an advocacy Mark is Vice Chairman of the Joseph Biden Foundation. He is a trustee of organization promoting modernization and innovation for the nation’s Northwestern University, Adjunct Professor of Mergers and Acquisitions at electrical grid, as an Independent Trustee of the PNC Funds Board, and on Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, and Vice Chairman of the the Board of Directors for RLI Corp serving as a member of its audit and Board of Governors of Rutgers University. Mark is a member of the board of nominations/governance committees. directors of Quad/Graphics, Inc., a NYSE-listed multinational corporation that is the Americas’ largest provider of printing and multichannel media Butler serves on the boards of several prominent Baltimore-based strategies, of the Council on Foreign Relations and its membership organizations including the Baltimore Community Foundation; University committee, and of the Economic Club of New York. of Maryland Medical Center; Greater Baltimore Committee; Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation; the Center Club; and Caves Valley Golf Club. He also serves Mark served as Chairman/CEO of several large public companies, including on the board of his alma mater, Bradley University, where he is currently as CEO of RR Donnelley, and in so doing was a leader of the transformation Chairman of the Board of Trustees. In addition, Butler serves on the board and consolidation of the printing and coated paper industries. He served as of the Institute of International Education and on the Library of Congress’ the Deputy Mayor of Chicago and as Chairman of MidOcean Partners, an James Madison Council. international investment firm. Previously he had a lengthy and distinguished career as an international lawyer in each of Singapore, New York and He has been recognized by several organizations for his leadership and London. community commitment. In 2017, he was named among Black Enterprise Magazine’s “300 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America,” and Mark’s many honors include membership in Phi Beta Kappa, the Pilgrims “Industrialist of the Year” by the Baltimore Museum of Industry. The Daily (New York and London), the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Record named Butler one of Maryland’s “Most Admired CEOs” and one of Manufactures & Commerce, and the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni, its top 35 Influential Marylanders, while Baltimore Magazine named him as as well as his appointment as Richard D Heffner Public Service Professor at one of its “Top Ten Baltimoreans.” Rutgers. He received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the John Marshall Law School, the Harold H Hines Award from the United Negro College Fund Butler earned a bachelor’s degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., and and the inaugural Alumni Service Award from Rutgers Law School. a Juris Doctor degree from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Mo. He received an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from Morgan State University in 2014.

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Allan E. Goodman University. Upon returning to the U.S., Mr. Johnson served as a special President and Chief Executive Officer, IIE assistant to the Comptroller of the U.S. Department of Defense in the Pentagon. Mr. Johnson had a 40-year career in the banking industry, Dr. Allan E. Goodman is the sixth President serving as President of Chemical Bank, President of Manufacturers of IIE, the leading not-for-profit organization Hanover Trust Co., and as Chairman and CEO of GreenPoint Financial in the field of international educational Corporation until his retirement in 2004. exchange and development training. IIE conducts research on international academic In 1989, he joined the Board of Trustees of IIE and was elected mobility and administers the Fulbright Chairman of its Board in 2003. Mr. Johnson also serves on the Boards program sponsored by the United States of the Inner City Scholarship Fund, the Norton Museum of Art, the Department of State, as well as over 200 other corporate, government Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, and the National 9/11 and privately sponsored programs. Previously, he was Executive Dean of Memorial and Museum Foundation, and is a member of the Council the School of Foreign Service and Professor at Georgetown University. on Foreign Relations. He is Trustee Emeritus and former Chairman of He is the author of books on international affairs published by Harvard, Trinity College, former Trustee and Chairman of the Union Theological Princeton and Yale University Presses. Seminary, former Trustee and Chairman of the United States-Japan Foundation, former Trustee and Treasurer of The Asia Society, former Dr. Goodman served as Presidential Briefing Coordinator for the Director Trustee of The Cancer Research Institute, and a former Member of the of Central Intelligence and as Special Assistant to the Director of the Group of Thirty, Consultative Group in International Economic and National Foreign Assessment Center in the Carter Administration. Monetary Affairs. Mr. Johnson currently sits on the Boards of Santander Subsequently, he was the first American professor to lecture at Bank and Santander Holdings U.S.A., Alleghany Corporation, R.R. the Foreign Affairs College of Beijing, helped create the first U.S. Donnelley & Sons Co. Inc., The Phoenix Companies, Inc., and is a former academic exchange program with the Moscow Diplomatic Academy Director of Freddie Mac, North Fork Bancorporation, and Prudential Life for the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, and Insurance Company of America. developed the diplomatic training program of the Foreign Ministry of Vietnam. Dr. Goodman has a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard, an M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.S. from Northwestern University. He was awarded the inaugural Gilbert Medal for Internationalization by Universitas 21 in May 2012. Harris Pastides Thomas S. Johnson President, University of South Carolina Chairman, Board of Trustees, IIE Board of Trustees, IIE

Thomas S. Johnson grew up in Racine, During the past decade, the University Wisconsin. He credits a scholarship to of South Carolina’s 28th president, Harris Trinity College with opening his mind to the Pastides, has led USC’s flagship system of world, through the education he received, eight institutions in 19 geographic locations and particularly through mentors who to higher achievements and unprecedented encouraged him to attend Harvard growth. Under Pastides’ tenure the university has seen the USC Honors Business School. College rise to the No. 1 public honors college in the nation; celebrated continual top rankings in undergraduate and graduate international After Harvard, Mr. Johnson helped to start Asia’s first graduate business business, public health, engineering, nursing and others; rapidly increased school, now the Asian Institute of Management, at Ateneo de Manila research funding; and surpassed a $1 billion capital campaign goal.

