AMIS Board of Directors
Amy Speas, President, Senior Relationship Manager, Empower
Karen Reynolds, Vice-President, North Avenue Presbyterian Church
Zebekiah Bortner, Treasurer, Senior Tax Manager, RFA Management
Patricia Hibbard, Secretary, Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church
Heidy Brusitus, Kiwanis Club of Atlanta
Robert J. Taylor, IV, Northside Kiwanis Club
John Hibbard, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
Mitch Costley, North Avenue Presbyterian Church
John Hibbard, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
Brian Yoo, Product Manager, Delta Airlines
Wendy Kohn, Realtor, Wyndt Realty
Andra Martin, Ebenezer Baptist Church
Nikki Regis, Ebenezer Baptist Church
Mesha Marie Ward, CEO LeClass Events LLC
Rev. Irene Wong, AMIS Executive Director
Academic Advisory Board
Marisa Atencio, Ed.D. (Chair)
Assistant Dean and Director of Global Education
Oglethorpe University
Veronique Barnes
Associate Director, ISSS
Georgia State University
Intensive English Program,
Georgia State University
Kathryn Gaylord-Miles
Director, ISSS
Kennesaw State University
Peter W.M. Karanja
Vice President of Operations
Beulah Heights University
Kate Kirk
Assistant Director, ISSS
Georgia Tech
Khalfani Lawson
Office of Student Affairs & Community Life
Columbia Theological Seminary
Sandra McQueen
Past-President
GA Association of Fulbright Scholars
Adria Motiwalla
Student Support Coordinator, Language Institute
Georgia Tech
Jody Pritt
Director, ISSS
Georgia State University
Wafia Sayf
International Student and Study Aboard Advisor
Agnes Scott College
Kirsten Schaetzel, Ph.D.
English Language Specialist
Emory University School of Law
Over 200 volunteers and donors of diverse faith and community backgrounds make our ministry a welcomed gift to international students and scholars. Our volunteers are blessed in return by the richness of international friendship.