Advisory Board
Meet the current ACE Advisory Board, consisting of eleven Duke and Stanford faculty and staff members representing the athletic departments as well as civic engagement and public service and international education offices on campus. Committed to the sustainability and growth of ACE, the Advisory Board has been instrumental in developing core program values to guide program decisions as ACE continues to evolve and launching the 2023 ACE Game Plan.
Who We Are
Kristen Azevedo
School: Stanford University
Title: Assistant Athletics Director, Student-Athlete Development
Most likely to apply to: ACE in South Africa. I would love to learn more about how apartheid’s impact is still felt throughout the country.
Leslie Barnes
School: Duke University
Title: Associate Director of Athletics/Director of Student-Athlete Development
Most likely to apply to: ACE in South Africa. I have heard so much about the culture there and would love to immerse myself into the community.
Kelly Beck-Sordi
School: Stanford University
Title: Associate Director for Cardinal Commitment, Haas Center for Public Service
Most likely to apply to: ACE in South Africa. I think we have so much to learn from the experience of the South Africans as we go through challenging times in our own country.
Linda Franzoni
School: Duke University
Title: Professor of the Practice in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science / Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education (Pratt School of Engineering)
Most likely to apply to: South Africa is probably the place that I have always wanted to go to and haven’t been. However, the Vietnam program sounds like such an amazing gift to the middle school students there and great experience for the ‘coaches.’
Carter Henderson
School: Stanford University
Title: Associate Director of Athletics, Marketing & Communications
Most likely to apply to:ACE in South Africa. I would love to learn more about sport’s impact on society in that region.
Amanda Kelso
School: Duke University
Title: Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education / Lead, Undergraduate Experiential Education Division / Executive Director, Global Education Office
Most likely to apply to: ACE in Vietnam. I love mentoring and encouraging students to think about how to achieve their goals through higher education.
Jeff Koseff
School: Stanford University
Title: William Alden and Martha Campbell Professor of Engineering, Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR)
Most likely to apply to: ACE in India. I have never been there and the country has always intrigued me. Plus, I would love to watch a cricket game there!
Elaine Madison
School: Duke University
Title: Assistant Vice President/Director, Office of Duke-Durham Educational and Workforce Collaboration
Most likely to apply to: ACE in Vietnam
Todd Mesibov
School: Duke University
Title: Deputy Director of Athletics/Administration and Legal Affairs/Chief of Staff
Most likely to apply to: ACE in South Africa. It’s an area of the world I have not visited and would enjoy learning from and working with the children in the program.
Aron Rodrigue
School: Stanford University
Title: Burke Family Director of the Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP)
Most likely to apply to: ACE in Vietnam. I have never been there.
Heather Ryan
School: Duke University
Title: Deputy Director of Athletics/Student-Athlete Experience/Senior Woman Administrator
Most likely to apply to: ACE in Costa Rica. I have never been to Costa Rica but I love wildlife and honestly, who doesn’t want to work with sea turtles and sloths??
Former Board Members
Meet our former board members:
Beth Goode
Board Member, 2015-2019
School: Stanford University
Title: Executive Associate Athletics Director & SWA
Pat Jones
Board Member, 2015-2017
School: Stanford University
Title: Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR); Dr. Nancy Chang Professor of Biology; Director, Stanford Immunology
Nina King
Board Member, 2015-2021
School: Duke University
Title: Vice President, Director of Athletics & Adjunct
Austin Lee
Board Member, 2015-2019
School: Stanford University
Title: Assistant Athletics Director, Sports Programs & Services
Jon McConnell
Board Member, 2015-2018
School: Stanford University
Title: Senior Program Director, Cardinal Quarter, Haas Center for Public Service
Eric Mlyn
Board Member, 2015-2019
School: Duke University
Title: Assistant Vice Provost for Civic Engagement; Peter Lange Executive Director of DukeEngage
Mitch Moser
Board Member, 2020-2023
School: Duke University
Title: Deputy Director of Athletics/Resource Development/CFO
Heather M. Owen
Board Member, 2020-2022
School: Stanford University
Title: Executive Associate Athletics Director/SWA
Martha Putallaz
Board Member, 2015-2022
School: Duke University
Title: Professor, Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR)
Lauren Reid
Board Member, 2020-2021
School: Stanford University
Title: Lead Academic Advisor for Student-Athletes
Ramón Saldívar
Board Member, 2015-2019
School: Stanford University
Title: Hoagland Family Professor of Humanities & Sciences, Burke Family Director of Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP)
Jacki Silar
Board Member, 2015-2020
School: Duke University
Title: Senior Associate Director of Athletics
Carina Thompson
Board Member, 2021-2022
School: Stanford University
Title: Undergraduate Advising Director, Student-Athletes