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An unwavering advocate for a superior student experience, Pastides Chairman Vice Chairpersons Treasurer encourages engagement beyond the classroom through leadership, Thomas S. Johnson Mark A. Angelson Laurence C. Morse service learning, international experiences, internships and Ruth Hinerfeld undergraduate research. During his tenure, innovative programs like Chairman Emeritus Henry G. Jarecki Life Trustees Palmetto College, On Your Time Graduation, Gamecock Gateway, Henry Kaufman Henry A. Kissinger Gamecock Guarantee and the Gamecock Student Athletic Promise Chairman, E. Michel Kruse provide greater access, flexibility and affordability to South Carolinians seeking a higher education degree. To date, more than 90,000 degrees President & Executive Committee Madeline H. McWhinney have been awarded system-wide during Pastides’ presidency. Chief Executive Officer Thomas A. Russo Diane J. Paton Allan E. Goodman In 2016, Pastides became one of seven Fulbright alumni to receive the inaugural Global Changemaker Award — given in recognition of his ongoing commitment to transform society and humanity through his work. The son of Greek immigrants, Pastides also received the 2017 Members prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor which pays homage to the immigrant experience and the contributions made to our nation by Maryam Ansary Colleen Goggins Amb. Donald F. McHenry immigrants and their children. Seth R. Bergstein Victor J. Goldberg Harris Pastides Lee C. Bollinger Peter M. Gottsegen Victor J. Revenko Today, Pastides serves on many local, state, national and international Calvin G. Butler Jr. Jack M. Greenberg Hartley R. Rogers boards including the U.S. Council on Competitiveness, the Fulbright George Campbell Jr. Karen A. Holbrook George Rupp Program and the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts Maria Livanos Cattaui Julian Johnson John Sexton and Humanities. He is a past chair of the NCAA Division I Board of Richard A. Debs Mark N. Kaplan HRH Princess Ghida Talal Directors and currently serves as the vice president of the Southeastern Robert L. Dilenschneider Senator Ted Kaufman Martin Y. Tang Conference. Pastides earned a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Yale University. George J. Donnelly Laya Khadjavi Linda Vester Amb. Harriet Elam-Thomas John W. Low Mariët Westermann Stephen C. Francis Mahboob Mahmood Barbara Winston Scott Freidheim Cathy-Ann Martine Mark S. Wrighton Cards on the Table

Your gifts to IIE, tonight and throughout the year, help make THE POWER OF GIVING the world a better and safer place. During dessert, to celebrate By supporting IIE, you are providing life-changing opportunities for students and our shared success and thank you for everything you do for IIE, scholars. Your funds help advance IIE’s mission to increase international education we will hold a special drawing. Be sure to fill out your card! One and access to education around the world. This work includes innovative IIE guest will receive a necklace from Tiffany & Co., one will receive initiatives to educate women and girls, support higher education in countries in two floor seats at a New York Knicks vs. Golden State crisis, and enable more Americans to study abroad. Warriors game, and two guests will receive a pair of special Give to IIE: www.iie.org/give | Contact: [email protected] tickets to a Billy Joel concert at Madison Square Garden.

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tonight’s deserving honorees. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is proud to support the Institute of International Education (IIE) and congratulates this year’s honorees and speakers.

The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Ann and Tom Johnson are proud to Rutgers University−New Brunswick has been awarded a landmark grant of $27,477,000 by the Stavros support IIE and congratulate this year’s Niarchos Foundation (SNF), this year’s recipient of the honorees for their leadership, vision IIE Humanitarian Award for International Cooperation. and dedication to building a more Rutgers and its Greek partners — the Agricultural University of Athens and the American Farm School — peaceful and equitable world. are engaged in SNF’s “Recharging the Youth Initiative,” which aims to help revitalize one of Greece’s most critical sectors — agriculture and food — by training and developing a new generation of farmers and inspiring agriculture and food entrepreneurs.

The School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University− New Brunswick and the College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University−Camden are honored to host scholars from IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund program this Tom, Marcy, Morgan, academic year. Alexa and Tyler Russo are proud and honored to be Rutgers salutes IIE on the eve of its Centennial in 2019 — and we look forward to continuing to work with IIE to associated with the promote “the power of international education”! Institute of International Education and its Scholar Rescue Fund. One good cause. Many great eff ects.

One positive change often leads to another. At KPMG, we understand the tremendous impact one good cause can have across a community. That’s why we are proud to support IIE as it helps to advance others to a future of promise.

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© 2018 KPMG LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership and the U.S. member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. All rights reserved. The KPMG name and logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of KPMG International. NDPPS 803870 Thanks to all those at IIE who help The Trustees of the Angelson Family Foundation to promote international education congratulate IIE on its 72-year partnership with the and rescue scholars and artists. Department of State in the administration of the Fulbright and other distinguished programs, and Susan and Peter Gottsegen on its nearly 100 years at the forefront of preserving the academy for future generations; our friend, Dr. Jill Biden, on her extraordinary commitment to advancing community colleges and providing opportunity to millions of students; Calvin Butler and the other Baltimore community leaders for their vision and generosity in expanding the reach imagine of the Gilman program to underserved youth; and what tomorrow will bring. the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Andreas Through our commitment to workforce Dracopoulos on their remarkable contributions to development and scholarships for higher education, BGE helps increase international education and their outsized role in opportunities, break down barriers and open doors for the next generation— making the world a better place. empowering them to take an active part in the creation of their own future. As the world leader in international education and exchange, IIE advances and protects scholarship, builds economies, and promotes access to opportunity for all people. We do this to build more peaceful and equitable societies and help solve the complex problems that impact our interconnected world.

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