Our Team
AMIZADE STAFF

Dad, traveler, education advocate
Brandon Blache-Cohen
Executive Director

Looking forward to more Amizade journeys
Katie Baucco
Director of Operations

Yinzer by heart
Bibi Al-Ebrahim
Education Director

Aka Arthur Alexander
Daniel Alexander
Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Sloth lover & amateur puppeteer
Melissa Nix
Communications and Development Coordinator

The funny one
Victoria Radford
Program Advisor

Reduce, reuse, recycle, Rihanna
Torey Siebart
Outreach Assistant

Go Army! Beat Navy!
Nick Grimes
Program Coordinator

From Belfast to Pittsburgh
Tierna McConnell
Global Projects Intern
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Brandon Blache-Cohen
Ex Officio

Cody Morris Paris, PhD

Mike Sandy

Patricia Vile

Josh Stein

Julia Posteraro

Michelle Zhu
Chair

Ronnell Perry

Melissa Cuddy

Greg Payne

Dan Weiss, PhD
Founder
SITE DIRECTORS

John Matthias Brown
Jamaica

Jean Carla Costas
Bolivia

Jullyana Franco
Brazil

Dr. Matthias Hass
Germany & Poland

Gail Mohammed
Trinidad & Tobago

Denise Aleong Thomas
Trinidad & Tobago

Anna Kraus
Poland

Michael Fernandez
Puerto Rico

Rev. Chris Nyame
Ghana

Nate Siggers
Appalachia

Keller Allen
Pine Ridge

Juri Bottura
Italy

Josef Diemair
Austria

Ian Sutton
England

Dris El Aattar
Morocco

Dr. Sergio Villa
Spain

Dr. Frank Billinsgley
Belgium

Daniel Bryan
Ecuador

Ashley Mountfort
New Zealand

Lawrence Kaibetoney
Navajo Nation

Vanessa Brown
Navajo Nation

Mauricio Rodriguez
Bolivia-FSD
HALL OF FAME

Eric Hartman
Former Executive Director

Arlene Kee
GSL Champion in Northern Ireland

Rev. Glenn Grayson
Community Partner and Global Education Advocate

Mike Sandy
Former Executive Director

Betty Lou Weiss
First Volunteer and Amizade Matriarch

Jean Carla Costas
Bolivia Site Director

Marvin and Martie Wachs
Amizade Supporters

John Matthias Brown
Jamaica Site Director

Steven Alexander
Amizade Brazil, Former Site Director

Dan Weiss
Founder and First Site Director
CAREERS
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