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Looking ForwardWorld Learning Annual Report 2013

On the cover: Photo by Jennifer Bangoura, SIT Graduate Institute. In Sangala, Mali, girls work together on an assignment to identify parts of a sentence. As part of her course of study, Bangoura worked on the ground in Mali to improve access to quality instruction in both French and local languages.

World Learning is a nonprofit organization advancing leadership in more than 60 countries. We envision a just world, driven by engaged citizens and thriving

communities. To achieve this goal, our mission is to empower people and strengthen institutions through education, exchange, and development programs.

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Letter from our Board Chair:Looking Forward to the next 80 years

Over the past two years, World Learning connected with thousands of our students, alumni, parents, and supporters across the coun-

try through our 80th Anniversary celebrations. In my travels during this time, I witnessed firsthand the lasting impact of our programs, and I want to express my gratitude to all of our 80th Anniversary sponsors who made this possible.

This report highlights several significant moments and milestones from the past year, but it also reveals what lies ahead for us. Most notably, in July we welcomed our new President and CEO, Donald Steinberg, who brings decades of experience in international development to our organization. Don is a true leader in the field, and we look forward to

working with him. We know that like his predecessor, Adam Weinberg, he will continue to lead the growth of our global network of programs.

Under Don’s leadership, World Learning will equip more students with skills to address global challenges, empower more communities to create sustainable development, and strengthen our connections with our alumni through programs like the Advancing Leaders Fellowship. I had the pleasure of meeting our inaugu-ral Fellows in June, and am excited to see them already applying their new knowledge and skills to address education, health, disability, and cultural needs in diverse communities in Cameroon, Chile, Ghana, Nepal, and Tanzania.

The World Learning community demonstrated tremendous generosity this year with more than 1,000 special 80th Anniversary donations. Sustaining this level of support will enable us to continue expanding the reach of our programs. With contributions from individuals, foundations, corporations, and other community and government partners, we can advance leadership around the globe for another 80 years.

Thank you for your continued support,

Rosamond P. Delori World Learning Board Chair SIT Study Abroad Parent ’92, ’95, ’99, ’01

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In February 2013, World Learning presented Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright

with its highest honor, the Distinguished Global Citizen Achievement Award, for her lifetime of service addressing global issues and promoting international understanding and cooperation. “I can think of no person whose career and achievements better embody the mission of World Learning: to promote just global societies, advance leadership, empower people, and strengthen institutions, through education, exchange, and development programs,” remarked Stephen Lowey, World Learning trustee emeritus and event chair.This milestone occasion coincided with the celebration of World Learning’s 80th anniversary. Nearly 600 people, including members of Congress, government officials, diplomats, educators, and journalists attended to honor Dr. Albright.“To be honored by this amazing organization is excep-tionally special because I so believe in the mission that

you have, the importance of understanding what youth can do,” said Dr. Albright in her acceptance speech. “This is an organization that does not underestimate young people and the possibilities of what they can do.”As part of the event, moderator Gwen Ifill, managing editor of Washington Week and senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, engaged in a discussion with Dr. Albright about diplomacy, cross-cultural understanding, and advocacy. Before the conversation came to a close, Dr. Albright addressed the aspiring young leaders in attendance, “You won’t be able to solve everything, but everything you do will make a difference.”The Distinguished Global Citizen Achievement Award Ceremony was made possible through the generosity of numerous sponsors. You can find a list of individuals and companies that sponsored 80th Anniversary events on page 28 of this report. See highlights from the 2013 Distinguished Global Citizen Achievement Award Ceremony at youtube.com/worldlearning.

Looking Forward:Embodying World Learning’s mission to inspire future leaders

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright (center) with World Learning Trustee Emeritus Stephen Lowey and his wife, Hon. Nita Lowey, at the Distinguished Global Citizen Achievement Award Ceremony.


More than 200 supporters, alumni, and friends of World Learning gathered in San Francisco in June to

attend the Social Innovation Summit and Citation Award Dinner honoring Judy Huret—the culmination of the 80th Anniversary celebrations. In her remarks, Huret delivered a simple call to action: “Let’s all go out and make the world a better place.”

Judy and her husband Bob Huret of Northern California are helping World Learning alumni do just that. The Advancing Leaders Fellowship is part of the World Learning Exchange: a forum for alumni to share ideas, networks, and resources. The Hurets donated the initial funding for the fellowship, which provides alumni with $10,000, training, and individual support to implement an original social innovation project.

“It’s cultural intelligence that World Learning builds,” Huret explained, “and we need to equip alumni with the leadership development, the financial resources, and the mentoring to actually take their capabilities to the next level.”

From more than 100 alumni applications, representing all of World Learning’s programs, ten finalists were given the opportunity to present their ideas at the summit, and five Fellows were chosen: Ellen Dizzia, Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie, Max Perel-Slater, Sneha Shrestha, and Sarah Tucker.

Through their projects, the Fellows are improving the lives of persons with disabilities, rallying communities to prevent disease, and bringing new educational opportu-nities to Cameroon, Chile, Ghana, Nepal, and Tanzania. With the continued support of World Learning, they are well positioned to make a positive impact on the world.

Huret, mother of SIT Study Abroad alumna Jennifer Dulski and a former World Learning vice chair and trust-ee, was honored with the World Learning Citation for her years of engagement with the organization. See videos from the ceremony and hear more from Huret and the Fellows at youtube.com/worldlearning.

Looking Forward:Advancing Leaders Fellowship supports alumni making a difference

From left to right: Ellen Dizzia, Max Perel-Slater, Believe Pomeyie, Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie, Sarah Tucker, Sneha Shrestha, and Judy and Bob Huret.


The Experiment in International LivingThe Experiment’s three- to five-week summer programs immerse high school students in other cultures and languages in more than 20 countries throughout the world. Programs focus on arts, travel, language study, community service, culinary exploration, and ecology, and include homestays to create meaningful, dynamic experiences for students eager to challenge themselves and engage as global citizens.

www.experimentinternational.org

Summer 2013

Enrollment: 542

Programs offered: 37

Countries with programs: 22

Total amount of scholarship/ financial aid awarded: $1.4 million (314 recipients)

Leonade Jones’ connection to World Learning started

in 1969 when she traveled with The Experiment in International Living to Denmark. Jones has many fond memories of that summer, which she says had a profound impact on her life. She has since become an accomplished business woman and community leader, dedi-cated to the arts and women’s and girls’ empowerment in Washington, DC.

“There aren’t that many things that change your life, but The Experiment did,” says Jones. “It was great to travel with so many types of people to get different perspectives, and I loved sharing the experience.”

It has been decades since Jones left Denmark, but she continues to see the value in interacting with people who have viewpoints different from her own. “I doubt I would have the rich assortment of friends and colleagues I have today without The Experiment,” says Jones. “It cultivated an interest. It made me look at the world through an international lens.”

Jones recently joined World Learning’s Board of Trustees and is eager to help inspire and prepare the next generation of leaders. “The Experiment, SIT Study Abroad, SIT Graduate Institute, and inter-national development and exchange programs are all avenues for tackling the critical issues facing us, and there’s so much to do,” she says. “When you go around the world, you see what needs to be done, and

people 22 and 23 years old, or even younger can tackle these problems.”

Jones also hopes she will be able to strengthen her relationship with the “World Learning family” through her new role as a member of the Board of Trustees. Her advice to incoming students: “Make World Learning a lifetime experience.”

World Learning is strengthening its efforts to support the ingenuity and dedication of our alumni by providing networks of communication and collaboration. See ways to connect with alumni at worldlearning.org/ theexchange.


“ When you go around the world, you see what needs to be done, and people 22 and 23 years old, or even younger can tackle these problems.”

Looking Forward:Making World Learning a lifetime experience


SIT Study AbroadSIT Study Abroad provides undergraduates academically rich, semester, summer, and academic year programs in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, with opportunities for field research and International Honors Program comparative study. Students focus on a wide range of critical issues, including post-conflict transformation, sustainable development, and global health.

New programs in 2013 included Jordan: Health and Community Development and Nepal: Geoscience in the Himalaya.

www.sit.edu/studyabroad

Academic Year 2012–2013

Enrollment: 2,192

Programs offered: 69

Countries with programs: 41

Number of colleges/universities represented: 286


SIT Study Abroad student Nate Evans learns to play the guembri from a Gnawa musician in Morocco.

Looking Forward:Bringing career lessons home from the Amazon

In 1992, Jennifer Dulski was faced with an unusual problem: how to keep poisonous snakes away while

she slept in the Brazilian Amazon. “It turns out they like the tasty tarantulas that were hanging around our camp,” she explains. “To get rid of the snakes, we had to first remove the tarantulas. The lesson was clear: Some problems are better tackled in strategic stages than with a single show of force.”Dulski has more than 15 years of experience with internet companies, and like many World Learning alumni, a deep passion for making the world a better place. As the president and COO of Change.org, she is no longer chasing away snakes, but using her SIT Study Abroad experience to find solutions and make a difference in more than 190 countries. “Back then, I didn’t know I would go on to lead-ership roles at some of the world’s great internet companies,” says Dulski, “and that in my work at these companies, I would repeatedly draw on lessons I learned in the rainforest.”In fact, tarantula-wrangling and problem-solving were only a part of what Dulski learned in the rainforest. By participating in SIT Study Abroad’s Amazon rainforest ecology program, she put herself in a chal-lenging environment with a new culture and language. To survive, she realized she had to open herself up to new ideas and not only learn a language, but also learn how to communicate effectively—a crucial skill for leaders in any situation.“Not only did I survive, but I flourished, gaining confidence in my ability to thrive in new situations,” stresses Dulski. “I had a key realization that has stuck with me since then: No matter how good you eventually be-come at something, the first time you do it, you haven’t done it before.”This past year, Dulski gave back to World Learning not only through a donation, but also by participating as a panelist at our first-ever Social Innovation Summit and Citation Award Dinner honoring her mother, Judy Huret. See videos from the event and hear more from Dulski at youtube.com/worldlearning.

was faced with an unusual problem: how to keep poisonous snakes away while

she slept in the Brazilian Amazon. “It turns out they

our camp,” she explains. “To get rid of the snakes, we

clear: Some problems are better tackled in strategic

alumni, a deep passion for making the world a better

these companies, I would repeatedly draw on lessons I learned in the


Jennifer Dulski (left) poses with fellow SIT Study Abroad student in Brazil in 1992.


