The New Mind Team
New Mind’s experienced professionals embody our mission of inspiring and cultivating talent. The broad international experience and expertise in higher education of our team empower us to create impactful programs. Students learn best through curated challenges and experiences that foster creativity. The New Mind team knows this not from theory, but from its diverse educational and career background. Like our students, each of us has a unique story and skill-set that has helped forge our paths.
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When Michael talks about the interconnected global economy, he’s speaking about his life. He has managed businesses in North America, Europe and East Asia, giving him keen insight into cross-cultural collaboration. His valuable perspective on leadership grew out of working in a variety of cultures and markets.
Michael never hesitates to give back, devoting some of his time and energy to the public sector. He serves as strategic adviser for the China Council in the Governor’s Office; Board Director of the International Affairs Council; and Strategic Adviser for the Computer Science Department at NC State University. His success building sustainable business models to drive social and business bottom lines has helped fuel his passion for education.
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Karin is a new addition to New Mind Education having previously served as the Director of the Intensive English Program at North Carolina State University. She has over 20 years experience teaching English and serving as a language program administrator, both domestically and abroad, with her primary focus on meeting the unique challenges of the university-bound population. She received her masters degree in TESOL & Bilingual Education and bachelors degree in Spanish (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) both from Georgetown University, where she studied under Dr. James E. Alatis, the first executive director of the TESOL organization. During her time in the field, she had the opportunity to teach in Japan on the JET Program as an Assistant Language Teacher in Akita Prefecture and develop an IEP at a Japanese university in partnership with Georgetown University.
In her role at New Mind, Karin works on new program development and curriculum management. She is passionate about providing students with the linguistic and academic tools needed for success and developing resources and materials for advisors and faculty who work with these students.
Sarah Bjork
IPP SUNY Executive Director
bjorks@morrisville.edu
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Sarah has managed the 1+3 program at SUNY Morrisville for many years.
An undergraduate student at SUNY Morrisville, will have full access to the College’s faculty, student services, student activities, university transportation, on campus housing, dining services, and facilities. They will be actively involved as a U.S. university student! SUNY Morrisville’s faculty desires to provide their students with hands on learning environments, experiential learning, and good student‐professor relationships.
Within her expanded role at New Mind, Sarah is leading development for New Mind Academy, a selection of 2+1, 3+1 partnerships to make studying abroad more affordable for international students.
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Erin graduated summa cum laude from NC State University in May, 2015 with degrees in English: Language, Writing and Rhetoric as well as General Anthropology. In the summer of 2014, she studied abroad at the Thai Ethnographic Field School in Bangkok, which honed her field research, ethnography and cross-cultural competency skills. This experience gave her a taste of the culture shock and challenges that international students face studying abroad.
From 2020-2022, Erin returned to her Alma Mater to pursue a Supply Chain Management certificate to support her growing role in creating a scalable infrastructure, developing an intranet, as well as improving the operational back end of the organization’s programming. Her eye for detail and data management has made her indispensable to organizing program data, developing and managing program services, and overseeing US-side admissions and enrollment operations.
Jasmine Brown (JB)
Regional Coordinator
jbrown@newmind.org
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JB’s life work is focused on creating space for students to grow into choice filled adults. In a world full of cultural, family, and society expectations, JB believes there is power in living a life authentic to your personal purpose. She has over 10 years of experience developing curriculum focusing on college readiness, mental health awareness, and intervention. She received her masters degree in Curriculum & Instruction and bachelors in Communications both from University of South Florida. During her time in the field she developed a statewide college readiness curriculum used at KIPP charter high schools in Texas and developed a school wide community service initiative that positively influenced over 300 low income students' chance of admittance into post secondary education.
JB is most passionate about developing the whole person. In her new role at New Mind, she looks forward to learning how to meet the needs of New Minds students while helping to expand UPP.
Susanna Lu
IPP UMASS Dartmouth Executive Director
Hanks Han
Recruitment Director
Maggie Ren
International Operations Manager