The PIE reveals 50 voices ‘Americas’ listing for 2025

The PIE Information’s editorial workforce has been arduous at work pulling collectively their annual listing of revolutionary leaders, marketeers, activists and coverage makers within the area who all provide beneficial commentary on the worldwide schooling ecosystem.

This yr’s listing encompasses a completely totally different group of individuals to final yr’s, and has been expanded from North America to incorporate new names from Central and South America.

The launch of the listing comes forward of The PIE Reside North America Convention, going down December 1-3 in Chicago, US.

Each the US and Canadian sectors have been experiencing vital challenges on account of home coverage, heightening the necessity for champions to foyer for the rights and worth of worldwide college students.

Beth Kennedy, editor of The PIE, explains the significance on compiling such an inventory in gentle of the numerous headwinds the sector is dealing with.

It has been a rollercoaster yr for colleagues throughout the Atlantic and there have been many voices who’ve supplied important commentary
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“It has been a rollercoaster yr for colleagues throughout the Atlantic and there have been many voices who’ve supplied important commentary. I feel this listing acknowledges the champions in our the sector, together with the innovators and those that maintain colleagues knowledgeable and supported.

“Readers ought to bear in mind that is our fourth version of this listing, so this listing stands on the shoulders of giants. It’s value revisiting our earlier digests to see an prolonged listing of the influencers throughout the Americas.”

This yr the listing contains AIEA chief government, Clare Overmann, NAFSA’s Joann Ng Hartman and entrepreneur Taylor Shead – all of whom will probably be talking on The PIE Reside stage in Chicago.

The PIE’s 50 voices for the Americas, 2025
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1. Adel El Zaim, vp internationalisation, Université du Québec en Outaouais
2. Ahmad Ezzeddine, president, NAFSA
3. Alexandre Argenta, CEO, TravelMate Intercâmbio
4. Angel Pérez, CEO, Nationwide Affiliation for Faculty Admission Counseling
5. Angela Schaffer, government director, Fund for Schooling Overseas
6. Ash Kaluarachchi, CEO, StartEd/ Producer, Edtech Week
7. Bassem Khafagy, secretary basic, World Universities Basis
8. Blair Thomson, senior worldwide officer, College of Mississippi
9. Brooke Roberts, vp, By way of TRM
10. Chris Glass, editor, worldwide greater schooling, Middle for Worldwide Greater Schooling (CIHE), Boston Faculty
11. Christian Meyer, government vp, EF Overseas
12. Christina Thompson, founder, Compear International Schooling Community
13. Clare Overmann, CEO, Affiliation of Worldwide Directors (AIEA)
14. Daybreak Whitehead, vp, Affiliation of American Faculties & Universities
15. Denise Amyot, guide and board member, numerous
16. Emily Dobson, founder, Caribbean and Latin America Community
17. Erin Mote, CEO, InnovateEDU
18. Fernando León García, president, CETYS College
19. Gina Ortiz, head of internationalisation, Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud
20. Hilary Kahn, affiliate vp of worldwide affairs, Indiana College
21. Holly Hudson, affiliate VP, International Engagement, Texas A&M College
22. Jane Gatewood, vice provost, Emory College
23. Jeff Hutcheson, director, TESOL Worldwide
24. Jing Luán, provost emeritus, San Mateo Faculties of Silicon Valley
25. Joann Ng Hartmann, senior impression officer, NAFSA
26. José Celso Freire Junior, president, The Brazilian Affiliation for Worldwide Schooling (FAUBAI)
27. Juan Eduardo Vargas Duhart, rector, Universidad Finis Terrae
28. Kate Moore, co-founder, International Profession Centre
29. Krishna Bista, CEO, STAR Students Community
30. Maria-Ligia Barbosa, professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
31. Mark Overmann, government director, Alliance for Worldwide Change
32. Meghna Ramaswamy, senior director internationalisation and world engagement, College of Calgary
33. Melissa Torres, president & CEO, The Discussion board on Schooling Overseas
34. Michael Pelletier, government director, Institute for International Engagement, College of Houston
35. Mike Henniger, CEO, Illume Scholar Advisory Companies
36. Mirka Martel, head, analysis, analysis & studying, IIE
37. Patrick Vogt, CEO, Tutorial Packages Worldwide
38. Phil Agbeko, founder, Hilltop International Group
39. Philipp Reichert, director of the worldwide engagement workplace, College of British Columbia
40. Pierre Dubuc, co-founder, OpenClassrooms
41. Ravi Ammigan, vice provost, world engagement, College of Delaware
42. Rishab Malhotra, founder, AIDO
43. Ryan Fleming, regional director, Discover
44. Sabine Klahr, vice provost, Penn State International, Penn State College
45. Samba Dieng, government director, International Engagement, Louisiana State College
46. Sammer Jones, director of worldwide relations, College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
47. Sudhanshu Kaushik, president, Centre for Youth Coverage
48. Taylor Shead, founder, Stemuli
49. Tonija Hope, assistant provost for worldwide packages, Howard College
50. Yumna Khan, director, AFS Youth Meeting

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