Board and Staff

The U.S.- Norway Fulbright Foundation for Educational Exchange is a bi-national foundation with a Board of Directors composed of four American and four Norwegian members. A staff of five oversees the day-to-day work of the Foundation.

Current Board Members

Americans:

Honorary Chair:
Ambassador Barry B. White

Board members:

Eric Mandeville
Managing Consultant
Capgemini Nordic AS

David C. Mauk
Associate Professor
Dept. of Literature, Area Studies
and European Languages
University of Oslo

Timothy Moore
Counselor, Public Affairs Office
U.S. Embassy

Phillip T. Slattery
Consular Chief
U.S. Embassy

Norwegians:

Honorary Chair:
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre

Board members:

Karen Nossum Bie (Chair)
Deputy Director General
The Ministry of Education and Research

Ingvild Broch
Special Adviser
The Norwegian Association of
Higher Education Institutions

Liv Mørch Finborud
Senior Advisor, Department for Culture
Public Diplomacy and Public Diplomacy and Protocol
Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ragnhild Sohlberg
Director
Sohlberg Consulting

The Staff

Petter Næss, Executive Director
Renate Haugevik, Program Officer/Student Advisor
Rena Levin, Program Officer/Student Advisor
Kevin McGuiness, Financial Officer
Kelly McKowen, Program Officer/Student Advisor
Cathrine Schrumpf Nordahl, Program Officer/Student Advisor (on leave)
Sara Ullerø, Program Officer/Student Advisor (on leave)