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
Sloth lover & amateur puppeteer
Melissa Nix
Director of Development and Outreach
Reduce, reuse, recycle, Rihanna
Torey Siebart
Outreach Assistant
Go Army! Beat Navy!
Nick Grimes
Program Coordinator
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brandon Blache-Cohen
Ex Officio
Cody Morris Paris, PhD
Mike Sandy
Julia Posteraro
Michelle Zhu
Ronnell Perry
Chair
Greg Payne
Rhiannon Tomtishen
Dan Weiss, PhD
Founder
SITE DIRECTORS
John Mathias Brown
Jamaica
Jean Carla Costas
Bolivia
Jullyana Franco
Brazil
Dr. Matthias Hass
Germany & Poland
Lenin Minga
Ecuador
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
Dris El Aattar
Morocco
Dr. Sergio Villa
Spain
Dr. Frank Billingsley
Belgium
Ashley Mountfort
New Zealand
Lawrence Kaibetoney
Navajo Nation
Vanessa Brown
Navajo Nation
Mauricio Ramirez
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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