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Carmen K. Iezzi

Executive Director

 

Carmen K. Iezzi has served as the Executive Director of the Fair Trade Federation since October 2006. Among her responsibilities, Carmen manages the strategic, administrative, and programmatic aspects of Federation.

 

Previously, she oversaw the education and outreach programs for the Atlantic Council of the United States and directed the alumni relations program for the School of International Service (SIS) at American University (AU). While at the Atlantic Council, she acted as primary point of contact for the 2004 Pan-Atlantic Student Summit, held in conjunction with the NATO summit in Istanbul, and represented the Council before prime ministers, presidents, government officials, non-governmental organization representatives, educators, students, and many others. During her time at AU, she managed events on five continents and participated in the launch of the largest fundraising campaign in the University's history.

 

Graduating Phi Beta Kappa from SIS, Carmen stayed to complete her master's degree in International Politics with a focus on the impact of regional integration on good governance. In the course of her studies, Carmen provided analyses for NATO's Partnership for Peace in Mons, Belgium and worked in the United Nations Development Program Washington Office.

 

Presently, she writes and conducts research on a freelance basis, acts as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Ten Thousand Villages of Alexandria, and chairs the Millennium Development Goals Task Force for the UN Association of the National Capital Area. Born and raised outside of Pittsburgh, PA, Carmen has lived and studied in Brussels, Belgium, Havana, Cuba, and Washington DC. She received the 2008 Rising Star Alumni Award from American University.

 

Danielle Powers
Program Associate, Fall 2008

 

Danielle is in the process of completing her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at William Smith College, in Geneva, NY. She spent the past three months working for NSLIJ Health System’s Center for Learning and Innovation in Lake Success, NY. Living in Arlington, VA for the semester through Hobart and William Smith Colleges domestic studies program, Danielle is taking classes with a traveling Professor Patrick McGuire, associate professor of the colleges, and lawyer from firm McKenna, Long, and Aldridge. Upon graduation, Danielle hopes to incorporate her interests in non-governmental organizations with second minor; Environmental Studies. Danielle hopes to gain a greater understanding of trade and business by working for the Federation this semester.