International President: Judith A. Smrha, Ph.D.
Baker University
 Hello to you all-greetings from NE Kansas! As the International President of Phi Beta Delta for 2009-2010, my primary responsibility is to assist the Executive Director in the day-to-day management of the Society and to chair the activities of the Board of Directors as it fulfills its oversight responsibilities for the Society.
My participation in Phi Beta Delta began in the spring of 1999, when I and others founded a chapter of Phi Beta Delta at my academic institution, Baker University (Delta Pi chapter). I have held the role of chapter coordinator at Baker since the chapter's founding. In addition, for two years (2006-2008) I was a member of the Society's Board of Directors as Midwest Regional Vice President.
At Baker, I hold the position of Assistant Dean for Institutional Effectiveness and I also have a faculty appointment, as Associate Professor of Business and Economics. My professional interests have included many areas, but nearly all of them have overlapped issues relevant to international scholarship, a focus I first gained as a study-abroad student in Munich, Germany, when I was an undergraduate at Mills College in Oakland, CA. My graduate degrees (M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics) were obtained from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.
Past International President: Monica Freeman, Ph.D.
 California State University, Sacramento
Greetings to all fellow Phi Beta Delta members! As the Past President, it is my responsibility to Chair the Nominations and Elections Committee and find appropriate candidates for the positions of President-elect and Vice President-elect and any other elected Board positions that are vacant. My personal PBD goal for 2009-2010 is to try to increase the number of chapters outside the United States. I wrote an article for the January 2009 edition of the Medallion, our newsletter, about the role of Phi Beta Delta at an educational institution and truly believe that having a chapter of PBD is essential to pulling together all the various international elements of a university or college. I am a founding member of the Omicron Chapter at our university which dates back to 1987.
I am happy to have the opportunity to share with you a little more information about my background. I work as the Coordinator of International Programs at California State University, Sacramento where I have worked for 30 years organizing international exchanges and special projects, administering the international research scholar program, helping faculty members find opportunities abroad for their own professional development, helping students find scholarships to study abroad, and advising international students. I enjoy the great variety of tasks I have here in Sacramento!
I have a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in French, and my area of specialization is 19th Century French literature. My dissertation was entitled, “The Writings of Paul Gauguin: Traces in the Sands of Tahiti and the Marquesas.” I completed a M.A. in French at California State University, Sacramento and an A.B. in Modern Languages (French, Spanish, and Italian) at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. I have been fortunate to have had three Fulbrights: one as a student in France and two administrator awards in Germany and Korea.
Apart from my work in international education, I am a keyboardist and singer, and I enjoy recording music and writing poetry and journals. I also enjoy producing short films mostly centered around my travels.
International President-Elect: Edward K. Khiwa, Ph.D.
Langston University
 A Rhodes Scholar, Professor Edward Khiwa, began his humble scholarly beginnings at universities in Africa then continued in the former Soviet Union, Europe, and The United States.
He increased his advanced training in legal and medical behavioral skills and practice management related to academic and employment in California, and ended his studies at the University of Arizona, Tucson. After escaping Idi Amin's ruthless regime in Uganda, Dr. Khiwa continued his professional career in Oklahoma. His career includes his interests in administration and research in infectious diseases epidemiology, organizational design and leadership. He is a Director of Health Professional Academic Programs in Oklahoma, and a guest Professor at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Dr. Khiwa enjoys practicing a variety of foreign languages when opportunities arise. He is a researcher, an author, and Epsilon Epsilon President chapter of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society at Langston University where he is also the International Affairs Committee chairman. Dr. Khiwa believes that there are three skills that define a leader: conceptual, technical and human (people) skills. Dr. Khiwa is convinced that working as a team the board of directors, together with the general membership, can achieve great accomplishments for Phi Beta Delta Honor Society. Professor Edward Khiwa is a tenured professor and president-elect of Phi Beta Delta.
Senior International Vice President: Richard L. Deming, Ph.D.
California State University, Fullerton
 Dr. Richard L. Deming is Professor Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton. His international research and teaching experiences have most recently included mentoring US students in public health in Thailand at Chiang Mai University Faculty of Medicine under sponsorship of the National Institutes of Health Minority Health and Health Disparities Minority International Research Training (NIH-MHIRT) program, as well as with the CSUF-Associated Students funded Environmental Science Research in Thailand (ESRT) program that includes chemistry, biochemistry, biology and geology. As host of a number of Thai Visiting Research Scholars as well as government and university administrators from around Thailand, Dr. Deming has facilitated a wide range of interactions in many disciplines. His other collaborations and travel have included Ecuador, Vietnam and China, as well as visits to Italy and Greece. Dr. Deming has been active in the Beta Chapter for more than a decade and continues to enjoy the opportunity to encourage all students, especially in the sciences, to plan study abroad programs.
