Registration Details
| Event Date | Event Time | Registration Deadline | Registration |
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| January 22, 2025 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Register Today |
Join NAFSA Executive Director and CEO Fanta Aw and members of our Public Policy experts on January 22nd for a special IE30 discussion on charting the way forward in today’s new political environment. Fanta Aw will be joined by Jill Allen Murray, Rachel Banks, and Ahmad Ezzeddine to affirm NAFSA’s top public policy and regulatory priorities for the new administration and Congress, resources international educators can use to stay informed and engaged, and critical ways that NAFSA and its members can work together to sustain the field.
Speakers
Fanta Aw, PhD
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Ex-Officio
NAFSA Executive Director and CEO
Fanta Aw, PhD, currently serves as the executive director and CEO of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, having previously held its presidency from 2013 to 2016. NAFSA is the world’s largest and most comprehensive international education association, with more than 10,000 members at more...
Ahmad Ezzeddine, PhD
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Wayne State University
NAFSA President and Chair of the Board of Directors
Ahmad Ezzeddine, PhD, is the vice president for Academic Student Affairs and Global Engagement at Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit, Michigan, where he leads the university’s national, global, and corporate educational outreach programs. As the senior international officer, he is responsible...
Jill Allen Murray, MPA
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NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Deputy Executive Director, Public Policy
Jill Allen Murray is Deputy Executive Director, Public Policy at NAFSA: Association of International Educators where she leads the organization’s public policy engagement, including congressional, administrative, media and constituent advocacy strategy and implementation. Prior to joining NAFSA, Ms...
Rachel Banks
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NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Senior Director, Public Policy & Legislative Strategy
Rachel Banks is senior director for public policy and legislative strategy at NAFSA. Her portfolio focuses primarily on advocating for U.S. government policies that attract international student and scholars to study or conduct research in the United States, and oversees the production of NAFSA’s...