SIT Graduate InstituteSIT Graduate Institute offers internationally focused, full-time, and low-residency master’s degrees, as well as certificate and professional development programs on World Learning’s Brattleboro, Vermont Campus and at the Washington, DC Center. Programs include peacebuilding and conflict transformation, international education, sustainable development, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). SIT’s Conflict Transformation Across Cultures (CONTACT) program also offers a summer peacebuilding program in Vermont and a peacebuilding training and education program in South Asia.

This year, SIT Graduate Institute expanded its distance-learning offerings with a new low-residency option for its Master of Arts in TESOL and add-ed a new field study course in Liberia, Issues in Sustainable Development: Societal Change Post-War. It also moved the Washington, DC Center to a larger location to accommodate the growing student body of the master’s degree program in sustainable development.

www.sit.edu/graduate

Academic Year 2012–2013

Enrollment: 180 (Vermont: 116 on-campus, 21 low-residency; Washington, DC: 43)

On-campus programs: 6

Low-residency programs: 2

Number of student origin countries: 49

Languages spoken: 35


From left to right: Sarah Gwilliam, Meredith Clark, and Mowdou Naky at the SIT Graduate Institute Washington, DC Center.


When Beninese economist Affis Amadou enrolled in SIT Graduate Institute in 2012 at

the age of 40, he was transitioning to the development field and seeking a solution to the negative economic impact of reforestation in Ghana. “There are clear envi-ronmental benefits, but with those benefits come economic imbalance and job losses,” says Amadou.

The next step was to travel to Ghana to explore these issues and meet with seasoned development professionals. “I was somewhat disconnected, having worked for the government of Benin,” says Amadou. “I needed this program to help me network in the interna-tional development field.”

SIT Graduate Institute sets itself apart from other graduate pro-grams through its commitment to social justice, intercultural com-munication—and first and fore-most, experiential learning. As part of their studies, most SIT students apply lessons from their course-work in the field by completing a practicum with an international organization.

However, these projects demand additional travel, lodging, and other costs that were holding Ama-dou back. Fortunately through the generosity of an anonymous donor, World Learning established the

SIT Global Practicum Partnership and Field Innova-tion Fund to assist SIT Graduate Institute students in participating in innovative, degree-required practicum placements around the world.

As the first recipient, Amadou used the funds to evaluate the economic impact of reforesta-tion in Ghana’s Brong Ahafo Region and to network with key professionals at the World Bank. With these rich experiences, he has transformed his career from student to full-time development professional.

Amadou is excited about his new career path. “I want to be an independent consultant in inter-national development,” he says. “I don’t see myself in an office. I want to be in the field in Benin, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, and Ghana, helping change economic policies that benefit all.”

Looking Forward:Becoming a leader in the field

“ I don’t see myself

in an office. I want

to be in the field

in Benin, Togo,

Cote d’lvoire, and

Ghana, helping

change economic

policies that

benefit all.”


International Exchange ProgramsWorld Learning organizes transformative exchanges and study tours for thousands of emerging leaders from 140 countries annually. Programs develop leadership skills, community-building tools, and professional expertise while immersing participants in other cultures and contexts.

Short-term learning experiences in the United States offer professional development through links to US and international colleagues. Academic exchanges place international exchange students in US colleges and universities to strengthen leadership and career-specific skills while exploring US culture. World Learning youth programs help young people from around the globe learn about leadership, current issues, and peace-building, as they gain the skills and motivation to make a difference in their communities.

This year, World Learning implemented a new exchange program for youth leaders from Libya, sponsored by the United States Department of State. The program brought 12 Libyan high school students and 3 adult mentors to the United States for three weeks to develop their peacebuilding and conflict resolution skills.

www.worldlearning.org/international-development-and-exchange-programs


Board Chair Rosamond P. Delori experienced the impact of World Learning initially in three of her

children—all SIT Study Abroad alumni—and then later through her own journey to visit World Learning’s international development programs in Ethiopia.

In 2012, Delori and 13 others saw how World Learning has promoted HIV/AIDs education, strengthened the capac-ity of schools to support orphans and vulnerable children, and improved the quality and equity of education in Ethi-opia since 1996. Moved by what she witnessed, Delori, her brother Jim and his wife Judith, and an anonymous donor established the “Ethiopia Challenge,” a fund that supports teacher training, partner organization Aflatoun’s financial and social education curriculum, and small entrepreneur-ial activities in local communities.

“Together we committed to a greater level of support for education and capacity-building in those commu-nities and called on 100 World Learning supporters to do the same,” Delori explains. “With over $338,000 in donations received to date, the Ethiopia Challenge has helped World Learning expand its programs to

train over 400 teachers and benefit an additional 25,000 young people across 200 schools.”

More importantly, Delori and other donors helped World Learning build local capacity for sustainable develop-ment to extend the reach of the programs in the country for years to come. As Yidenek Assefa, one of the many students who benefited from the Ethiopia Challenge, explains: “We have to help those who did not receive any help in as much as we can. We have to be strong and finish our education and then help others.”

Delori has participated in recent World Learning site visits to Ethiopia, Jamaica, Jordan, and Rwanda. If you are interested in joining an upcoming visit, please send an email to [email protected] for details.

Assefa is one of more than 25,000 students whose lives have been transformed by World Learning programs in Ethiopia.

Hear more from Delori and Assefa at youtube.com/worldlearning.

Looking Forward:Alumni accept the “Ethiopia Challenge”

Board Chair Rosamond P. Delori meets the principal of Dera Primary School.

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International Development ProgramsWorld Learning International Development programs work in 30 countries to enhance the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to take ownership of their own development, secure just and effective policies and structures, and create sus-tainable positive change.

Capacity development programs work with governmental and nongovernmental institutions, community-based organizations, and other groups to strengthen their performance and ability to serve their communities. Civil society and governance pro-grams connect local communities with public and private institutions to promote citizen engagement for good governance and foster policies that respect basic human rights at all levels of society. Education programs aim to create new economic opportunities, provide teacher training, and reduce inequality by improving basic, higher and vocational, and English language education. HIV/AIDS programs implement intervention initiatives to educate individuals about HIV prevention; improve social, economic, and political environments to be conducive to HIV prevention; and support orphans and vulnerable children.

This year World Learning’s international development work included projects sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development to expand science and math education in Egypt; strengthen workplace HIV prevention programs in Ethiopia; and provide youth academic and professional training in more than a dozen countries worldwide.

www.worldlearning.org/international-development-and-exchange-programs


Clockwise from opposite page: World Learning’s development work includes helping to prevent child blindness in Vietnam, educating youth on HIV prevention in Ethiopia, and providing vocational training for at-risk youth in Jamaica.

International Development and Exchange ProgramsAcademic Year 2012–2013

Programs: 55

Countries: 30

Sub-recipients: 62

Key funders and program partners: 31

Overall FY13 revenue for IDEP: $63,612,584

Global Visionaries SocietyThe Global Visionaries Society recognizes donors of $100,000 and above.

Anonymous DonorJane Condon and Kenneth G. Bartels ∼Rosamond and Francois Delori ∼Stephen and Lori Juelsgaard ∼Emilie and Douglas Ogden ∼Judith and James Putnam ∼

President’s Leadership CircleThe President’s Leadership Circle recognizes donors of $50,000 to $99,999.

Anonymous DonorJane Beamish ◊Lois Blais ◊ ∼Ann and Thomas Friedman ∼Morelle Lasky LevineCheryl and Glen Lewy ∼Stephen and Nita Lowey ∼Bill and Pam Michaelcheck ∼John R. Padget ∼Leslie Weaver and Hilton WeinbergSusan West

Global AmbassadorsThe Global Ambassadors Group recognizes donors of $25,000 to $49,999.

Anonymous DonorDavid and Holiday CollinsLinda and David GlicksteinJudy and Robert Huret ∼Anne and John Iskrant ∼Virginia Loeb and James Sperling ∼Clare and Howard McMorris ∼Marsha and Alan Paller

World Learning SocietyThe World Learning Society recognizes donors of $10,000 to $24,999.

Anonymous Donors (3)Robert and Pamela Adams ∼Richard and Anne Adler ∼Truman AndersonWilliam and Jean Crocker ∼

Allen and Elizabeth Cutler ∼Mary B. Davidson ∼Andrea and Stephen Dover ∼Russell Ellis ◊ ∼Susan GarnerBush and Jamie HelzbergThomas and Nora Hiatt ∼Tod and Mary Caroline HuntPaul and Karen Isaac ∼Joseph and Elizabeth MandatoJudith and Michael Meyers ∼Betsy Michel ∼Marnie S. PillsburySusan and David Plimpton ∼Ann RosewaterSandy and Lew RosewaterMichael Siegal and Nomi GhezBetsy Rosewater SnyderDonald Steinberg and Raquel WillermanBrian and Kirbie Stephens ∼Sydney Temple and Sarah Kupferberg ∼Nina and Patrick Wilson

Odyssey ClubThe Odyssey Club recognizes donors of $5,000 to $9,999.

Anonymous Donors (2) Alice and Walter AbramsJames Attwood and Leslie Williams ∼Margherita and Michael BaldwinNancy and James BetterDavid Blair and Lina HervasMarshall Carter-Tripp and Richard TrippCindy and Ronald ConarroeLaurel Cox and Adam SharpMargot and Eric EganSarah G. Epstein and Donald A. Collins ∼William and Sakurako Fisher ∼Dorian Goldman and Marvin IsraelowLisa Gurwitch ∼Richard and Dale Levy ∼Cynthia B. Lloyd ∼Ann McLaughlin ◊ ∼Sherry Lee Mueller ∼


World Learning Donor List, 2013

For more than 80 years, World Learning has helped create a network of informed people, who have de-

veloped into engaged global citizens as a result of their experiences through the organization. The education and training we provide—through The Experiment in International Living, SIT Study Abroad, International Honors Program, SIT Graduate Institute, and Inter-national Development and Exchange Programs— make certain that each generation will have the leaders needed to address and resolve increasingly complex global issues.

As World Learning alumni and parents, we have seen firsthand the lasting impact that these programs have on individuals and communities around the globe. As trustees, we also know that the organization cannot achieve its mission without the continued support from donors like you.

