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Allan Goodman

Allan Goodman is the sixth President of IIE, the leading not-for-profit organization in the field of international educational exchange and development training. IIE administers the Fulbright program, sponsored by the United States Department of State, and 200 other corporate, government and privately-sponsored programs.

Previously, he was Executive Dean of the School of Foreign Service and Professor at Georgetown University. He is the author of books on international affairs published by Harvard, Princeton and Yale University Presses and Diversity in Governance, published by the American Council on Education. Goodman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from The State University of New York to recognize his work in rescuing threatened scholars. Goodman was awarded the title “Chevalier” of the French Legion of Honour in April 2007.

Goodman has a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard, an M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.S. from Northwestern University.