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Meet Our Team

We are a team of experienced professionals with expertise in fields across the international education spectrum.

Our staff is available to assist and guide UT students, their family members and supporters, faculty and advisors, and returnees and alumni, as well as our colleagues from across the globe in developing programs and services that maximize a student’s learning experience abroad.

If you are a student seeking advising for a program, please review which staff member advises for your college, and schedule an appointment via Vol Academic Connect (Navigate), available via your myUTK. 

Name & Title

Advising Areas

Contact Info
Hulse, Anne
Anne Hulse

Interim Director
  • Herbert College of Agriculture
  • College of Nursing
  • CGE Scholarships
 ahulse1@utk.edu
Saenz, Michael
Michael Saenz

Interim Assistant Director
  • College of Arts & Sciences
  • Haslam College of Business
  • Tickle College of Engineering
 msaenz@utk.edu
Charity Davenport
 Online Global Learning Initiatives cbeals@utk.edu
Goeritz, Gisela
Gisela Goeritz

Administrative Coordinator
  • Accounts payable
  • Faculty travel
 ggoeritz@utk.edu
Grigsby, Heather
Heather Grigsby

Senior Coordinator
  • College of Communication & Information
  • College of Education, Health & Human Sciences
  • College of Law
  • Undecided College/Major
 hgrigsby@utk.edu
Hannah Stanley

Communications Coordinator
  • Marketing, Communications, and Outreach
 paoga1@utk.edu
Williams, Annastasia
Annastasia Williams

Coordinator

 awill293@utk.edu
Lauren Wood
 Online Global Learning Initiatives lwood16@utk.edu

Name & Position

Bio

Education Abroad

Contact Info
Paul Macharia photo
Paul Macharia

Peer Advisor
  • Sophomore from Dallas, GA (originally from Kenya)
  • Language & World Business major with a Hispanic Studies concentration
 Studied abroad summer 2019 in Valparaiso, Chile with UTK Service-Learning in Chile program (UT Faculty-directed) pmachari@vols.utk.edu

Name & Position

Bio

Education Abroad
Emily Allegra
Diversity Peer Mentor
  • Junior
  • Global Studies and Sustainability major
 CIEE Open Campus Program (Monteverde, Costa Rica, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) , Spring 2020
Alyssa Grissom
Diversity Peer Mentor
  • Junior
  • Marketing and Supply Chain Management major
 Global Leadership Scholars program in London, Spring 2020
Kayleigh Johnson
Student Assistant for Diversity and Inclusion
  • Junior
  • Public Relations and Italian major
 UTK in Bologna, 2019
Payton Krumholz
Diversity Peer Mentor
  • Junior
  • Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management major
 ISA University of Westminster, London, Spring 2020
Joshua Mai
Diversity Peer Mentor
  • Senior
  • Industrial Engineering major
  UT Supply Chain Engineering in Hangzhou, China, Summer 2019 and FSU London, Spring 2020
Rebeca Nieves
Diversity Peer Mentor
  • Senior
  • Psychology major with Public Health minor
 Pop Culture in Japan, Summer 2019

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