Edith Cecil

Edith Cecil is Vice President for Professional Exchange and Community Outreach at the Institute of International Education (IIE) in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, she is responsible for the Professional Exchange Programs, the Hubert Humphrey Fellowships, and the Leadership Development Division. In addition, she is responsible for the operations of IIE's Regional Centers located in Chicago, Denver, Houston and San Francisco. The network of Regional Centers across the country is engaged in professional exchange, student services, and community outreach and fundraising activities.

Prior to joining IIE, Ms. Cecil was Director of Washington DC Operations for Concurrent Technologies Corporation, a large non-profit organization focused on finding solutions to global industrial and technology issues. She was also the Founding Executive Director of the United States Environmental Training Institute (USETI). In addition, she was Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development between 1990-92 and Manager, Corporate Communications at Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

Ms. Cecil holds a M.A. in geography with an emphasis on environmental sciences and a B.A. in political science and earth sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.