SIO Council
CCID has 20 Board Member Institutions, each holding one seat on the Board of Directors and one seat on the SIO Council. The SIO Council Chair is elected annually and serves a term from Sep 1st to Aug 31st. Additionally, the SIO Council has up tp three openings for At-Large members.
Senior International Officers Council Terms of Reference
“Holding an At-Large position on the CCID SIO Council connected me with a distinguished group of professionals who share my passion for internationalizing the community college experience. It also provided me with an opportunity to embed my own commitment to global citizenship into a national strategy, giving my work a purpose beyond my home campus. I highly recommend this experience; it provides not just a network, but a true (and enjoyable!) community dedicated to achieving a collective vision for engaging students with the world.”
— Jim Bensley, Director of International Services and Service Learning, Northwestern Michigan College

“As an SIO Member at large for the CCID board, the networking and connections within the field of Global Education at 2 year colleges has been invaluable. Learning best practices from colleagues committed to transformative global learning has been incredibly impactful for my career as well as the opportunities it has afforded Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.”
— Megan Genrich-Grant, Senior International Officer/Global Engagement Coordinator, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
“As an At-Large Member of the SIO Council while working at Jefferson State, I found the group dynamic of being part of a group of community college leaders engaged in international work incredibly rewarding. Information sharing between institutions, fulfilling the work of CCID to raise global engagement at community colleges, and learning about the work on the national level for community colleges was extremely enlightening, encouraging, and helped me with the development of internationalization at my own institution.”
— Stacye Thompson, PhD, Coordinator of International Student Services (Retired), Jefferson State Community College

SIO Council Members, 2025-2026

Dr. Sanjay Ramdath
SIO Council Chair
Vice President for Enrollment Management
Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York, NY, USA

Dr. Katharine Caruso

Dr. Sarah Wright

Dr. Wendy Stewart

Ms. Stephanie Belmas

Dr. Normah Salleh-Barone

Ms. Patrice Boulous

Mr. Jim Bensley
Director, International Services and Service Learning
Traverse City, MI, USA

Dr. Katherine Schuster

Ms. Samira Pardanani
Associate Vice President, International Education & Global Engagement
Shoreline, WA, USA

Ms. Amber McKenzie

Dr. Margaret Hiebert

Ms. Megan Grant
Member-At-Large
Senior International Officer/Global Engagement Coordinator
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay, WI, USA

Member-At-Large
Open Position

Member-At-Large
Open Position