Senior International Vice President-Elect: Ms. Susan "Susi" Rachouh
Bridgewater State College
 Hello to the Phi Beta Delta family!
My name is Susi Rachouh and I am the Senior International Vice President-Elect and the Regional Vice President for the Northeast, serving in that capacity since early in 2007. I have been a part of two chapters of Phi Beta Delta, serving as Chapter coordinator at Creighton University’s XXXX chapter from 1994-2000 and starting the Zeta Zeta chapter at Ramapo College of New Jersey in 2005, where I also served as Chapter coordinator until June of 2008. I hope to start another chapter in my new location at Bridgewater State College, and to continue to encourage the development of Phi Beta Delta chapters in the Northeast.
My interest in international education spans over twenty years, beginning with a love for languages and a study abroad experience in Paris, France. I earned my BA in French at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, after spending two years at Central College in Pella, Iowa and studying on Central’s Paris program. After coming back to the Midwest to work with Southeast Asian and Cuban refugees, I went on to attend the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont, where I earned my Masters in International Administration, concentrating in Intercultural Advising and Training. I worked for 6 years at New England College in both Henniker, NH and Arundel, England, before returning to the US where I worked for the University of Wyoming, Creighton University, Ramapo College of New Jersey and now Bridgewater State College, as Director of Study Abroad Programs. As an international educator with a passion for the field, I believe that Phi Beta Delta exemplifies the international spirit of higher education, where faculty, students and staff can come together to celebrate our interconnectedness.
On a personal note, I am married to my husband of 21 years, Fathi Rachouh, who hails from Morocco, and we have two daughters. We visit Morocco every two years and I have a special love for the people of North Africa. I also serve on the board of the Muslim Women’s Institute, based in the Bronx, NY, and enjoy reading, talking and sharing meals with friends, traveling, and watching movies.
Past Senior International Vice President: Ms. Marcy R. L. Glover
George Mason University
 Greetings from Virginia and welcome to Phi Beta Delta! I will be serving as the Past Senior International Vice President for 2009-2010. I am also the current Southeast Regional Vice President.
In addition to my Phi Beta Delta duties, I am also the Global and Educational Programs Coordinator at George Mason University and helped found our chapter (Epsilon Delta) in 2001. Mason has utilized our Phi Beta Delta chapter as a critical element in internationalizing our campus and curriculum. The exciting mix of students, faculty and staff has created wonderful opportunities for fellowship, research and learning. I highly encourage any institution looking to broaden their international offerings to have a Phi Beta Delta chapter.
On a more personal note, I have a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration and Master of Science in MNPS: Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics from George Mason University. I am originally from San Francisco, CA, but have lived in Virginia for over thirty years and am considered a Virginian by marriage. When not at working, or commuting to and from, I enjoy reading, watching movies (love Star Wars), working out and spending time with my husband of 14 years, Bob.
Regional Vice President, Northeast Region: Ms. Susan "Susi" Rachouh
Bridgewater State College
(See above: Senoir International Vice President-Elect)
Regional Vice President, Midwest Region: Joe D. Potts, Ph.D.
University of Kansas
Past Senior International Vice President: Ms. Marcy R. L. Glover
George Mason University
Greetings from Virginia and welcome to Phi Beta Delta! I will be serving as the Past Senior International Vice President for 2009-2010. I am also the current Southeast Regional Vice President.
In addition to my Phi Beta Delta duties, I am also the Global and Educational Programs Coordinator at George Mason University and helped found our chapter (Epsilon Delta) in 2001. Mason has utilized our Phi Beta Delta chapter as a critical element in internationalizing our campus and curriculum. The exciting mix of students, faculty and staff has created wonderful opportunities for fellowship, research and learning. I highly encourage any institution looking to broaden their international offerings to have a Phi Beta Delta chapter.
On a more personal note, I have a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration and Master of Science in MNPS: Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics from George Mason University. I am originally from San Francisco, CA, but have lived in Virginia for over thirty years and am considered a Virginian by marriage. When not at working, or commuting to and from, I enjoy reading, watching movies (love Star Wars), working out and spending time with my husband of 14 years, Bob.