Last year, we suggested that contributors consider making special 80th Anniversary gifts to help cele-brate our tradition of advancing leadership. We are happy to report that more than 1,000 people took action. Our board of trustees and staff have been encouraged by this level of support. World Learning’s global team continues to work diligently to empower communities and strengthen institutions through education, exchange, and development.

On behalf of the World Learning family, we extend our sincerest gratitude for every thoughtful gift represented on the following pages.

Thomas Hiatt Susan Plimpton Vice Chair Chair Emerita

Co-chairs of the Advancement Committee of the

Board of Trustees

Letter to our friends

Donor List

“ The experience was one of the most profound in my lifetime. I grew in confidence and a strong feeling of self. It opened a whole new world to me.”

Paul Muther and Ulla Dagert-Muther ∼Gail Olson ◊ ∼Edith and Robert Parker ∼Richard and Barbara Rosenberg ∼Michael SavageKristin Baldwin Seeman ∼Sue and Richard Tempero ∼Joan and Edwin Tiffany ∼Nancy Hamill WinterDaniel Wright

Sandanona ClubThe Sandanona Club recognizes donors of $2,500 to $4,999.

Anonymous Donors (2)Eric Hall AndersonMargery AndersonJanet and Jan Auman ∼Mary Brass ∼Tonya Carmien ∼Robert and Joan Chase ∼Fayezul and Yasmin Choudhury ∼Richard and Emily Cohen ∼Lawrence Cooley and Marina Fanning Jacques Delori ∼Susan Dial ∼Barbara Donnell and Scott Markus Jane Edwards and Humphrey Tonkin ∼Thomas and Elizabeth Fox ∼Gabriele Geier ◊Richard Hansen and Eleanor EricksonTimothy and Jane HuntDavid and Sally KennedyLynn and Phil Lilienthal ∼David Loeb and Diane Poslosky ∼Evan Loeb ∼Charles MacCormack and Susan Ross ∼John Mackie and Kathleen Ecker ∼Margaret and Francis ManloveC. Reed Parker ∼Anthony Pinder ∼Mark and Elizabeth RichardsRobert and Monique Schweich ∼Peter Swift and Diana McCargoRobert and Judith Terry ∼

Donald and Leslie Watt SocietyThe Donald and Leslie Watt Society recognizes donors of $1,000 to $2,499.

Anonymous Donors (8)Rochelle Alpert and Steven Greenwald ∼Jennifer Backus and Edward Pagano ∼ Carol BellamyEdith and Erik BergstromEve Bernstein and Alex Gersznowicz ∼Susan Caldwell ∼Peggy Lewis CashPaul and Janet Chapman ∼Suzanne Chapman ∼Michael Clarfeld and Tamar Huberman ∼Prudence Clendenning and Robert CloppBenoit Corda ∼David and Joanne CoreyThomas Cowles and Rawiwan Kasetrevatin ◊Richard and Barbara Dannenberg ∼Peggy and Richard DanzigerSusan EdelmannDavid and Linda EpsteinJames EpsteinMiles Epstein and Susan George Richard EpsteinSarah Epstein and Joe JunkinBeatriz and Alvino Fantini ∼ Stephen Farrand and Nancy Jarvis ∼Ric FouadEdith Fraser ∼Robert and Shirley French ∼Nancy and Richard FrybergerStephen and Grace GambleDonald GantKristy Graf ∼Robert and Ellen GutensteinAnne and David HardyVan and Elizabeth HawnJohn and Edna HermanBill and Marie Hoffman

Eric HoffmanMaxine Houck ∼Phyllis and Tudor IngersollMidori and Ichiro Iwano ∼Robert Jonas and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas ∼Leonade Jones ∼Richard and Virginia Keim ∼Marily KnieriemenPeggy Koenig and David GravesCornelis and Helen Kolff ∼Dorothy Koopman and Mark EatonChristopher and Catherine KramerDana and Andrew KullJennifer and Frederick Leichter ∼Ryan Lorenz and Elvira DelgadoJohn Lucas ∼Thomas G. MacCrackenRalph and Sally MajakScott McLean ∼Constance and Henry McPheeRichard and Linda Melnikoff ∼Joan Mintz and Robinson MarkelDavid and Joan Murdoch ∼Justine NeelyAnne and Scott NickersonJohn and Nancy Oglesby ∼Jan Passion and Ellen FurnariW. Reid and Marguerite Pitts ∼Andrea Rhodes and Fred Gluck ∼John and Mary Riordan

Jane RotchEric and Harriet RothfeldPaul SackSam Schwartz and Lynn Goldowski ∼Robert and Vicki SelzerMarion Seymour ∼Andrew Sherman ∼Jan Solomon and Kenneth SimonsonJohn Sommer and Ann Wright-ParsonsRobert StableskiPhilip and Marcia StecklerBruce and Julie Steiner ∼William and Coralie StevensonSherwin and Marjorie StoneDavid Strasburg ∼Dianne and James Stuart ∼Nick and Joan ThorndikeCatherine and Alexander Traykovski ∼Nancy and Christopher Uhl ∼Michael and Roxanne Van DusenKatharine and William Van WieJonathan and Amy Walker ∼Mrs. John A. Wallace ∼Astrid and Todd WardenDavid and Betsy Wice ∼James WilsonRobert and Susan Youker ∼Michael and Karen Zeff ∼Jonah and Ellen Zimiles ∼

◊ deceased ∼ 80th Anniversary Donor


World Learning Donor List, 2013Former World Learning trustees and co-chairs of the Social Innovation Summit and Citation Award Dinner, Andrea Dover and Stephen Juelsgaard.

Veteran Experiment group leader Richard Levy has a wealth of

advice for World Learning students: “Prepare yourself. Read. Don’t let differences overwhelm you. Be flexible. Make friends. Write everything down.” But perhaps most importantly, he advises: “Share your experiences when you get back.”In the 1960s, Levy was teaching African and Asian studies in the Pennsbury School District in Pennsylvania, when he applied to be an Experiment in Interna-tional Living group leader. He wanted to travel to Africa, but he was chosen to lead a group to France instead, and later led groups to India and Sri Lanka. “I never made it to Africa,” he confides. “I fell in love with India and Asia.”For Levy, the best memories from The Experiment are of the people. In fact he is still in touch with his host parents from his time in Patna, India. Levy’s host mother, Leila Seth, went on to become the first female judge on the Delhi High Court and the first woman to be chief justice of a state High Court. His Indian host brother is acclaimed author and poet, Vikram Seth. Outside of his host family, Levy had other oppor-tunities to engage with prominent figures in India. During his time as leader of an Independent Study Program in Ahmedabad, he and his group met with independence activist Morarji Desai and others who had been involved in India’s freedom struggle, and heard Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, then the presi-dent of India, speak at the convocation at the Gujarat Vidyapith, where they were studying.

Levy also remembers the commitment that comes with being a group leader. “You have to deal with all sorts of situ-ations and conflicts. I lost 30 pounds in France, and I started at only 165,” Levy laughs as he recollects. “I felt a huge responsibility to make sure the students had great experiences.”More than 50 years later, Levy still embraces his responsibility as a leader in the World Learning community—through a generous donation, he is en-suring that students continue to have transformative experiences abroad. Taking advantage of the IRA Charita-ble Rollover, Levy and his wife, Dale, have created the Richard and Dale Levy SIT Study Abroad Scholarship to

help send students to India. Leslie Ford, a health science major at Western Kentucky University, is the first recipient of the scholarship and studied abroad in India during fall semester 2013. “I wish Leslie well,” says Levy. “It makes me feel good that she’s been able to experience the country and its culture.”


Looking Forward:Sharing the experience with the next generation

Richard Levy and his wife, Dale, on a canal bridge in Venice in the fall of 2013.

Richard Levy joins his host family—(clockwise from top left) Premo, “Ma,” Leila, Vikram, and Shantum Seth—for a boat ride on the Ganges in Patna, India in the summer of 1965.


Gordon Boyce SocietyThe Gordon Boyce Society recognizes donors of $500 to $999.

Anonymous Donors (4)Sharon and Carl AbrahamGregory and Debra Adams ∼Anne Allen and Robert HooperLouis and Laura AlpernAlice AnthonyCharles Anthony ◊William BartelsCarl and Patti Bauer ∼Margery Beebe ∼Cynthia and John BrackenArlene Branca ∼Terry-Ann Burrell ∼John Cammack and Kimberly WarrenDon CashJoshua Channell ∼Alice ChildsSue Chung and Scott Cooper ∼Roger Cogswell ∼Melinda and Wayne ColquittSusan Corbett and Steve KremmDerrin and Cathy Culp ∼Alexis Dalmat ∼Charles Danzoll and Abby Maxman ∼Martha Darling and Gilbert OmennDawn and Mark Deaton ∼Aaron Deemer ∼Andrew Deemer ∼Paul Deemer ∼Paul and Leeann Deemer ∼Cynthia DillerBetty DoddsWilliam and Lenora Dodge ∼Diane Donley ∼James and Sara DonnellLyn Egsgard ∼Judith EhrmanKaren Fadely ∼William FlauttSandra and Carlos FrumCarlos Garcia ∼Clinton and Mary GillilandEdward and Julie GinsburgDana and Sharon Gire ∼

Meloni HallockPaula Harbecke ∼Grafton HarperGraham and Patricia Harrison ∼Elizabeth Herrmann ∼Stevens and Nann HilyardOlivia HoblitzelleChristina HoltPenelope Hull ∼Matthew and Carmen JamesHannelore and Konrad Jarausch ∼Ana-Sofia JoanesSusan Hope KavinokyDavid and Peggy KeheSusan KelleyGilbert and Rebecca KerlinElizabeth and Andrew KingShunsuke Kurihara ∼Jonathan and Jodi Kurtis ∼Katherine and David Lee ∼Joyce Lehman ∼Christopher and Rebecca Lien ∼Eleanor and Edward MacDowellDarryl and Susan May ∼Nina R. McCoy ∼Carol and David McFarland ∼Elizabeth and Dale MeersJack Melnikoff and Morgan Brinley ∼Pamela Michell and W. Lawrence ∼Stephen Mizroch ∼John and Deborah Murphy ∼Thomas Navin and Michael O’NeilNancy NiemannJean Bosco Niyonzima ∼Walter North and Judy Ryon ∼Carl and Kirsten OppenheimerFrances PalenWalter Plimpton ∼Lisa Rae ∼Ronaleen and Thomas Roha ∼Alan and Susan Rothenberg ∼Elizabeth and Bernard Royce ∼Terry RuthrauffTedd Saunders ∼Betsy and Edward SchiffRichard and Mary-Jane Schott ∼Geoffrey and Eugenie Shields ∼

Ivan ShulmanPeter C. SimpsonEdwin and Katharine SmithRenate and Arthur Soybel ∼Gail StenniesIsabel and Donald Stewart ∼Richard and Evelyn Stimpson ∼Sandra Stone ∼Edy Sucipto and Mony Nou-Sucipto ∼Priscilla ToomeyAlicia Vogel ∼Timothy and Mary VolkBarry and Elsa WaxmanNicole WeyerSally Wilkins ∼Ellen Wormser

Sojourners ClubDonors who made their first gift or increased their support to between $250 and $499 in honor of our anniversary.

