International Affairs Advisory Council

The International Affairs Advisory Council is comprised of Case Western Reserve University administrators, senior faculty, and the deans of all schools and the college. The Council provides invaluable experience and expertise to guide the university's international activity and serves as an advisory group for the international rankings initiative. 

International Affairs Advisory Council Co-Chairs

David Fleshler - Vice Provost for International Affairs

David Miller - Associate Professor and Director, International Education Program, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

International Affairs Advisory Council Members

Venkataramanan “Ragu” Balakrishnan - Dean, Case School of Engineering 

Rick Bishoff - Vice President for Enrollment, Undergraduate Admission

Nabil Bissada - Associate Dean for Global Relations, Professor and Director, Graduate Program, Department of Periodontics, School of Dental Medicine

Kenneth Chance - Dean, School of Dental Medicine

Mark Chance - Vice Dean for Research, Director, Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Charles W. and Iona A. Mathias Professor of Cancer Research, Office of Translation and Innovation, School of Medicine

Bradford Crews - Senior Executive Director, The Alumni Association

Mitch Drum - Interim Vice President for Research and Technology Management, Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine

Daniel Ducoff - Vice President for Engineering and Global Development; Vice Dean for External Relations, Office of Development and External Relations, Case School of Engineering

Donald Feke - Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education; Professor of Chemical Engineering, Case School of Engineering

Grover C. Gilmore - Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean in Applied Social Sciences and 
Professor of Psychology and Social Work

Robert Gao - Cady Staley Professor of Engineering and Chair, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Stanton Gerson - Interim Dean, School of Medicine, Professor, Department of Medicine & Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Director, National Center for Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine; Director, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Mary Quinn Griffin - Associate Dean of Global Affairs Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing; Assistant Provost for Outcome Assessment and Accreditation, Professor and Institutional Researcher

Anurag Gupta - Vice Dean, H. Clark Ford Professor, and Professor of Banking and Finance, Weatherhead School of Management

Arnold Hirschon - Associate Provost and University Librarian

Kurt Koenigsberger - Associate Dean and Associate Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences

Daniel Lacks - C. Benson Branch Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering

Kenneth Ledford - Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences; Associate Professor of Law, School of Law

Manoj Malhotra - Dean and Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Management, Weatherhead School of Management

Janet McGrath - ​Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

James McGuffin-Cawley - Arthur S. Holden Professor of Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering

Kelly M. McMann - Professor of Political Science and Director, International Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences

Carol Musil - Dean, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Janet Okoben - Director, Digital Content Strategy, University Marketing & Communications

Steve Petras - Director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Michael Scharf - Dean and Joseph C. Hostetler-BakerHostetler Professor of Law, School of Law

Glenn Starkman - Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Physics and of Astronomy
Director, Institute for the Science of Origins, Director, Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, College of Arts and Sciences

Joy Ward - Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Molly Watkins - Assistant Provost for International Affairs 

Sue Workman - Vice President for University Technology and Chief Information Officer

Victoria Wright - Associate Vice President for University Planning and Administration