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Our Team

Provost's Office - Global Engagement

Susan Popko

Susan Popko

Associate Provost for International Programs


Biography

  • Global partnerships and strategic initiatives
  • Global Learning
  • International Studies Minor
  • International University-Sponsored Travel
 
Mary Simms

Mary Simms

Director of Operations


Biography

  • Financial operations
  • Terra Dotta administration
  • Data processes and reporting
Staci Hagen

Staci Hagen

Director of Global Health, Safety, and Risk


Biography

  • Critical Incident Response
  • Support for SCU Global Travelers
Nicole Beauvais

Nicole Beauvais

Communications and Events Coordinator


Biography

  • Communications
  • Event Planning
  • Web Design

Education Abroad

Sara Branley

Sara Branley

Director of Study Abroad


Biography

Director of Study Abroad

  • Manage visiting and incoming and outgoing exchange student programs
  • Communication with partners
  • Coordinate Santa Clara Fund Scholarship for study abroad and advise students on the range of global learning opportunities within program portfolio

 

Christopher  Hanson

Christopher Hanson

Assistant Director of Study Abroad


Biography

Assistant Director of Study Abroad

  • Manage visiting and incoming and outgoing exchange student programs
  • Communication with partners
  • Maintains Study Abroad Database
  • Advises students on the range of global learning opportunities within the program portfolio

 

Natasha Civ

Natasha Civ

Study Abroad Advisor


Biography

Study Abroad Advisor

  • Advise students on study abroad policies, procedures and programs
  • Develops promotion and outreach efforts
  • Serves as primary lead responding to the studyabroad@scu.edu inbox 

International Students & Scholars

Melissa Heid

Melissa Heid

Director of International Students and Scholars


Biography

Director of International Students and Scholars

  • International Student and Scholar Policies and Procedures
  • Institutional Compliance for SCU’s F-1 and J-1 Programs
  • Critical Incident Response and Reporting
  • Liaison to School of Engineering Graduate Programs

 

 

Raisa Velazquez Bonet

Raisa Velazquez Bonet

Assistant Director of International Students and Scholars


Biography

Assistant Director of International Students and Scholars

  • F-1 International Student Advising
  • CPT, OPT, and STEM OPT
  • J-1 International Exchange and Visiting Students
  • J-1 International Researchers and Professors
  • Liaison to Jesuit School of Theology

 

Laura Valeri

Laura Valeri

Assistant Director for International Students and Scholars


Biography

  • International Student Policy

 

Taylor Lepird

Taylor Lepird

International Student Advisor


Biography

International Student Advisor 

  • International Student Advising

 

Genevieve Villa

Genevieve Villa

International Student Advisor


Biography

  • International Student Advising

 

Wilson Potts

Wilson Potts

International Student Advisor


Biography

  • International Student Advising

 

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