Anonymous (2) Carol and David Adelson ∼Brenda Aiken and Kenneth Thompson ∼Jean and Elliott Barker ∼Andi Biren and Rick Beal ∼Andrew and Carol Bell ∼Michael Brazda ∼Richard and Irene Burtis ∼Chelsea Collings ∼Robert and Michele Davenport ∼Olivia and Alexander Dreier ∼Eleanor Drury ∼Elizabeth and Rand Enas ∼Martin Fleisher ∼Francesca Galluccio-Steele and Philip Steele ∼Edwin and Elizabeth Goldwasser ∼Kathleen Goodspeed and Eric Kostegan ∼Sheila and Timothy Gothmann ∼Jeffrey Gracer and Ellen Archer ∼Richard and Lorrie Greene ∼James and Suzanne Gullett ∼

Charles Hale ∼James and Donna Hale ∼Tiffany Harbour ∼Linda Heimerdinger and William Faulkner ∼Kate and Ned Hentz ∼Lee and Arthur Herbst ∼Stephan Hertzfeld ∼Jamie Hewitt ∼Todd and Margaret Hooper ∼Laurie Hunt ∼Margo Janke ∼Wendy and Douglas John ∼Pierrepont Johnson and Lorna Porras-Johnson ∼Carol Katz and Joseph Pedott ∼Maurice and Margery Katz ∼Susan R. Klenk ∼Sarah and Daniel Leavell ∼Gilbert Lessenco ∼Lorraine Lyman ∼Marian Mahon ∼Stephen and Carolyn McCandless ∼Kirtland and Susan Mead ∼Donald Michaels and Susan Kraft ∼Lee and Steve Miller ∼Maureen and Douglas Miller ∼Carlos Montano and Claudia Mejia ∼Shantel Moses ∼Joni and George Munson ∼Francis and Virginia Neelon ∼Clare and Geoffrey Nunes ∼Richard and Josephine Oppong-Badu ∼Adriana Ospina and A. Jose Martinez ∼Thomas and Dominique Palmer ∼Jan Piercy ∼Peter Piness ∼Janet and Ben Pyne ∼Phyllis Rappeport ∼Peter and Susan Restler ∼Susan Ritz ∼


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Renee Robins and Brad Botkin ∼Daniel and Florence Rosenblum ∼Wendy and Benjamin Rowland ∼William Sage ∼Lori and Richard Schkolnick ∼Aley Schoonmaker-Kent and Ethan Kent ∼Patricia Schwartz ∼Clare Sherwood ∼Ann Sperling and Craig Archibald ∼Lee and George Sprague ∼David Stahl ∼Ken and Lisa Temkin ∼Juliana Terheyden and John Austin-Saviano ∼Paul and Phyllis Tobias ∼Kathleen and Carlton Tucker ∼Lindsay and Ryan Walsh ∼Elise Wen ∼Eric Wirth ∼Daniel Wolfson and Diana Gonsalez-Grandolfi ∼Ruth Wooden ∼George and Elizabeth Woodman ∼

80th Anniversary SupportersDonors who made their first gift or increased their support to between $80 and $249 in honor of our anniversary. Anonymous Donors (7)Jacqueline AbbottDillard and Erica AdamsPhillip and Sylvia AdamsEdwin AimanNeil and Cynthia Alexander

Amanda AllenDustin AltmanAnn Armbruster and Darren LewElaine Arnold and Jeffrey LamiaDawn AshbacherAndrus AshooClaire AubourgEric and Barbara BaatzElizabeth BallingerRobert Baranoff and Veronica KuzaraSylvia BarnardDonna BarnhartHarrison BennettJohn BenouskiJean BentonClaire and Joseph BerardinoAnnika and David BernsteinIsisara BeyTrudi and Thomas BickAlan Biederman and Bonnie McLellanRichard BisbeeJeff and LeeAnn BissellMarilyn and Robert BlackTimothy and Lesa BlackwellDon and Renee BlomDana BloomquistFrederick Blue and Judith Hertwig-BlueWalter and Alicia BonillaEmily BorenAnn BotticelliJulie BoudreauxMarion Boultbee and William SmithPatrick BourdillonJane BowersCarlos and Maria Isabel BragaMary BrakkeChristopher Brandt and Beth Brandt SersigDarcy Brennan-Poor

Kristin BrightCaroline BroonesMark Broutman and Sandra SimonKevin and Joan BrownBruce BryantLenore BufordEmily BullArlene and Scot BurbankElizabeth BurnettAlice and H. W. BurrowsLaurel Butler and Christopher DanielsMaurene Callahan-BourasGary and Eileen CarisRobert Carson and Martha ByersZoe Carter and Joe GuthThomas CaseyLeonard CaviseRamesh and Ramadevi ChadalavadaSubbaraman and Bhuvaneswari ChandramouliClaudia ChangChristopher ChapmanDeliah ChavezLawrence ChengDaniel CherneffKwong Gon and Yvonne ChuDavid and Phyllis CoburnAdam and Robyn CohenKesia ConstantineRuth and James ConwayJeffrey and Edith ConyersStephen CoxDaniel Crabtree and Maureen MahoneyCatherine CraneSimone CrawfordAnita and William CrispVirginia CrissSusan Crockin and Michael Atkins

Jebb CurelopDoug Currens and Jan MaiselSally CutlerJessica DanielsAva DanvilleOrion DavidoffThomas Davis and Margaret HuyckeKevin DeGabrielRochelle DeinRoger and Chagit DeitzMargaret and Christos DemopoulosMeredith and Greg DevinyCarol DinkinsMargaret DonaldDavid Donatien and Takiesha JordanEileen and Stephen DormerJacqueline DouglasMichel DrouereSteven and Cynthia DrysdaleMeredith DudleyJennifer and Len DulskiKay and Larry DusenberyWanda DuttonMary DvorskyAndrew DymMichael ElliottMargarette EmileRolf and Nancy EnghJames EssonCharles and Emily EvansLaura and Jordan EvansCara EvansonMohamed FahmyElizabeth and Joseph FalconiSuzanne FallenderNeil and Mary FallsGabrielle Field-Rahman and Mirza RahmanVincent and Ann FigueredoPeggy and Nestor FigueroaRogue and Maria Figueroa

“ Once you’ve sort of experienced the world at that level, you want to continue to, and that’s why [this program] is so important.”

Susan Meiselas, International Honors Program ’69

Lois B Estate

Donor List

TO COME

Donor List

Anita FisherZachary and Adrienne FisherDavid FlahertyNatalie FleischmanRuth and Dan FlourneyHarry Fogarty and Aileen KogerAnne and Ian ForbesChristopher Frechette and Margaret LopezMargaret and Keith FredricksonMargo Freistadt and Lynn LudlowPhilip FreundCarole FriedMiriam and Gerald FriedkinEllen Frost and William PedersenStacy FullerVioletta GajosMark and Susan GalatowitschCassandra and Glenn GalbreathDeborah GalefClifford and Karlen GarrardGregory and Deborah GelpiDiane GeorgesonRobert Gibson and Caroline HowellSally and Herbert GibsonTerri and Louis GieselJudyth GilbertCarolyn GilliganMarla GittermanKathryn GoldrathLisa GoldsteinMiguel and Anna GomezCarlos GonzalezAlex GoodridgePaul GorenElissa Grad and Narayan KaimalMark GrahamLaurie and Mike GrangerNorman and Karen GrannemannDavid and Lizette GreavesAmy GreenChristopher Greider and Margaret BlakeThomas and Marion GriffinCarla Grifo GunnJoseph Grimes and Martina HookerJonathan and Sandra GrindlayRobert and Christine Grosse

Amy GrulkeJocelyn GutchessEvan and Laura HackelJudith HamiltonPhuong HanbyKathleen and Damian HartmanEric and Tracy HassJeff and Lucy HaynesKenneth and Susan HebsonAlan Hecht and Kristin SwansonRobyn HedlyPrudence HeislerSusan Hellerstein and John TriedmanRichard HendriksDavid HenryLarry and Leanne HensleyJulie HessStephanie HillEric HirschhornMichael HirshFrances and Alfred HoadleyRobert and Gwen HoffmannPatricia HoganBeryl HogsheadKaty Homans and Patterson SimsDennis and Diane HornTerry HortonL. Michael and Margaret HowellCathy HuberRaymond Hudon and Marcia WilsonChris and Aileen IntaraSharon IrelandKatharine IskrantRichard and Ellen JaggerRichard and Luci JanssenVirginia and Thomas JensenCharlene JohnsonDaniel JohnsonAlison and Richard JonesSean JonesVidar and Kathleen JorgensenSuellen and Larry KadisJoanne KalynchukJoseph KatonaJulie KaufmanKaren and Karl KeaslerDavid KeightleyMary KellyMoushira Khattab

Candace KidstonLise KimballSean KingShari KingSusan Klee and David StoloffIrene KleinsingerGail and Larry KostekRachel Kronowitz and Mark LewisPamela and John KrouskoffDonna KruszewskaHarriet KuhrSarah and Charles LamphereLeonard and Betsy LangerLeonard and Patricia LapkinMervyn and Wendy LarrierMelissa LaughnerPhilip and Patricia LeavenworthDonna and Michael LeducChristopher LeeTheresa and David LeeMatthew and Lynne LenzJudith LePeraJens LerbackKurt LeskerAudrey Levine and Nels JohnsonLina and Jerry LiPeter LiemCarole Light and Alex RedmountainCheryl Liston

Ronald LivingstonGlenda LloydRobert and Diane LloydLukas LonckoSuzanne Lovell and Bridget PalmerArend and Nancy LubbersTim LuccaroIvan and Andrea LustigMark MabeyScott MacDonald and Marie K. Scott-MacDonaldDavid MadsonNatalie and Thomas MahoneyTrisha and Frederic MarguliesRichard and Joan MarshIsabella MartinRichard MartyBruce and Carla MasselinkAlice and Joseph MasseySarah MatalaHeidi MateraKatherine MaxwellMaria MayDarlene and James McCampbellSallie McCarthyRobert McIlwainMichael McKennett and Olga Daradur



Leslie Ford, recipient of the Richard and Dale Levy SIT Study Abroad Scholarship.