Regional Vice President, Northeast Region: Ms. Susan "Susi" Rachouh
Bridgewater State College
(See above: Senoir International Vice President-Elect)
Regional Vice President, Midwest Region: Joe D. Potts, Ph.D.
University of Kansas
Regional Vice President, Southwest Region:
Position vacant.
Regional Vice President, Southeast Region: Ms. Marcy R. L. Glover
George Mason University
(See above: Past Senior International Vice President)
Regional Vice President, West Region: Catherine Turrill, Ph.D.
California State University, Sacramento
 Greetings from California and welcome to Phi Beta Delta. I am the Vice President of the Western Region, which currently has active chapters in California, Nevada, Mexico, and the Ukraine. Like the other Regional Vice Presidents, one of my main concerns is the growth and nourishment of our chapters. It is great to see the birth of new chapters, the growth of existing chapters, and the revival of old chapters that have become inactive over the years.
I am now in my second term as President of the Omicron Chapter at California State University, Sacramento. I also work closely with the Office of Global Education in a variety of ways and have represented the University on the CSU system’s Academic Council of International Programs (ACIP). My main “home” at Sacramento State is the Department of Art, where I am the Assistant Chair and a full professor, responsible for the full series of courses on European art history from antiquity through the end of the eighteenth century. As an art historian, my specialty is the Italian Renaissance and my most recent publications and conference papers have been about a group of women artists who were active in Florence in the late 1500s. I have directed an American college program in Italy in the past and presently am developing a new, three-week course in Florentine art history, to be offered at the CSU Program Center in Florence for the first time in summer of 2009.
My other interests include local architectural history. I am an active member of the Sacramento Old City Association and am restoring an early twentieth-century “high water bungalow,” a characteristic type of residence in this flood-prone region.
Director of Development: Professor Patricia Rickett
Northern Illinois University
Director of Awards: Ms. Abigail Pereira
The George Washington University
 Saludos to you all! I am Abigail Pereira, Director of Awards for Phi Beta Delta. My association with Phi Beta Delta began as a founding member of the Beta Omicron Chapter at George Washington University in the 1980s. I served three terms as Chapter President and served as liaison with Headquarters for events that we sponsored together over the years. After my retirement from GW, I joined the Board of Directors and assumed responsibility for the Awards program.
For the past several years I have led the education initiatives of the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area. We conduct a Fellows program on International Affairs for select graduate students in the consortium of universities in the Washington metropolitan area. Our other activities include: a Global Classrooms program that culminates in a model UN conference at the State Department with the Secretary of State as our keynote speaker (500 students, 60% from inner city public schools); professional development workshops for teachers and trainers working with students and young professionals from the State Department and other international organizations; an essay contest on Human Rights issues for high school students and many more programs/events to promote an awareness of and support for the work of the United Nations.
On a more personal note, I grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, child of the International community (my father was a diplomat with the International Labor Organization) and married John, whose career focus has been International Relations and Foreign Policy. The mates selected by my children reflect the diversity that was always a part of their lives growing up and our family gatherings resemble a mini-UN. My undergraduate degree was in English, my graduate in Counseling and Human Resource Development with a focus on cross-cultural counseling. (Wellesley College, University of Maryland, Dreikurs Institute, George Washington University).
Director of Membership: Guillermo de los Reyes, Ph.D.
University of Houston
 Greetings Phi Beta Deltans! My name is Guillermo De Los Reyes, I am the International Director of Membership. As the Director of Membership my duties are to assist the Executive Director, the officers and the members in matters relating to membership in the Society. In addition, I am in several committees assigned by the President of the society. In fact, this year I coordinate the Annual Conference's academic program; please feel free to submit your proposals.
Currently, I am an Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Houston. I have published several articles, book chapters, and this year I am working on two book projects: 1) Rethinking Gender, Race and Class in Colonial Mexico and 2) Freemasonry in Mexico. I have a B.A. in International Relations from the Universidad de las Americas-Puebla (UDLA), two Master degrees, one in American Studies from the same institution and another in Latin American Folklore Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. I have a Ph.D. in Ethnology and Latin American Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
Since I was an undergraduate student, I have had a great interest on international education. I had the opportunity to go abroad to Stanford University, when I was an undergraduate at UDLA. As a graduate student in Mexico, I spent a year at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, I
have been an instructor at the Penn-in-Alicante (Spain) program (Summer of 2000) and I directed the Lauder Institute's Latin American Summer Program Abroad in Mexico, Chile and Argentina from 2002-2003.
