About us
OUR PURPOSE
The purpose of the ICWA is to foster public understanding of world conditions and US foreign policy through forums, lectures, conferences, publications, and now Zooms!
OUR HISTORY
Founded in 1955,
ICWA is a non-profit, non-partisan, educational organization.
We've been an active part of the Indiana community for over 60 years.
Our members come from a rich background of industries including education, corporate, not-for-profit, law, military and the public sector.
OUR FOCUS
ICWA programs and activities are administered by a volunteer group in cooperation with local, national and global institutions.
We welcome anyone with an interest in learning about topics that affect our world.
Our Story
Our Mission
To develop individual responsibility for the climate of public
opinion relative to US foreign policy
To carry out the foregoing purposes
in concert and cooperation with such national, state or regional organizations as
shall be deemed appropriate
To conduct
conferences, forums, institutes and other programs concerning world affairs and
US foreign policy
for the benefit and education of the member of the corporation and
the public
To engage in such other non-profit activities as are incidental or related to the forgoing purposes
To provide a
non-partisan
medium for the exchange of ideas, information and experience concerning
world affairs
To foster public understanding of
world conditions
and appreciation
of the significance
and effect of these conditions on the
US
To compile, distribute and publish information regarding world affairs and US foreign policy
Meet Our Board
Larry Cimino
Past President
Larry Cimino is a strategic global management and logistics consultant and is president of ProConsult, LLC, where he works with multinational corporations, professional medical associations and international governments maintaining a special focus on mental health policy, advocacy and training.
Larry currently serves as the Global Program Director for the Dialogue on Diabetes and Depression, an international effort addressing problems related to the co-occurrence of diabetes and depression under the auspices of a Geneva, Switzerland-based non-governmental organization, the Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes.
Member since: 2005
Bruce Frank
Treasurer
Bruce is the sole proprietor of Bruce R. Frank & Assoc. (BRFA), a consulting firm that assists technology-based companies improve their commercial performance. He is a graduate of the Univ of Pennsylvania (BA, Biology) and the Wharton School (MBA). He also attended the Universitaet Freiburg in Germany. Bruce speaks fluent German and has traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and South America.
Member since: 2014
Janet I. Harris
VP Community Engagement
Janet serves as Academic WorldQuest Liaison and Community Engagement Director. She initiates alliances with allied organizations which takes ICWA educat-ional programs to expanded audiences.
As President of HARRIS Marketing, Inc., Janet develops sales campaigns for corporate and non-profit organizational expansion.
She also conducts analytical research for strategic direction.
Member since: 2008
Ray Montagno
President
For over the 25 years Ray was associated with Ball State University’s international programs, traveling to 30 countries building relationships with global programs. Ray spent a semester in Oxford, England and received a Fulbright teaching and research grant to Jena, Germany.
Member since: 2018
Betty Tonsing
VP Programs
Dr. Betty Tonsing (PhD, CFRE, CLSS) is a historian, educator, researcher, social entrepreneur, fund raising consultant and Fulbright Scholar (South Africa, Kyrgyzstan and Lebanon). She is Founder and President of Global Visits Inc and Patient Advocates Speak Out. For close to 15 years Betty lived and worked overseas in Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East on contract with the United Nations, USAID, Catholic Relief Services and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs working in areas of good governance and civil society, women’s leadership and micro business development.
Member since: 2017
Claire Collins
Secretary
Co-chair: Great Decisions
Co-chair: International Adventures
Claire is a 1982 graduate of Ivy Tech’s respiratory therapy program. After 32 years working as a Registered Respiratory Therapist at Methodist Hospital, she retired in 2016 from IU Health. She received a BA in Political Science from Indiana University in 2004.
Member since: 2003
Teshome Alemneh
Board Member
Dr. Teshome Alemneh is Currently the Associate Vice President for International Research and Development and Director of the Office of International Development at Indiana University. He served as the Program Officer for Africa at the American Council on Education office of Higher Education for Development, and led over 11 higher education partnership projects in Africa. He served as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education in Ethiopia and is the co-Chair of the Governance and Leadership Working Group of the Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Higher Education Advisory Council. A Fulbright New Century Scholar and Fulbright Specialist, he earned his doctorate in Earth Sciences - Soil Sciences and Land Evaluation at Ghent University in Belgium.
