Staff
Susan
Stroud,
Executive Director
Susan is the founder and
Executive Director of Innovations in
Civic Participation. One of the
White House architects of
the National and Community Trust Act of 1993,
she served in senior positions at the
Corporation for National and Community Service to implement
AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America.
Previously, she was the
founding director of Campus Compact, a national
coalition of university
presidents, and the
Jean
Manney, Program Associate
As ICP's Program Associate, Jean works
with the Executive Director to manage national
and international projects as well as aspects
of organizational development and
communications. Specifically, Jean
manages projects relating to the International
Association for National Youth Service (IANYS),
Summer of Service and fundraising for
ICP. Previously,
Jean completed the International Partnership
for Service-Learning's graduate program and
received her M.A. in International Service from
Roehampton University in London, England.
Through the program, she studied at the
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara,
volunteered with a youth empowerment
organization in Guadalajara, Mexico and
interned with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
in London, where she conducted research for her
Master's dissertation on global citizenship and
innovations in volunteering. Jean served
for two years as an AmeriCorps*VISTA with
Massachusetts Campus Compact, through which she
developed campus-community partnerships and
facilitated service-learning placements at
Simmons College in Boston, MA. She also
coordinated the community-based learning credit
program at Georgetown University's Center for
Social Justice. Her B.A. is in
International Relations and Spanish from Tufts
University. Jean is a third-generation
national youth service participant.
Colleen
Hammelman, Program
Associate
As ICP's Program Associate, Colleen works with the Executive Director to manage national and international projects as well as aspects of organizational development and communications. Specifically, Colleen manages projects relating to capacity building in South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, youth service and environmental sustainability, developing pathways to teaching careers for AmeriCorps members, measuring the impact of youth civic engagement and ICP communications. Before joining ICP, Colleen served as an advocacy associate at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights where she oversaw the annual Human Rights Award and assisted with project implementation in support of the RFK Human Rights Award Laureates. Previously, Colleen also conducted research on international human rights for the Institute for Strategic and International Studies - Malaysia. Colleen completed her MA in International Affairs at American University and her BA in Technical Journalism and Political Science at Colorado State University. She has language skills in Arabic, Spanish and Hindi.
Kelly Fox, Development
Associate
After serving as the ICP
Office Manager for a couple years, Kelly now
focuses on development and fundraising
activites, as well as assisting with some
communications work such as the newsletter and
website maintenance. Kelly comes to ICP after a
semester studying Spanish in Argentina and
Chile through Escuelas y Centros En
Latinamerica. Previously, she was Biology
Coordinator for the Division of Biology and
Medicine at
Elizabeth
Babcock,
Talloires Network
Coordinator
As the Talloires Network Coordinator, Elizabeth supports member universities and the governing body of the network through regular outreach, information-sharing and strategic planning. Elizabeth also maintains the Talloires website and works on expanding and strengthening network initiatives for member universities. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Civic Knowledge Project at the University of Chicago, working to increase quality educational and cultural programming and knowledge exchange between the university and its neighboring communities. In this position, she worked on a MacArthur funded mapping project of community cultural organizations, leading to the creation of a new university-based support network for these organizations. Elizabeth holds an M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Florida. She has traveled extensively in Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina and England.
John Pollock, Talloires Network Program Assistant
John assists in communications, research, writing, and other projects for the Talloires Network. He is a recent graduate from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in Political Science and Arabic. John's coursework focused on international relations and Middle East political issues, and his senior thesis explored the development of Hamas' political platform prior to its victory in the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council elections. John has interned with two refugee resettlement agencies as well as the Middle East Institute, and he studied abroad in Jordan in the summer of 2007. His main interests include international relations, the growth of civil society in developing countries, and political/social developments in the Middle East.Marlin Payne, Summer of Service Fellow
As ICP's Summer of Service Fellow, Marlin assists the Program Associate in managing the Summer of Summer Initiative. Specifically, Marlin oversees the Summer of Service Online Resource Center and assists in research, communications, fundraising, and overall project support. He is a recent graduate of Saint Vincent College with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Communication. Since 2005, Marlin has worked with a local youth serving organization in his native Newark, NJ connecting underserved students with the resources they need to stay in school and graduate from high school. In 2008, Marlin interned in the Office of Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (WI-02) as the James G. Fulton and J. Steele Gow Fellow at the Les Aspin Center in Washington, DC. That same year he traveled to Rome as an academic scholar, volunteered with the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, and traveled to Kenya to examine the relationship between governments, NGOs and funding agencies.
Marina Casciano, Office Manager
As the Office Manager, Marina assists the office staff, making sure things run smoothly. She makes travel arrangements for the staff members, orders supplies for the office, recruits staff, and tracks the organization's budget, among other daily tasks. Marina graduated in May of 2010 from George Mason University with a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) degree. Her coursework focused mainly on International Management. She has interned at the Human Resources Departments of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Academy for Educational Development (AED). In addition, Marina has spent her entire undergraduate career serving George Mason University's Orientation Office in an administrative capacity. Marina is originally from Brazil and has lived in several countries around the world, namely Colombia, Greece, Germany and, of course, Brazil and the United States. Hence, her main interests include non-profit management in the international arena, as well as international relations.
Alexander Bruce, Office Assistant
Alex came to ICP in April 2010. After briefly serving ICP as the Interim Office Manager, Alex took over the role of Office Assistant. He is currently an MA candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he is concentrating in International Development. Alex is a 2008 graduate of American University, and from 2008-2010 served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jordan.
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