I was one of the founders of the first PBD Chapter abroad, Gamma Sigma at the Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Mexico. In 1997, I was very fortunate to win the PBD International Student Award. Presently I am a member of Delta Iota Chapter at the University of Houston. This year, I am the President-Elect of this award winning chapter.
I have lived in Houston since 2003 and I enjoy dancing, reading, and independent and international films.
Director of Publications: Michael Smithee, Ph.D.
Syracuse University / Smithee Associates
A professional advisor and administrator in international education for over 30 years, Mike retired from Syracuse University and moved to South Florida and where he formed a higher education consulting service, Smithee Associates. During his tenure at Syracuse University he established himself in administration of an international office, advising and counseling international students and scholars on immigration and related topics, developing and implementing cross-cultural training and programs, managing organizational development. In addition to serving as the director of and faculty chair of the SU International Living Center Learning Community, he developed and taught graduate and undergraduate courses in intercultural communication, and intercultural environments. He is the lead author in a number of publications, most recently on U.S Classroom Culture, and Intercultural Aspects of Academic Integrity.
He has lived in France and has visited Albania, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Taiwan; lived in more than nine U.S. states and 14 U.S. cities (all before the age of 21); and attended 12 different schools from K-12. He received his Master’s degree in International Relations in 1970 from Florida State University, and his doctorate in Higher Education in 1990 from Syracuse University. His doctoral dissertation is titled, “Factors Related to the Development and Implementation of a University-Wide Teaching Assistant Program.”
Mike has served in a number of capacities with NAFSA: Association of International Educators, most recently as Chair of the National Education and Training Committee, and with Phi Beta Delta, as President (2005-06), and currently as Director of Publications, including the Medallion.
He encourages all Phi Beta Deltans to do two things: (1) encourage other institutions to establish a chapter, and (2) to submit news and information to the Medallion.
Historian/Archivist: Paul J. Rich, Ph.D.
George Mason University / Stanford University / Policy Studies Organization
(Click on the link to watch the introductory video)
 My mundane job is to take minutes of board meeting, and my larger role is to raise the consciousness of Phi Beta Delta members about the history of the society and of the Greek honor society movement of which it is a part. I am Past International President, a past chapter coordinator, and past Southwestern Region Vice President.
I am Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at George Mason, which means that with Marcy Glover, Mason has two board members!
I am also Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. I am President of the Policy Studies Organization, an academic association of more than 3000 universities and institutions and the publisher of nine journals and several book series. Our headquarters are in the same historic house as the PBD, so I see Yvonne a lot.
I have a lifelong interest in international education because I went to an English boarding school before entering Harvard, was a student at Makerere College in Uganda, taught in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, was a research professor in Australia, and a professor in Mexico. Several of my books deal with international learning and its social effects, such as Elixir of Empire, Chains of Empire, and Invasions of the Gulf -- I will plug them by suggesting you try looking them up on Amazon!!
Accountant: Mr. Brian D. Davis, CPA
Brian Davis CPA
Executive Director: Yvonne Captain, Ph.D.
Headquarters and The George Washington University
 Warm Greetings to you all! My name is Yvonne Captain, and I am the Executive Director of Phi Beta Delta. It has been my pleasure to get to know many of you at our Annual Conferences, to “meet” you online, or to interact with you through telephone conversations.
As Executive Director, it is my duty to help to ensure the smooth running of the Society. In that sense, Headquarters works like any other office. We are different only in that much of the work performed is voluntary, with the exception of the work carried out by my gifted assistant Ahmed Mohamed. Ensuring that activities run smoothly often entails daily contact with fellow board members-- especially our President Judy Smrha, establishing occasional committees from the general membership, tapping into the extraordinary international resources here in the D.C. metropolitan area, eking out a budget from our membership-driven revenue, and other fun activities.
In addition, and like many other members of the board, I work full time on my “real” job. I teach at George Washington University here in the district where I am an Associate Professor of Latin American film and International Affairs. I have a passion for South-South relations, particularly between Latin America and Africa. Currently my research has me looking at the unprecedented level of undocumented immigrants going from West Africa and into Western Europe.
Finallly, along with colleagues, I helped to found our Beta Omicron Chapter at GWU, serving as our chapter's first coordinator. From 1996-1998, I served in the presidential "stream" of our international board and rejoined the board as executive Director in 2004.
I truly believe in the mission of Phi Beta Delta.
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