Member since: 2020
Pierre Atlas
Board Member
Pierre Atlas teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the Public Affairs and Criminal Justice Programs at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. He was previously Professor of Political Science at Marian University where he served as the Founding Director of the Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies and directed its annual speaker series. He also writes a monthly opinion column for the Indianapolis Business Journal. A native of Texas, Pierre grew up in California and is a US Army veteran.
Member since: 2020
Donald Cassell
Board Member
Donald L. Cassell, Jr., M.Div., Architect, AIA, CSI, Sagamore Institute’s Senior Fellow in the Africa portfolio, and Director of the Liberian Initiatives. His research is in international development and nation building. He published a case study on Philanthropy Secretariat in Liberia and oversaw the development of the Indiana-Africa Connections Project. He founded the ISOKO Leadership Workshop in '15. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and Construction Specification Institute. A native of Liberia, he graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston and studied at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, where he received his Master of Divinity.
Member since: 2020
Mary Clark
Board Member
Mary G. Clark is the Executive Director of the International Marketplace Coalition and Global Village Welcome Center, located in the heart of Indianapolis' Northwest side. As a native Hoosier, Mary attended Crispus Attucks High School, before going to IU to pursue a bachelor’s degree. After a career in retail and bank branch management with L.S. Ayres, Value City, and National City Bank, Mary founded and became the President and Executive Director of the International Marketplace Coalition which owns and manages the Global Village Welcome Center. The building has space for dedicated projects to aid in the area becoming a cultural destination for the State of Indiana, and for the world beyond.
Member since: 2021
Marco Dominguez
Board Member
Marco is the Assistant Vice President of Public Relations and Outreach at the Financial Center of First Credit Union. He provides weekly seminars at the Mexican Consulate on financial education and banking products and services to Mexican immigrants in Indiana. Marco was awarded the Indiana Sagamore of the Wabash and serves on the Mayor's Commission on Latino Affairs. He is a founding member of the Indiana Latino Expo. A native of Venezuela, Marco created and managed his own television production house. He is Co-Host of "Community Link” (WISH-TV Channel 8). His Bachelor's and Master's are in telecommunications from Butler University. With his wife, Morella, and three children, Marco is committed to "bringing the world to Indiana...and introducing Indiana to the world."
Member since: 2021
Leslie Grishin
Board Member
Leslie Grishin is the International Visitors Program Manager at The International Center where she has the pleasure of connecting international professionals with Hoosier counterparts through the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program. She enjoys traveling and has spent time studying and working abroad in Germany, Honduras, and Japan.
Member since: 2020
Judy Hagan
Board Member
Judy Hagan has been active in the Carmel Clay community and politics for 25 years. After serving on the Carmel Clay Board of Parks and Recreation, she was elected Clay Township Trustee in 1998 and served 2 terms guiding develop-ment of the local park system. Judy is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Lincoln with a BA in History and Political Science. She is a past president of the Rotary Club of Carmel and served as the 2008 Rotary District 6560 Group Study Exchange Team leader to East Africa. She currently serves on the Carmel Clay Park Foundation Board.
Member since: 2018
Kenneth Holland
Board Member
Dr. Kenneth Holland is President Emeritus of the American University of Afghanistan. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and M.A. in Government from the University of Virginia. He is a Past President of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States and World Affairs Council of Memphis. For the past 14 years, he has been implementing higher education development and partnership projects for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and United States Agency for International Development.
Member since: 2020
Member since: 2018
Cenk Kandemir
Board Member
Cenk studied Chemistry at Marmara University-Istanbul, Turkey and John Carroll University. He also has a Masters degree in School Administration from Lindenwood University, MO. For 15 years Cenk worked as a teacher and school principal in various school districts across the Midwest and currently works with the Niagara Foundation.
Member since: 2017
Robin Kohn
Board Member
Robin Kohn has lived and worked in Michigan City, IN. her entire life. To help advance the arts and other positive community initiatives, she serves as president of the art committee in Michigan City, and also sits on the board of Junior Achievement, an organization that helps teach children financial literacy. As part of her work with the Michigan City Library, Robin oversees the local implementation of the Great Decisions Program, America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.
Member since: 2021
Board Member
Claire Mauschbaugh is the events and communications associate at Indiana Humanities Council. Claire grew up in Washington, Ill., and graduated in '17 from Butler University with a BA in Human Communication and Organizational Leadership. She is a big sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, a volunteer with Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis, a graduate of Class VII of IndyHub’s 1828 Leadership project and a member of Career Services Advisory Board at Butler University.
