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4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 United StatesSIS Dean’s Board of Advisors members serve as ambassadors, advocates, and partners to the Dean of the School of International Service. All SIS Dean’s Board of Advisors members are leaders in their respective fields and use their expertise and experience to help the SIS dean accomplish the School’s strategic goals.
Chair
Dawn Miller SIS/BA '93
Chief Commercial Officer and CEO of Lloyd's Americas
Vice Chair
Matthew Warshaw SIS/BA '94
(Outgoing vice chair)
Owner & CEO at D3: Designs, Data, Decisions
Matthew Klinger
SIS/BA '95
(Incoming vice chair)
Executive Vice President of Operations, EAB
Members
Deon Woods Bell
SIS/BA '90
Senior Advisor, Global Policy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Justin CooperSPA/BA '00
Co-Founder and CEO, Foxcroft Strategy Group LLC
Debra Decker
SIS/BA '74
Senior Advisor at the Stimson Center; President, Decker Advisors, LLC; Member, American University Board of Trustees
Alan FleischmannSIS/BA '87, SPA/BS '87
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Laurel Strategies, Inc.
J. Mario Fontes, Jr. SIS/BA '87
Partner, Lewis Brisbois
Bobby JeffersonCAS/BA '94
International Senior Executive;
parent of '22, '22, '26
Carolyn "Cookie" MasonSIS/BA '88
Fundraising and Development Consultant
Lucy Olivia Matthews
SIS/BA '11
Projects & Research Manager at Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC
Sherry Mueller, Ph.D.SIS/BA '65
SIS Distinguished Practitioner in Residence
Fay ParrisSIS/BA '83, WCL/JD '87, SIS/MA '90
Immigration Law Practicioner, International Law Consultant
Josh PierrySIS/BA '00
Founder and former CEO of Pierry, Inc.
Lily ProudmanSIS/BA '16
Digital Content Specialist for Erie Family Health Centers
Manan ShahSIS/BA '07
Founder & President at 1619 Advisors; Senior Advisor, Global Health, Acumen Public Affairs; Adjunct Professor at NYU
Thomas SnitchSIS/MA '77, SIS/PhD '82
President, Little Falls Associates
Cynthia Warshaw
SIS/BA '93, CAS/MFA '20
International Trade Expert
Emeritus Board Members
Janice Menke Abraham SIS/BA '79
Alexandros Aldous WCL/JD '05, SIS/MA '06
Esther Benjamin SIS/MA '92, CAS/MA '95
Stephen Embry, Esq. SIS/BA '71
Dr. Lawrence Griffith
Fruzsina Harsanyi SIS/BA '64, SIS/MA '67, SPA/PhD '72
Mehdi Heravi SIS/PhD '68
Dorothy Moore CAS/MA '59, CAS/EdD '70
Joan Plaisted SIS/BA '67, SIS/MA '69
Ho-I Wu, PhD SIS/PhD '82