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Looking Forward:Supporting the opportunity of a lifetime

When Dick Keim speaks to prospective Experimenters,

he always reminds them to take the opportunity and run with it. “You couldn’t ask for a better experience,” he says.

Keim, who went on to co-found an investment firm in New York, partic-ipated in The Experiment to Spain in 1958. Instead of first joining the other Experimenters in Vermont, Keim had his orientation in Holland while living with a local family. Every morning, he enjoyed a Dutch breakfast that included bread, a slice of cheese, and something he had never seen before—yogurt.

Yogurt, not yet a staple in the United States, was only the first of many cultural differences Keim encoun-tered. When he reached Madrid, his family purchased food every day because of the limited refrigeration and on the weekends, he piled into the back of his Spanish family’s first car—a three-wheeled vehicle they used for short trips to the country. “It was quite different from how I lived in Illinois,” he explains. “Things that were ordinary to my Spanish family weren’t to me.”

Keim stresses that The Experiment taught him an early lesson in cherishing the commonalities that brought him close to his “Experiment family,” while valuing the cultural differences. A life lesson learned a long time ago in Spain was to respect people for their beliefs, though different from his own, and for their accomplishments.

This year, Keim is supporting The Experiment Outbound Ambassador Fund to help provide this unique opportunity to students who otherwise

would not be able to become Experimenters. World Learn-ing is committed to diversity, and scholarships help ensure participation by students from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds.

“I have a warm feeling for The Experiment,” Keim says. “I reached a point when it was time to give back to something that matters. You look back and think about what was important in your life, and

The Experiment was a very happy time in my life.”

“ I reached a point

when it was time

to give back to

something that

matters.”

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80th Anniversary Supporters(continued)

Helen McSweeney and Robert TarunAnne MeadThomas Meehan and Lena TownendLaura and John MeyerPamela and Anthony MeyersElizabeth MichaudEve Michel and Alfred MilaneseCarolyn Olds MikelsEleanor MillerGail and Donald MillerRill and Steven MillerCraig MiskovichMatilda and Peter MitsakosIsabel and Robert MooreKendel and Cathy MooreAnette and Gil MorClaire MordaGuy and Chin MorleyKimberly MorrisLauren MottolaSharon MoultonStanley MoultonPatrick MousseauStephanie MurphyEdward and Angela MurrayAnneka MutherMarkus MutherDjuna MyersAdelia MyrickAlan Nathanson and Jody RassellAmy NewmanKathrine NixonMary Novie and Cary HershSusan Nowogrodzki and Conly RiederMary O’Connell

Stephen Odom and Ellen CoggeshallAnthony OgdenMargaret O’Hanlon and Barry ArmourMelissa Oppenheimer and Kurt Edwards Catherine O’ReillySuzette OseiSam PackGeorge PackardPatricia Padgett-RogersWayne and Anne PanchessonAnn ParkShawna ParkerJudith ParmeleeMario and Catherine PascaleRyder PearceFreda PerelElizabeth and David PerryParis PersonAntoinette and Anthony PetrocelliDorothy PieniadzTheodore and Salote PierceMelissa and Donald PlotskyAndrew RacineDavid and Kristine Raino-OgdenDwight RainwaterBrenda and Jose RamirezRose RangelThomas and Gulnur ReinhartCarla RichSarah RichardsonJim RiddellNoah and Roberta RifkinDarby RingerMary RingstadDavid RobbRandi Roberts and Iven WaltersMichael and Chi-Yong Rockoff

Randy RoddaAmy Rodriguez-LeeTheresa RogersArianne RomneyWilliam Ronen-ClayLarry RossSandeep Roychowdhury and Abha RoyJoshua RubinMarge RyderTodd and Karen SachseLawrence and Robin SapanskiMeredith SattlerSusan and Charles SawyersSusan and David ScarponiLarry and Marjorie SchlenoffJohn and Margaret SchleyEduardo SedaVicky SeelenJoseph Shields and Patti HallJustin SimonJacqueline SloanRoy and Mary SmartHazel SmarttSusan SmithSandra and Herbert SnowDanielle SodaniLinda and James SpencerAnna Sperry and Torolf TorgersenJudith StaliweMarjorie Stern and Barry BorodkinRachel StewartJudith and Paul StofferDavid SufrinElizabeth SussmanPuzhao TangJohn TaylorWilliam TaylorEthel TerkelsenSusan and John Thomas

Ellen and Warren ThompsonJeffrey ThompsonJudith and John ThomsKay and Charles ThurmanTinh TieuLinda Tobin and Stephen PepperSue-Lin ToussaintJill TraceyDouglas and Tina TruskowskiBarbara and John TuckerCate UrbanMarjorie Van de Stouwe and Scott RatnerAdam Van de WaterJoseph and Denise VanLeuvenHelga VerasLori WainrightBrenda and Kenneth WalshN. Leigh WassonEmily WeidnerLynne Weil and Nils BruzeliusLinda Weiss and Michael ScottMartha WermanBarbara WetherillRachel WheelerPriscilla and Christopher WhittleJohn and Vanessa WilcoxSusan and Anthony WilsonSteve Winnick and Martha JacobsEdward Wolf and Karen McKayAbraham and Margaret WongJessica WorthyJoan Wright and Howard RobbinsWinthrop WulsinElizabeth YacubianEileen and Joel YagerJennifer YeeNancy and William ZinnElizabeth and Jack Zorski

“ It was like putting a match to a fire–igniting my love of international travel and friendship that has never ended.”

Susan Willson, The Experiment in International Living, Switzerland ’63


In Honor of Jenny Alexander Neil and Cynthia Alexander

In Honor of Anthony Allen Eric Hall AndersonDavid and Sally Kennedy

In Honor of Carol Barans Susan and David Plimpton

In Honor of Nathaniel Batchelder Susan and David Plimpton

In Honor of Henry Berinstein Dennis and Joan Poster

In Honor of Imraan Buccus Roy Smart

In Honor of Emily Caris Gary and Eileen Caris

In Honor of Divya Chandramouli Subbaraman and Bhuvaneswari Chandramouli

In Honor of Wendy Elizabeth Culp Derrin and Cathy Culp

In Honor of Laticia Dunning Thalia Wright

In Honor of Kristin Eberman Margot and David De Ferranti

In Honor of Anthony Elite Linda Tobin and Stephen Pepper

In Honor of David Friedkin Miriam and Gerald Friedkin

In Honor of Lincoln Giesel Terri and Louis Giesel

In Honor of Alisha Goldstein Harvey and Barbara Goldstein

In Honor of Lisa Gurwitch Jodi and Jonathan KurtisBarbara MeislinMarjorie and Larry Schlenoff

In Honor of Shola Haricharan Roy Smart

In Honor of Thomas Hiatt Edwin Aiman

In Honor of Judy Huret Rochelle Alpert and Steven Greenwald Bank of the West Eve Bernstein and Alex Gersznowicz Jonathan Bernstein Arlene and Scot Burbank Tonya Carmien Robert and Joan Chase Jane Condon and Kenneth G. Bartels Rosamond and Francois Delori Andrea and Stephen Dover Jane Edwards and Humphrey Tonkin Emerson College Stephen Farrand and Nancy Jarvis William and Sakurako Fisher Ann and Thomas Friedman Stephen and Grace Gamble Allison Goodson Richard and Lorrie Greene Lisa Gurwitch Thomas and Nora Hiatt Stephen and Lori Juelsgaard Cheryl and Glen Lewy Virginia Loeb and James Sperling John Mackie and Kathleen Ecker Clare and Howard McMorris Judith and Michael Meyers Betsy Michel Paul Muther and Ulla Dagert-Muther Emilie and Douglas Ogden Susan and David Plimpton Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Alan and Susan Rothenberg Kristin Baldwin Seeman Joan and Edwin Tiffany Jonah and Ellen Zimiles

In Honor of Anne Iskrant Katharine Iskrant

In Honor of Donzetta Jones Rachel CollensVivien and David CollensShuree Abrams Foundation

In Honor of Alexander Kadis Suellen and Larry Kadis

In Honor of Samantha Kadis Suellen and Larry Kadis

In Honor of Smitu Kothari Jacqueline Douglas

In Honor of Virginia Loeb Edwin and Elizabeth Goldwasser Ann Sperling and Craig Archibald Don Sperling

In Honor of Stephen Lowey Richard and Barbara Dannenberg Lisa Gurwitch Paul and Karen Isaac Darryl and Susan May Jack Melnikoff and Morgan Brinley Richard and Linda Melnikoff Marjorie Stern and Barry Borodkin

In Honor of Paul McCoy Nina R. McCoy

In Honor of John Meislin Eric Hall AndersonDavid and Sally Kennedy

In Honor of Cecilia Moulton Thalia Wright

In Honor of Mario Pascale Carol Dickinson

In Honor of Rebecca Persinger Julian and Elsie Mason

In Honor of Marnie S. Pillsbury Dianne and James Stuart


Commemorative Gifts | Gifts were made in honor of these individuals between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013.

