Fulbright Scholar Advisory Board (CIES) Members Bios

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Joan Gabel (member since 2021) 
Fulbright Scholar Advisory Board Chair 
Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh 
International Education Administrators Award, India, 2017
 

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Victor J. Boschini, Jr. (member since 2012)   
Chancellor, Texas Christian University 

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Dr. Rafael L. Bras (member since 2019);
K. Harrison Brown Family Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Hannah Buxbaum (member since 2019) 
Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, University of California, Davis

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Joy Connolly (member since 2021) 
Founding Institutional Member
President, American Council of Learned Societies

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Robin Matross Helms (member since 2017) 
Vice President, Membership & Educational Services Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT).     

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Jason Czyz (member since 2025) 
President, Institute of International Education

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Lee Lambert (member since 2024) 
Chancellor, Foothill-De Anza Community College District

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Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela (member since 2019) 
Associate Chancellor and Vice Provost for Global Affairs & Strategies  
Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership 
 

Fulbright New Century Scholar, 2006 
International Education Administrators Award, France, 2018-2019

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Gary May (member since 2021) 
Chancellor, University of California Davis

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Ted Mitchell (member since 2022) 
Founding Institutional Member
President of the American Council on Education (ACE)

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Fernando Reimers (member since 2019) 
Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education 
Faculty Director, International Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Vaughan Turekian (member since 2018) 
Founding Institutional Member
Executive Director of the Policy and Global Affairs Division (PGA), National Academies

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Ben Vinson III (member since 2024) 
President, Howard University

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Aboard (DDRA) Fellowship, Mexico, 1995

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Fred Palm (member since 2025) 
Chief Operating Officer, Social Science Research Council

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