About IIE

Fulbright Scholar Advisory Board (CIES)

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) was founded as a non-profit organization in 1947 and administered the Fulbright Scholar Program on behalf of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). In 1996, administration of the Fulbright Scholar Program transferred to the Institute of International Education (IIE), while the Fulbright Scholar Advisory Board (CIES) continued as an independent body providing valuable guidance on the administration and future trajectory of the program. The Fulbright Scholar Advisory Board (CIES) is composed of higher education experts from a variety of colleges, universities, and institutions dedicated to furthering international education and multicultural understanding.

Chair

Joan Gabel Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh

Members 

Dr. Victor J. Boschini Jr. Chancellor, Texas Christian University

Dr. Rafael L. Bras K. Harrison Brown Family Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology

Hannah Buxbaum Vice President for International Affairs, Indiana University 
John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics and Professor of Law

Joy Connolly President, American Council of Learned Societies

Anna Harvey President, Social Science Research Council

Robin Helms Vice President, Membership and Educational Services Association of Community College Trustees

A. Sarah Ilchman Co-President, Institute of International Education

Cynthia Jackson-Hammond President, Council of Higher Education Association

Lee Lambert Chancellor, Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela Vice Provost for International Affairs and Global Strategies, University of Illinois

Gary May Chancellor, University of California Davis

Ted Mitchell President, American Council on Education

Fernando Reimers Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education 
Faculty Director, International Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Vaughan Turekian Executive Director of the Policy and Global Affairs Division (PGA), National Academies

Ben Vinson III, President, Howard University