State Department Official

The Community Summit for Citizen Diplomacy will have an official from the U.s. Department of State attend and make a presentation. The summit organized by the Albuquerque Council for International Visitors in cooperation with the University of New Mexico will be held on the UNM campus Oct. 5, 2011.

Carol Grabauskas

Carol Grabauskas is Deputy Director of the Office of International Visitors in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Carol joined the Office of International Visitors as a Program Officer in June of 1998 and became Chief of the Europe and Eurasia Branch in 2001. She was promoted to Division Chief in March 2007 and to Deputy Director in March 2008. As Deputy Director, she works with the Director in supervising the Office’s four divisions, a staff of almost 100 persons, and in management oversight of International Visitor Leadership Programs (IVLP) for approximately 5000 International Visitors each year from countries around the world.

Carol has designed and instructed numerous training courses on the IVLP for hundreds of Foreign Service Officers and other staff members from U.S. Embassies across the globe. Previously, Carol served as Program Officer and Group Project Manager for 14 years at the International Institute of The Graduate School. While there, she managed hundreds of IVLP projects, including multi-regional, regional, sub-regional and single-country projects for all world areas, and Voluntary Visitors. Her 26 years of experience in both public and private sector work with the IVLP has given her a broad perspective on the roles, responsibilities and challenges faced by the various organizations involved in carrying out these programs. Carol has an M.A. in International Training and Education from The American University, a B.A. from The American University’s School of International Service, and a diploma in French from The Sorbonne in Paris.