If you get a group of global education professionals in a room, you'll likely find a crowd of language learners, culture enthusiasts, or student service experts. Oh, and managers, right? Less obvious but definitely true. This event is open to everyone looking to share ideas, strategies, and successes as they navigate their management journeys. If you're looking to soon take on a management role, this event is for you. If you've just transitioned into a management position, this event is for you. If you've been a manager for a while, but you are confronted with a new team, new work set-up, or new challenges, this event is for you. This will be a discussion-based, participant-led gathering of colleagues. 

New to Management Affinity Group Leader

Elizabeth Erbeznik (she/her) is an international educator with nearly two decades of experience in higher education. Her first role in education involved teaching English to middle schoolers as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Madagascar. (Had her Malagasy colleagues done a performance review of her teaching abilities back then, she'd have been placed squarely in the "needs improvement" phase.) She then went on to earn a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Texas at Austin. After spending several years teaching college-level French and leading study abroad programs in Paris and Bordeaux, she took a role in the Academic Affairs department at WorldStrides (originally ISA) in 2015. She loves onboarding new colleagues, setting goals, meeting quarterly objectives, and collaborating with her team to ensure that they're supporting student learning on all their programs. In her spare time, she thrives by hanging out with her family in Austin, TX, reading, writing short stories, and traveling.