The NESA Board
Guiding NESA’s strategic direction through shared stewardship and mission-aligned vision.
NESA’s Board of Trustees is made up of nine Heads of NESA Member Schools, along with the ex officio Regional Education Officer from the U.S. State Department’s Office of Overseas Schools. These dedicated educators serve as thought partners and strategic guides to the organization.
Grounded in Theory U – a systems-based change framework developed by MIT’s Otto Scharmer – the NESA Board embraces awareness-based leadership and systems thinking to remain attuned to emerging possibilities, asking “What wants to happen next?”. This forward-looking stance informs NESA’s work at every level.
The NESA Board in Washington, DC, at its winter meeting, February 2025: (l-r), Paul Richards, Michelle Remington, Thomas Cangiano, Colin Boudreau, Roxanne Giampapa, Joelle Basnight, Mike Emborsky (Office of Overseas Schools REO), Maddy Hewitt (NESA Executive Director), Bonetta Ramsey, Rose Puffer, and Devin Pratt.
Officers
PRESIDENT
Rose Puffer
International School of Islamabad | Islamabad, Pakistan
VICE PRESIDENT
Devin Pratt
Walworth Barbour American International School | Tel Aviv, Israel
TREASURER
Colin Boudreau
American International School - Riyadh | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
SECRETARY
Roxanne Giampapa
Pinewood American International School | Thessaloniki, Greece
Trustees At Large
Joelle Basnight
American Community School, Amman | Amman, Jordan
Thomas Cangiano
American Community School Beirut | Beirut, Lebanon
Bonetta Ramsey
Lincoln School | Kathmandu, Nepal
Michelle Remington
The KAUST School | Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Paul Richards
American School of Bombay | Mumbai, India
Ex-Officio
Michael Emborsky
Regional Education Officer, Office of Overseas Schools
U.S. Department of State | Washington, DC
NESA Executive Director
Madeleine Hewitt
NESA Center | Athens, Greece