Melissa Torres joined The Forum on Education Abroad as President and CEO in 2019. She has over two decades of experience in higher education and program design, development, and implementation. She previously served as Vice President for Academic Programs at IES Abroad where she supervised 36 international study abroad centers in Asia, Europe and Latin America and worked with faculty and administrators across the globe. Her campus-based experience includes leading a variety of international initiatives for Brown University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The Ohio State University. Before joining The Forum, Melissa served as a volunteer Chair of the association’s Outcomes Assessment and Research committee for three years and was a member of NAFSA’s Work, Internships, Volunteering and Research Abroad (WIVRA) subcommittee. She holds a BA in International Studies from Stonehill College and a Master’s degree in Global Education from The Ohio State University.