Board & Leadership
Board of Trustees
The School for Field Studies is governed by an external Board of Trustees.
Eric Olson
Chair
Co-founder, HeatWve (a Public Benefit LLC). San Francisco, CA.
Shaun Martin
Vice Chair
Acting Goal Lead, Climate Change; Vice President, Ecological and Social Resilience at WWF. Washington, DC.
Katlyn Armstrong
SFS President & Clerk, ex officio
South Hamilton, MA.
James L. Jackson, Retired
Treasurer
Former Managing Director - Financial Advisor and Former Senior Portfolio Manager - Portfolio Focus, RBC Wealth Management. Portland, ME.
Terry Andreas
Chair Emeritus
Founder of The School for Field Studies. Parent of two SFS Alumni. New York, NY.
James A. Cramer
Trustee & President Emeritus
Carlisle, MA.
Darren Aronofsky
Trustee
Film Director. Alumnus, SFS Kenya Summer '85 & Alaska Summer '86. New York, NY.
Jennie Dean
Trustee
Vice President of Education and Conservation, Aquarium of the Pacific. University of California, Los Angeles. Alumna, SFS Turks and Caicos Islands, Summer '04. Los Angeles, CA.
Nathaniel Posner
Trustee
Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Pfizer. New York, NY.
Cliff Roberts
Trustee
TV and Film Producer. Alumnus, SFS Kenya Summer '94. Pacific Palisades, CA.
Aja Szumylo
Trustee
Executive Director, Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative. Alumna, SFS Turks and Caicos Islands, Fall '02. Seattle, WA.
Christy Uchida
Trustee
President, The Brinson Foundation. Alumna, SFS Australia Spring '92. Chicago, IL.
Courtenay Cabot Venton
Trustee
Founder and Executive Director, The Share Trust. Alumna, SFS Mexico, '94.
School of Record
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota has served as the SFS School of Record since June 2014. The University of Minnesota works with SFS on program quality through representation on the Institutional Partners Council and through program reviews. As a U.S.-accredited institution, the University of Minnesota also issues official transcripts to SFS students who need them.
Institutional Partners Council
Advisors From Partner Institutions
The Institutional Partners Council brings together faculty and administrators from colleges and universities to advise SFS on academic quality, curriculum design, and student outcomes. Their guidance also shapes the credit-transfer agreements that let students apply SFS coursework toward their home degrees.
| Name | Institution | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Ardia | Franklin & Marshall College | Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor of Biology |
| Ty Armitano | Brown University | Study Abroad Advisor |
| Jim Bolender | University of San Diego | Associate Provost for International Affairs, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Nicole Garcia | Harvard University | Associate Director, Office of International Education |
| Michal Greenburg | University of Colorado Boulder | Assistant Director, Education Abroad |
| Megan Hernandez-Greene | Elon University | Program Coordinator, Isabella Cannon Global Education Center |
| Irina Krymova | University of Illinois at Chicago | Senior Associate Director, Office of Global Engagement |
| Ebony Majeed | Newport News Public Schools | Teacher, World Languages Department |
| Marcia Morgan | Muhlenberg College | Dean of Global Education, Professor of Philosophy |
| Noelwah Netusil | Reed College | Chair of Environmental Studies and Stanley H. Cohn Professor of Economics |
| Jill Reister | University of Minnesota – Twin Cities | Assistant Director of Programming, Learning Abroad Center |
| Elizabeth Shuman | Ohio State University | Global Education Manager, College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences |
| Lauren Stikeleather | Davidson College | Director of Education Abroad |
| Natalie Word | Florida A&M University | Education Abroad Coordinator, International Education and Development Department |