Member since: 2020
Ian McIntosh
Board Member
Ian McIntosh is the Director of International Partnerships at IUPUI and an adjunct faculty member in philanthropy and liberal arts. He is the founder of the Sacred Journeys Project, the Indianapolis Spiritual Trail, and the heritage organization Past Masters International. He is also the former managing director of the global indigenous rights group Cultural Survival Inc.
Member since: 2020
Joel Olufowote
Board Member
Dr. Joel Olufowote is currently the Chief Academic Officer and Principal of the #1 ranked public high school in Indiana, The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities. Prior, Olufowote spent a decade on the college campus in assistant professor, associate professor, and executive leadership roles. Olufowote is a former Rockefeller postdoctoral Fellow and 2019 Indiana State Educator of the Year award winner. The CEO and cofounder of MixedMessages Consulting LLC, Olufowote’s research and scholarly activity can be found in outlets such as USA Today and numerous publications serving the construction industry.
Member since: 2020
Claire Mauschbaugh
Kevin Ryan
Board Member
Kevin Ryan has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Center First Credit Union since 2009. He has more than 40 years of financial services and credit union experience. Mr. Ryan has led the credit union to many achievements including work with veterans, feeding the hungry and sharing financial literacy education with thousands of people.
Kevin currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame Board of Directors where he secured credit union support and financial contributions to construct the Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame Memorial, the only building of its kind in the country. He has also traveled internationally to share the credit union message and has welcomed credit union visitors from many foreign countries to Indiana. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and a Master of Arts degree in Executive Development from Ball State University.
Member since: 2021
Sue Tempero
Board Member
Sue is a retired consultant in diversity and management with over 20 years’ experience as VP/Director of Human Resources at the Des Moines Register and the Indianapolis Star. Other professional experience includes: high school and college teacher, university administrator, Congressional staff member, and program director for the Institute of International Education and the Iowa Refugee Service Center. A graduate of the U of Nebraska, she received her MA from Northwestern (IL) and studied on a State Department grant at the East West Center (Hawaii) focusing on Southeast Asian Cultures and International Education.
Member since: 2020
Jillian Foster Turner
Board Member
Jillian Turner joined the Indiana Economic Development Corporation as the Director of International Programs in 2019. She focuses on economic development and strengthening Indiana’s international engagement.
Jillian worked for 7 years at the US Department of State, including as the Secretary of State’s Public Affairs Advance Lead where she communicated US foreign policy objectives globally. Jillian worked in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs where she advised Bureau leadership on policy and strategic planning initiatives and managed Fulbright Programs throughout South and Central Asia. She holds a B.A. in International Studies from Indiana University and a M.Ed. in International Education Policy with a concentration in Negotiations from Harvard University. She is originally from Shelbyville, Indiana.
Member since: 2020
Uranchimeg (Orna) Tsultem
Board Member
Dr. Tsultem is the Edgar and Dorothy Fehnel Chair in International Studies Assistant Professor of Asian Art History at the IU Herron School of Art + Design at IUPUI. She works closely with Herron's galleries and IUPUI Office of Int'l Affairs. She has achieved international acclaim in the field of Mongolian art and Asian art history. In 2014, she established a nonprofit that aims to support Mongolian US college students. She has been called the "leading curator and art historian of Mongolia" and has won numerous awards for her work. Dr. Tsultem received her Ph.D. in East Asian and Himalayan art history from University of California, Berkeley, where she taught and served as co-chair of the Mongolia Initiative Program at the Institute of East Asian Studies. She also taught at National University of Mongolia, Yonsei University in South Korea, and University of Iceland.
Member since: 2021
Douglas Woodwell
Board Member
Dr. Woodwell is Professor of History and Political Science at the University of Indianapolis where he teaches courses in international conflict, the history of nuclear weapons, terrorism studies, and more. He has also authored two books.
He currently serves as the regional director for the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and a board member for Accessibility, a public-private partnership for people with disabilities. He holds a Bachelors from American University, a Masters in German and European Studies from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. from Yale University in Political Science.
Member since: 2020.
