P2P News

With P2P News, we'll keep you up-to-date on the latest People to People Ambassador Programs activity around the world and in the media. Stay tuned!

Nicola Balmain

Meredith Banka

Meredith Banka joined People to People Ambassador Programs in 1999 and has served as the Vice President of Program Marketing since January, 2007. In her role, Meredith manages the relationships with our external advertising and public relations agencies, oversees the…

Mike Bowers

Michael J. Bowers joined People to People Ambassador Programs, the leader in global educational travel experiences, in 2008 as Senior Director, Health & Safety. As the only educational travel organization to employ a full-time director of travel health and safety…

Scott Cocking

Being a marketing kid of course Scott had to color outside of the lines and wrote his biography in the first person. Enjoy! I remember boarding a giant Pan Am 747 from New York to Zurich, Switzerland, as a high…

April Davis

Registered Dietitian, Certified Dietitian, & Clinical Exercise Specialist As a combined Registered Dietitian and Clinical Exercise Specialist, April Davis RD, CD, ACSM CES is among an elite group of professionals in the United States and abroad to hold these dual…

Cynthia Erwin

I am an average girl who lives in “Small Town USA.” I enjoy playing sports, listening to music, and volunteering. I decided to pursue my passion in social work, which led me to the University of Missouri – Columbia. Although…

Sherra Eutsler

Kelli Jones

Kelli has spent her 15 years with People to People Ambassador Programs doing all things marketing, from writing to proofreading to graphic design. She’s a married mom of two who loves ethnic food, children’s books, and virtually any kind of…

Chas Lum

Kathy Mellstrom

Kathy Mellstrom joined People to People Ambassador Programs in 2005. Kathy has had the honor of working with a number of different programs within the organization and is currently the Customer Experience Manager for the Citizen Ambassador Programs. Kathy is…

Ryan Oelrich

Ryan M. Oelrich joined the Ambassadors Scholarship Foundation as its first ever director in 2011. In this role, Ryan manages the day-to-day operations of the Foundation and oversees all its charitable giving and global outreach. Having worked with young people…

Jeanne Ryan

To say Jeanne Ryan loves design would be an understatement. To say that she lives, breathes and eats the latest font, color combo, technical goody would be a little more accurate. To say that she subscribes to all design magazines…

Jeff Thomas

Jeff Thomas developed a deep passion for travel while living in seven states and three countries (Venezuela, the United Kingdom and France). He derives tremendous satisfaction in knowing that the work he does as CEO of Ambassador Programs has a…

Peg Thomas

Peg Thomas, is President of People to People Ambassador Programs, an organization that provides educational travel experiences around the world for thousands of students each year. She has been with People to People for 12 years. Prior to her current…

Juliana Zajicek

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