Donor ListDonor List


In Memory of Samuel Achziger John Schuchardt

In Memory of Jill Benderly Jennifer FalzeranoLisa Gurwitch

In Memory of Richard Cima Hazem AbedinArlene Branca Alice and H. W. Burrows Nancy De Boer Margaret and Christos Demopoulos Mohamed Fahmy Moushira Khattab Patricia and Frank Mackowiak Bruce and Carla Masselink Aida Motassem Richard and Evelyn Stimpson Judith and Paul Stoffer Kay and Charles Thurman

In Memory of Laurie McLean Deemer Aaron Deemer Andrew Deemer Paul Deemer Paul and Leeann Deemer Carol Dinkins Rae Mandujano Scott McLean McLean Family Trust Sanford and Leslie Weiner

In Memory of Lucas Finnegan Lisa Gurwitch

In Memory of Marion Harris Robert and Judith Terry

In Memory of Adam Kolff Cornelis and Helen Kolff

In Memory of Eleanor Lazarus Melissa Warner and Bruce Mason

In Memory of Charles Mares Helen and Paul Gigley

In Memory of Judy Mello Sidney Lovett

In Memory of Francoise Moyrand Judith and Howard Rubenstein

In Memory of William Olson Sharon Ireland George Packard

In Memory of Derek Porras Pierrepont Johnson and Lorna Porras-Johnson

In Memory of Anthony Porras Pierrepont Johnson and Lorna Porras-Johnson

In Memory of Madeleine Queriere Judith and Howard Rubenstein

In Memory of René Queriere Judith and Howard Rubenstein

In Memory of Martha Schwartz Sylvia Schwartz

In Memory of Gerald Shaia Carol Dickinson

In Memory of Fay Symons David and Sally Kennedy

In Memory of John Wallace Jennifer Backus and Edward PaganoRobert Backus and Caroline Bishop

In Memory of Donald Watt Barbara Seymour

In Honor of Susan Plimpton Walter Plimpton

In Honor of Walter Plimpton Susan and David Plimpton

In Honor of Charles Plimpton Susan and David Plimpton

In Honor of Dunia Rkein Lillie Rodgers

In Honor of Alicen Roberts Quentin and Mary Knauer

In Honor of Shannon Russ Sonja Thorsvik

In Honor of Robert and Monique Schweich Ilene Gruenfeld Robert and Ellen Gutenstein Nina and Alan Myers Catherine and Alexander Traykovski

In Honor of Damaris Simmond Thalia Wright

In Honor of Kenneth Simonson Steve Winnick and Martha Jacobs

In Honor of Peter C. Simpson Sherry Lee Mueller

In Honor of Jan Solomon David and Phyllis CoburnSteve Winnick and Martha Jacobs

In Honor of Jackson Staliwe Judith Staliwe

In Honor of Brian and Kirbie Stephens Lisa Gurwitch

In Honor of Hope Stevens Susan and David Plimpton

In Honor of Carolyn Tyson Carol and William Gay

In Honor of Adam and Anne Weinberg Christopher Brandt and Beth Brandt Sersig

In Honor of Zipporah Wiseman Alice Kisch

Memorial Gifts | Gifts were made in memory of these individuals between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013.

Looking Forward:Bringing a global perspective to giving

Growing up in Illinois, Tonya Carmien was fortu-nate and grateful to have several opportunities

to travel with her family, which she says instilled in her a “love of exploring new things.” It also made her a perfect candidate for World Learning programs, and so, in the early 1990s, Carmien transferred from the University of Illinois to participate in SIT’s World Issues Program (WIP).

“The most valuable lesson I learned at WIP was that there are many ways of looking at the world—not everyone sees things as I do,” Carmien says. “Eighty percent of communication is listening, and when I face a challenge with someone, I know I have to think outside of my own context and look through the oth-er person’s eyes to get to a solution.”

The communications and problem-solving skills she learned at SIT have served Car-mien well. After completing WIP in 1994, she received her MBA at Rollins College and became the director of information tech-nology at Gap, Inc. Like many alumni, she is also very involved in a number of causes and has recently become more engaged with World Learning.

Now a World Learning San Francisco Bay Area Council member, Carmien served as a judge for the inaugural Advancing Leaders Fellowship competition in June. “I decided to judge at the Social Innovation Summit, because I had recently only been focusing my volunteer service on the local level,” says Carmien. “I needed to bring back a global perspective to my personal giving.”

In addition to contributing her time, Carmien also doubled the impact of her financial contributions this year by using Gap’s matching gift program. “My time at SIT changed the way I perceive the world in a good way, and I want to make that opportunity available to others,” she says, “and I am doubly grateful that Gap matches my gifts.”

For almost 30 years, World Learning offered WIP— a two-year program for socially-concerned, transfer students in their third and fourth years of under-graduate study. World Learning continues to engage with WIP alumni like Carmien and encourages their involvement in new programs.


Tonya Carmien navigates an outdoor market in Ukraine.


International Development and Exchange Program Partners

Government DonorsU.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

Government of Dubai

Government of Slovenia

The World Bank

Other PartnersAmerican Councils

Amideast

Anadarko

Assist Impact

Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo

Chevron

Cisco

CRDF Global

ExxonMobil

FedEx

Hummer-Tuttle Foundation

ICF-Macro

Institute for International Education

International Book Bank

International Rescue Committee

Lewy Family Foundation

Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Committee

Management Services International

Save the Children

Trademark Foundation

Yasar University


Anonymous DonorHerbert AdlerEric Hall AndersonDorothea de Zafra AtwellStephen BarefootFaith Wilcox BarringtonCarl BauerRandall BolligWhitford BondR. F. BonewitzJoan BoyceKathleen BrownElizabeth BrownsteinKatherine BryantMarion BundyPeggy Lewis CashJoan ChaseRobert ChaseVirginia CheneyGregory ChislovskyPrudence ClendenningElizabeth ConantSusan CorbettAudrae CouryCatherine CraneWilliam CrockerMary B. DavidsonSally DeitzRosamond DeloriE. Hazel DentonJill DixonBetty DoddsKimberly DorenStephan DraganisRoger DrexlerMargaret DruckerSarah DunmeyerLelah Dushkin

Laurence EbnerKaren EckhartSusan EdelmannJudith EhrmanJoan EllistonBillie EmbreeSarah G. EpsteinGeorge EwanSuzanne FitzGeraldMargaret FohlNancy FrybergerRichard FrybergerFrancesca Galluccio-SteeleAmy GarciaMitchell GoodmanMargaret GrimesLisa GurwitchSusan GutchessEleanor HamricBonnie HelmsMary HeltsleyApphia HensleyNora HiattThomas HiattBill HoffmanPatricia HoganStephen HoweBarbara IngermanLeila JahnckeLaura KaiserKaren KaleMargery KatzMaurice KatzDavid KehePeggy KeheSally KennedyIrene KleinsingerSusan R. Klenk

Sally KnappSteve KremmCarole KropschotCecilia LacksGordon LanktonBarbara LarsonMelissa LaughnerAnne LauriatGilbert LessencoMorelle Lasky LevineMarion LevyLaraine LippeTou Pao LorEdward LynnJoseph MandatoStephanie MaullPeter MayNina R. McCoyMarilyn MeardonJanet MersereauMarilyn MorrisSherry Lee MuellerEunice MurphyAnne NickersonFrancesca NicosiaNancy NiemannKathy Jones NixonJackalyn NollerRoberta OwensMaude PervereMarnie S. PillsburyDavid PlimptonSusan PlimptonSusan PostDavid ReinJohn RiordanSusan RitzLouise Rose

Jane RotchMarge RyderWilliam SageLisa SalzmanAnn Imlah SchneiderHoward SchumanMarilyn SchwartzRobert SchweichErnest Van B. SeasholesIsabel SilvermanCleta SkovronskiIrene SmithGary SmithJohn SommerBrian StephensKirbie StephensJudith StofferRichard StollenwerckSusan SunflowerDonna SvirskyMasako TakadaElizabeth TannenbaumRobert TerrySusan TerryJoan TiffanyPriscilla ToomeyJudith VoreAnn WeigandAdam S. Weinberg Beth WeisbergSusan Whittlesey WolfNancy Hamill WinterEllen WormserElizabeth YacubianRobert YoukerNancy ZinnerElizabeth Zorski

The Infinity ClubThe Infinity Club is a special group of supporters who have included World Learning, The Experiment in International Living, SIT Study Abroad, International Honors Program, or SIT Graduate Institute in their estate plans.

A planned gift in the form of a trust, gift of life insurance, charitable gift annuity, retirement plan assets, or bequest strength-ens World Learning’s future. We are deeply grateful to the Infinity Club members listed here and hope their leadership will inspire others. We also welcome our new members whose names appear in bold. Learn more about the Infinity Club at worldlearning.org/support-us/ways-to-give.

Looking Forward:Building a network of leaders

“The transformational experiences World Learning provides to students are a public good,” observes

World Learning Vice Chair and alumnus Tom Hiatt. “World Learning needs the support of donors who believe in the value of training leaders who can address the complex cross-border political, environmental, and social challenges we face.”

Hiatt studied and traveled with International Honors Program (IHP) in 1969. He says this expe-rience built the foundation of his skills and interests. It propelled him to start and lead several private firms and two nonprofit organiza-tions and inspired him to become a community leader. He has served on the boards of private and public companies and nonprofits, in-cluding The Nature Conservancy, Grameen Indianapolis, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Hiatt was not the only IHP student transformed by the 1968–69 program. His class included a cohort of alumni who have distinguished themselves in a range of fields, including:

• George Cooper, who has devoted himself to land rights issues;

• Vidar Jorgensen, who is dedicated to providing healthcare and credit to underserved communities;

• Former World Learning Trustee Bill Michaelchek, who established a major international investment firm;

• Trustee Larry Cooley, who found-ed and leads a prominent interna-tional development firm;

• John Mackie and Ed Lebow, suc-cessful attorneys and community leaders, who have inspired their children to enroll in World Learn-ing programs; and

• Susan Meiselas, a photojournalist who received a MacArthur Genius Grant in 1992.

Hiatt and his wife, Nora, are com-mitted to ensuring World Learning continues providing transforma-tional programs. “We believe the world needs young people with a global perspective now more than ever,” says Hiatt. “That is why we not only make a gift each year, but have joined the Infinity Club by making a provision for World Learning in our estate plans.”

“ Nora and I give to

World Learning,

in part, because

the world needs

the leaders World

Learning produces

now more than

ever before.”



80th Anniversary Event SponsorsBetween July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013, World Learning held special 80th Anniversary events in Boston, Brattleboro, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. The list below recognizes the generosity of the corporations, foundations, and individuals who sponsored these events that brought together hundreds of World Learn-ing supporters from across the country to celebrate 80 years of advancing leadership.

