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 Coordinator

Go Army! Beat Navy!
Nick Grimes
Program Manager
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Ronnell Perry
Chair

Cody Morris Paris, PhD

Julia Posteraro

Greg Payne

Rhiannon Tomtishen

Dan Weiss, PhD
Founder

Christopher Carr, Ed.D.

Elizabeth Fu

Rebecca Johnson

Ivi Kolasi

Dennis McCunney

Allie Bustin, Esq.

Brandon Blache-Cohen
Ex Officio
SITE DIRECTORS

Ariel Flores
Bolivia

Ms. Eveth Clark
Jamaica

Ms. Norma Fenton
Jamaica

Jullyana Franco
Brazil

Dr. Matthias Hass
Germany & Poland

Lenin Minga
Ecuador

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

Patricia Muñoz
Spain

Vanessa Brown
Navajo Nation

Mauricio Ramirez
Bolivia-FSD

Ashley Mountfort
New Zealand
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