Meet the Assistants
to the President
Adebola Ogundipe
Intern
Adebola Ogundipe is a full-time student at Indiana University Purdue-University Indianapolis (IUPUI) majoring in Global and International Studies. After her undergraduate program, Adebola's goal is to enroll in a graduate school and work with a reputable Non-For-Profit organization. She would love to work with women and kids in any sector, but she would preferably work with groups of people facing domestic violence or malnutrition. Adebola loves to read, travel and try out recipes during her leisure time.
Intern since: 2020.
Hannah Vos
Intern
Hannah Vos is a current Master's student in Europe, studying Euroculture: the study of European Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context. In 2022, she will receive a joint-degree from the University of Bilbao (Spain) and Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic). She graduated in May 2020 from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis with a degree in Global and International Relations.
She enjoys studying politics, reading, and discussing with her classmates from around the world about politics, history, current affairs, and culture.
Intern since: 2020.
Jacobed Bayan
Intern
Jacobed Bayan is currently enrolled in a Masters program for Applied Communication with a focus on Media Criticism with the hopes of enrolling in a second Masters program in Europe to study Euro Culture that focuses on European Society, Politics, and Culture in a Global Context. Jacobed also received a Bachelor's degree in Communications as well as Global and International Studies from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
She hopes to travel the world and help build and connect organizations by giving them insight and knowledge about the world and how to properly communicate.
In her free time, she loves to paint and draw as well as traveling, cooking, and fashion.
Intern since: 2021.
(1955)
first board of directors
In recognition and thanks to
Indiana Council on World Affairs, Inc.
Founding Board of Directors, 1955.
Grace C. Campbell
John A. Campbell
Allen W. Clowes, Treasurer (incorporator)
G.H.A. Clowes
Kathryn E. Coy, V.P.
Robert A. Efroymson
Willard Gambold (incorporator)
Morris Goodman
Samuel R. Harrell
Benjamin Hitz, Jr., President (incorporator)
Sexson Humphreys
Julian Kiser
Walter H. C. Laves
Walter Lecrone
Doris H. Lytle, Secretary
Marian McFadden
Mary B. McKinzie
Jack Mendelsohn, V.P.
Irene Merrell
Alexander H. Moore
James T. Neal
Hope Nevitt
Robert G. Risk
Harry W. Schacter, V.P.
H. L. Shibler
Jean G. Teixler
Frank Templin
Edna Vonnegut
Helen Willkie
Margaret Wilson
Source: Indiana Secretary of State.
Past presidents
In recognition and thanks to
Indiana Council on World Affairs, Inc.
Presidents from the present to 1955
2022 - Ray Montagno
2018 - 2022 Larry Cimino
2017 - 2018 Matt Fox
2014 - 2017 Carl Gahwiler
2012 - 2014 Kristin Garvey
2010 - 2012 Carl Gahwiler
2008 - 2010 Victor Childers
2006 - 2008 Richard E Pedersen
2005 - 2006 Kishor Kulkarni
2003 - 2005 Shirley D. Cline
2001 - 2003 Virginia McKay
1999 - 2000 Joe Caparo
1998 - 1999 Dean McKean
1996 - 1998 John Stone
1995 - 1996 Paul Kuhn
1994 - 1995 Craig Auchter
1992 - 1994 Cynthia P. Robinson
1991 - 1992 Phillip J. Rutledge
1989 - 1991 Lawrence Quick III
1987 - 1989 Janos Horvath
1986 - 1987 Robert Hattery
1985 - 1986 Arthur V. Brown
1984 - 1985 Bert C. Faulhaber
1982 - 1984 Wlodzimierz Rozenbaum
1982 - 1982 William W. Neher
1981 - 1982 Karl R. Zimmer
1980 - 1981 Dorothy Hubbard
1976 - 1979 Donald W. Miller
1975 - 1976 Richard Fredland
1974 - 1975 James R. Reardon
1973 - 1974 Michael Ungersma
1970 - 1973 Robert G. Nelson
1969 - 1970 Virgil Hunt
1959 - 1968 no records
1955 - 1958 Benjamin Hitz, Jr
Source: Indiana Secretary of State
and corporate records.
The Indiana Council on World Affairs
is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
serving educational purposes.
Check Us Out!
Learn more about ICWA
WISH TV Channel 8 team, Carolene Mays-Medley and Marco Dominguez, spoke to Larry Cimino, President of the Indiana Council on World Affairs and Janet Harris, the Vice President of the Indiana Council on World Affairs.
They explained what exactly the Indiana Council on World Affairs is, how many other such councils there are in the United States and some of the things the council does.