Anonymous Donors (3)Robert and Pamela AdamsRichard and Anne AdlerAlacritas FoundationRochelle Alpert and Steven GreenwaldJames Attwood and Leslie WilliamsJanet and Jan AumanBank of the WestEve Bernstein and Alex GersznowiczBrown & RobertsBrownstone Investment Group, LLCTonya CarmienRobert and Joan ChaseRichard and Emily CohenJane Condon and Kenneth G. BartelsWilliam and Jean CrockerAllen and Elizabeth CutlerCventMary B. DavidsonDavidson-Hooker FundRosamond and Francois DeloriAndrea and Stephen DoverDuke Energy CorporationEchoGlobeJane Edwards and Humphrey TonkinEgenciaEmerson CollegeSarah G. Epstein and Donald A. CollinsExpaticore Services, LLCThe Ezra CompanyBeatriz and Alvino FantiniStephen Farrand and Nancy JarvisFarrand Cooper, P.C.Fidelity Charitable Gift FundWilliam and Sakurako FisherThomas and Elizabeth Fox

Edith FraserAnn and Thomas FriedmanG. S. Precision, Inc.Giving Assets, Inc.Glover Park GroupGrant Thornton, LLPGreen Mountain Coffee RoastersLisa GurwitchHarperCollins PublishersThomas and Nora HiattJudy and Robert HuretPaul and Karen IsaacMidori and Ichiro IwanoJewish Community Endowment FundJ.P. Morgan & CompanyStephen and Lori JuelsgaardKimpton HotelsKPMG, LLPCheryl and Glen LewyDavid Loeb and Diane PosloskyEvan LoebVirginia Loeb and James SperlingStephen and Nita LoweyLowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C.John Mackie and Kathleen EckerMailrite, Inc.Markem-Imaje InternationalMarriott & Renaissance Hotels InternationalClare and Howard McMorrisNick Mehta and Preeti Shroff-MehtaJack Melnikoff and Morgan BrinleyRichard and Linda MelnikoffJudith and Michael MeyersBetsy MichelMocha Joe’s Roasting Co.

Morrison & Tyson CommunicationsSherry Lee MuellerPaul Muther and Ulla Dagert-MutherEmilie and Douglas OgdenEdith and Robert ParkerSusan and David PlimptonThe Richards GroupRichard and Barbara RosenbergAlan and Susan RothenbergRTI InternationalWilliam SageThe San Francisco ExaminerSchwab Fund for Charitable GivingRobert and Monique SchweichJulie Bergman Sender and Stuart Sender (Balcony Films, Inc.)Siemens CorporationSodexoJan Solomon and Kenneth SimonsonBruce and Julie SteinerBrian and Kirbie StephensTebjr ProductionsSue and Richard TemperoRobert and Judith TerryTetra Technologies, Inc.Joan and Edwin TiffanyTurner & Renaud, Inc.Vermont Artisan DesignsViator InternationalJonathan and Amy WalkerAdam and Anne WeinbergWinslow & AssociatesEric WirthWoodward DesignJonah and Ellen Zimiles ([words] Bookstore)

World Learning alumna and President of Marlboro College Ellen McCulloch-Lovell at 80th Anniversary event in Brattleboro, Vermont.


The Experiment in International Living Community PartnersThe Experiment has built ongoing partnerships with leading youth mentoring organizations and public and parochial schools from all regions of the United States. These partnerships are key to recruiting highly motivated lower-income and minority youth and individuals with disabilities.

Each local partner helps The Experiment identify motivated students, works to prepare students for the rigor of The Experiment programs, and serves as liaison with parents and guardians. Partners also assist students to raise additional money for program expenses, which aids in maximizing the investment of scholarship resources.

A Better Chance Alliance High School, KenyaAlonzo Mourning High SchoolBenjamin Banneker High SchoolBard High School Early CollegeBreakthrough CollaborativeCapital Partners for EducationChatham Hall SchoolChildren’s Empowerment Chinquapin SchoolConcord AcademyJack Kent Cooke FoundationDine College High School, chartered by the Navajo Nation East Orange Campus High School Eastside Prep Duke Ellington High School for the ArtsGeorgia Westminster High School GlassRoots Community ArtsGoddard Riverside OPTIONS ProgramGrand County High School Greensburg High SchoolHamilton Wenham School Harlan Community High School Higher LearningHighSight Jefferson High School KIPP Through College Liberty LEADS Libertyville High School MAST Academy Merchants Bank Minds Matter

Montgomery Bell Academy Mount Ararat High School Naples World Affairs Council Navajo Preparatory School Neve Shalom Wahat al Salaam, Israel New Jersey SEEDS North Star Academy Albert G. Oliver ProgramThe Oliver Scholars Program The Opportunity Network Pittsburgh World Affairs Council Pleasantville International AssociationPrep for PrepProject Row HousesREACH PrepRoosevelt High SchoolSchuler Family Foundation Scholars Program Seton Hall Preparatory School Sponsors for Educational OpportunityStep Up to Excellence Stuyvesant High School Take Stock in Children Teak Fellowship Temple University Collaborative on Community InclusionTerra Nova High School United World CollegeUniversity Academy The Urban Assembly Urban Prep School Westmoor High SchoolWight FoundationWomen of Tomorrow

Looking Forward:Using new technology to advance leadership

Inspired by the organization’s dedication to advancing leadership around the globe, last year Microsoft

donated software with a market value of more than $3 million to World Learning to support its software infrastructure upgrade.

“At Microsoft, we believe technology can do amazing things. That’s why we partner with thousands of organi-zations like World Learning,” says Akhtar Badshah, senior director of Microsoft Citizenship & Public Affairs. “We provide technology tools, training, and resources that can help create opportunities and transform communities.”

Technology moves at a rapid pace, and with each new innovation, the possibilities for improved global com-munications expand. Since World Learning operates in more than 60 countries, up-to-date technology enables the organization to share information, and thereby better serve participants and expand programs. Now equipped with upgraded technology, World Learning can address emerging global issues more effectively.

Microsoft’s in-kind donation has also led to opportu-nities for collaboration overseas. In April 2013, World Learning helped implement Microsoft’s YouthSpark program to teach in-demand technological skills to young people in Angola. Over the course of two days, Microsoft staff trained more than 30 Angolan civil soci-ety organizations with whom World Learning works very closely to build their capacity to use the tools, platforms, and best practices Microsoft offers.

“The centerpiece of our work in Angola is to offer technical assistance and training to our local civil society organization partners,” says Scott Lansell, interim senior vice president of International Development and Ex-change Programs at World Learning. “This initial training by Microsoft opens the door to future engagement with our partners to assist them in efforts to support their constituencies across the country.”

Encouraged by the success seen in Angola, World Learning is working to collaborate with Microsoft in Egypt and Algeria in the coming year.

30 World Learning Annual Report 2013YouthSpark participants in Luanda, Angola

Corporations, Foundations, and Other OrganizationsA growing number of corporations and foundations are providing funding for World Learning programs. These commitments reflect an increasing interest in our efforts to provide education, exchange, and development programs that empower and strengthen communities. The list below recognizes the organizations that made donations of $5,000 and above. Learn more about developing a corporate partnership with World Learning at worldlearning.org/support-us/ways-to-give.


Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public GivingBalcony Films, Inc.Brownington FoundationHoward P. Colhoun Family FundRobert D. Collins FundDavidson-Hooker FundHilda and Preston Davis FoundationDewitt Wallace Youth Travel Enrichment FundDuke Energy CorporationFidelity Charitable Gift FundAnn B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family FoundationFriends of University AcademyGarfield FoundationGiving Assets, Inc.Joyce and Irving Goldman Family FoundationBarbara Grace Charitable TrustGreenPoint GroupHamill Family FoundationRoy A. Hunt FoundationImpactAssetsJewish Community Endowment FundKimpton HotelsKPMG, LLPLewy Family FoundationLowey Foundation

Main Event Caterers, LLCMarpat Foundation, Inc.S & L Marx FoundationMerchants BankMeyers Charitable Family FundMicrosoft CorporationMonroe County Education FoundationMorgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc.MSS Consulting and Cardiology Med ServicesNew York Community TrustNorthern Trust CompanyPutnam FoundationThe Richards Group and the Richards and Taggard familiesThe Dorothy & Jonathan Rintels Charitable FoundationThe San Francisco ExaminerSchwab Fund for Charitable GivingSilicon Valley Community FoundationStuart Family FoundationTebjr ProductionsUSAA InvestmentsVanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramWeaver Family Private FoundationWharton Graduate AssociationWoodlawn Foundation

YouthSpark participants in Luanda, Angola

Advancing Leaders Fellow Sneha Shrestha presents her “daring” project to build Nepal’s first children’s art museum.


Abbott Laboratories Fund Matching Grant Plan

Alexander & Baldwin Foundation

AT&T Foundation

Bank of America

Capital Group Companies

Chubb Group of Insurance Companies

The Coca-Cola Foundation

Dollar Bank Foundation

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Duke Energy Corporation

Fortune Brands Home and Security

Gap, Inc. Foundation Gift Match Program

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

General Electric Foundation

German Marshall Fund of the United States

Goldman, Sachs and Co.

Google, Inc.

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

IBM Corporation

Macys Foundation

Prudential Foundation

Raytheon Company

Verizon Foundation

The Williams Companies, Inc.

Matching Gift CompaniesMany corporations match the donations their employees, employees’ spouses, retirees, directors, and board members make to charitable organizations. If your gift qualifies for a corporate match, the value of your gift may be doubled, or even tripled. The following is a list of companies that provided matching gifts to World Learning between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. Learn how to make a matching gift at worldlearning.org/support-us/ways-to-give.

“ The idea of experimenting, the idea of not knowing what’s going to happen is vital to having a fulfilled life.”

Julie Taymor, The Experiment in International Living, Sri Lanka ’69


World Learning Endowed FundsEndowments are a perpetual source of funding that benefit every aspect of the organization. For more information about creating an endowed or restricted fund, please contact the Office of Advancement at 802 258-3173.

The Sam Achziger Memorial Scholarship FundCornelia Aldis FundMarie Madeleine Aldis FundThe Anderson Family FundSally Bragg Baker FundFaith Wilcox Barrington FundKaren Stromgren Blanchard Scholarship Fund for WomenDelia Bloom FundF. Gordon Boyce FundSandra Hannum Carlton FundRobert Cash Memorial FundRobert A. Childs Memorial FundRay Clark Scholarship for Excellence in TeachingCompton Fellowship FundJoseph F. Cullman 3rd Scholarship FundDavidson Family FundDavidson II FundCleveland Dodge Environment Studies FundEast West FundEgypt ’63 Scholarship FundEIL 2003 FundEIL Initiative FundEllsworth FundSarah G. Epstein & Lionel C. Epstein Family FundExperiment Scholarship Fund for Western Pennsylvania StudentsClarence Falk FundFenelon Scholarship FundFounders FundSarah B. & Clarence J. Gamble Fellowship FundEsther Gillen FundGreater Boston FundGutow FundMarian Upton Harris FundHelzberg Family FundHouston International FundInternational CONTACT Peacebuilders’ Endowed Scholarship FundEdward G. Janeway International ScholarshipKennedy Family FundKoide Family FundRichard Koscinski Memorial FundL.G. FundLanvin/Charles of the Ritz Fund

Lasky/Levine EIL ScholarshipsLasky/Levine SSA ScholarshipsJonathan Lax Memorial FundSusan Donna Lessenco FundLewy Family FundStephen & Nita Lowey World Citizen Award FundAinsley Ross MacCormack Development FundMacCormack Development FundVito & Marianne Mandato Community Ambassador AwardMAT 3 FundMcMorris SIT International ScholarshipsMoser Africa Scholarship FundBrian Moss Memorial Scholarship FundThe Sherry Mueller Scholarship FundRudy Martinez Pino Memorial Scholarship FundReitemeyer Memorial FundRetained Earning FundRosado-Bonewitz Scholarship FundWilliam St. Clair & Margaret Merle-Smith Childs FundSargent Memorial FundRobert J. Schweich Minority FundJohn & Lawrence Shaw Macy FundSheridan County Maxine Torbert Memorial EIL Scholarship FundShohl FundSIT 2003 FundSIT One World ScholarshipSouthwest Connecticut Outbound Ambassador FundFrederic R. Stettenheim FundStudent Academic Scholarship FundLibby Sussler Memorial Fund The Kitty & John Walker FundThe Walker Family FundJohn A. Wallace FundWatt LegacyLeslie Watt FundWinchell Endowed Scholarship FundMargretta Winters FundNathaniel T. Winthrop FundWLID 2003 FundThe Lee Workum FundWorld Learning Peace FundJohn Wright Minority Fund

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Rosamond P. DeloriBoard ChairLincoln, MA

SIT Study Abroad Parent ’92, ’95, ’99, ’01

Robert W. AdamsVice Chair

Lexington, MAExperimenter to Italy ’58;

Experiment Parent ’86

Dana KullVice Chair

Hyde Park, MA

Charles F. MacCormackVice ChairEaston, CT

Experiment Leader ’65; Experiment Parent ’05

Richard J. AdlerGreenwich, CT

SIT Study Abroad Parent ’06

Robert C. ChaseAlexandria, VA

SIT Study Abroad Parent ’87

Fayezul H. ChoudhuryChevy Chase, MD

Lawrence Cooley Arlington, VA

IHP ’69; SIT Study Abroad Parent ’07; IHP Parent ’08

Allen B. CutlerNew York, NY

Jane EdwardsNew Haven, CT


Thomas H. FoxWashington, DC

Faculty member, SIT

Thomas HiattIndianapolis, IN

IHP ’69

Phyllis Watt IngersollTrustee Emerita

Buzzard’s Bay, MAExperimenter to Mexico ’46,

Guatemala ’47, Austria ’49, Germany ’50, Yugoslavia ’51; Experiment Leader ’56;

Experiment Parent ’79, ’81, ’85

Virginia A. LoebCambridge, MA

Experimenter to France ’70

Stephen LoweyChair Emeritus

Rye, NYExperimenter to France ’52

Judith Brown Meyers

Rye, NH

Betsy MichelGladstone, NJ

Experimenter to Japan ’62

David A. Murdoch, Esq.Chair EmeritusPittsburgh, PA

Experimenter to Germany ’61; Experiment Parent ’96, ’00

Paul S. Muther

Toronto, ON CanadaIHP ’66; Experiment Parent ’07, ’10

Emilie M. Ogden

Mill Valley, CAExperimenter to Switzerland ’79;


Susan B. PlimptonChair Emerita

Minneapolis, MNExperimenter to Sweden ’63; Experiment Lead-er ’68; MA, SIT Graduate Institute ’72; Experi-ment Parent ’00, SIT Study Abroad Parent ’01

Brian B. Stephens

Chicago, IL

Charles F. StewartLondon, United Kingdom

Sue A. TemperoIndianapolis, IN

Experiment Leader ’65

Adam S. WeinbergEx-Officio

Columbus, OHExperiment Parent ’10, ’12

Board of Trustees As of June 30, 2013

Donald K. SteinbergPresident and Chief Executive Officer

Nancy Rowden BrockSenior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Ross GibsonSenior Vice President, Global Human Resources

Lisa GurwitchSenior Vice President, Institutional

Advancement and External RelationsExperimenter to Mexico ’74, Spain ’75

Scott LansellInterim Senior Vice President, International

Development and Exchange Programs

John LucasSenior Vice President and Chief Academic

Officer, World Learning; Provost, SITSIT Graduate Institute ’94

Lisa RaeSenior Vice President of Legal Affairs,

General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary

Executive Team (as of July 1, 2013)


Financials

Grants and contracts $62,533,590 52.8%

Net tuition and program fees 49,396,816 41.7%

Contributions 3,013,379 2.5%

Investment income availed under spending policy 2,207,051 1.9%Auxiliary services 878,644 0.7%

Other revenue 424,815 0.4%

Total operating revenues and other support $118,454,295 100.0%

OPERATING EXPENSES:

Grants and contracts $62,756,928 51.8%Education and general 42,275,560 34.9%General support 14,893,243 12.3%Auxiliary services 1,120,877 0.9%Other 61,365 0.1%Interest on indebtedness 34,199 0.0%

Total operating expenses $121,142,172 100.0% Change in net assets from operations $(2,687,877)

Statement of Financial PositionJune 30, 2013 (unaudited)

ASSETSCash and cash equivalents $3,378,641 Accounts and notes receivable, net 5,026,933 Contributions receivable, net 694,152 Prepaid expenses and other assets 4,512,320 Investments 45,072,618 Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation 7,997,216

Total assets $66,681,880

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

LIABILITIES Accounts payable and accrued expenses $3,378,172 Advance payments and deferred revenue 5,985,708Borrowings under line of credit 3,895,372 Notes payable 206,944 Capital lease obligations 227,350 Federal loan program advances 878,072

Total liabilities 14,571,618

NET ASSETSUnrestricted 10,061,969 Temporarily restricted 11,587,689 Permanently restricted 30,460,604

Total net assets 52,110,262 Total liabilities and net assets $66,681,880

Operating Revenues and Other Support

Operating Expenses

Consolidated Statement of Activities Year Ended June 30, 2013 (unaudited)

OPERATING EXPENSES:

Looking Forward:Leaving a legacy

Lois Blais was a lifetime teacher with a passion for travel. An “army brat,” she started her life

in California and eventually settled down in Texas. In between, she led Girl Scout troops to Sweden, Germany, and Japan, and toured Europe with just a backpack and a tent. Always excited to meet new people, she joined the World Learning family in the 1960s, hosting inbound Experimenters in the Hous-ton area. As a steady donor, she remained close to The Experiment and World Learning for decades.

“Lo did much good for World Learning and America during that time, and I personally came to know or hear about many of the World Learning recipients,” says her close friend Jo Petty. “I fondly remember an adventure to a Mexican restaurant with Hiroshi, a student from Japan. Lo warned him that the sauce was spicy, but he shocked us both when he started drinking it by the spoonful!”

Blais passed away last year at the age of 81 and continued her legacy of support for the organization and its programs by leaving a portion of her estate to a scholarship fund for World Learning students. The organization is greatly appreciative of donors like Blais, whose lifetime of generosity will help World Learning provide a diverse selection of students the opportunity to become Experimenters and SIT students for years.

Planned gifts strengthen World Learning’s future. World Learning recognizes those who have included the organization and its programs in their estates

through the Infinity Club. Infinity Club members are invited to all of World Learning’s events held in cities across the United States, in addition to being acknowledged in our annual reports.

Most importantly, World Learning is dedicated to making the best use of its donated funds. Infinity Club members’ contributions support a wide variety of current programs and participants, and they will also allow World Learning to leverage future oppor-tunities and develop new methods for addressing global challenges.


Lois Blais (1931-2012)

Is Your Name Missing?The 2013 Annual Report recognizes donations made between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. If you think your name should have been included this year, contact the Office of Advancement at 802 258-3173, or email us at [email protected].

World Learning shares information in a variety of ways. Please provide your email, mailing address, and telephone number to the Office of Advancement at giving @worldlearning.org. We encourage you to follow us on Facebook and Twitter @Worldlearning for more frequent updates.

We invite you to help provide transformational experiences to others by making an online donation to World Learning by visiting worldlearning.org/support-us.

Looking Forward:SIT’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

Next year, SIT will celebrate 50 years of preparing students to be effective intercultural leaders.

Since 1964, SIT—founded as the School for International Training—has transformed the lives of thousands of students through its undergraduate, graduate, and professional development programs. Today, SIT Graduate Institute and SIT Study Abroad remain leaders in preparing passionate and talented individuals to contend with the complexities of critical global issues and contribute to meaningful change throughout the world.

Join us in celebrating SIT’s distinguished record of:• Providing students with the analytical ability,

theoretical knowledge, and practical skills to effect lasting change in diverse professional fields including international education, sustainable development, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and peacebuilding and conflict transformation.

• Developing students’ second-language proficiency to effectively communicate for social change, advocacy, and empowerment in multicultural environments.

• Preparing students to produce original, in-depth, field-based research through rigorous and experi-ential learning abroad.

• Connecting students with a global network of contacts and resources including faculty, experi-enced practitioners, and grassroots leaders.

• Encouraging students to use their learning experi-ences to enhance their future careers, communities, and lives as socially responsible individuals.

We hope SIT’s 50th anniversary will inspire renewed and increased support for SIT, its students, alumni, and staff. You can contribute to its future success at worldlearning.org/support-us.

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