Meet the Team

Our Staff

The Oberlin Shansi offices are located in Peters Hall, room 103 on the campus of Oberlin College and can be reached at shansi@oberlin.edu.

Gavin Tritt, Executive Director

Gavin Tritt, Executive Director

Ted Samuel, Senior Director

Ted Samuel, Senior Director

Jessica Cotter, Administrative Assistant

Jessica Cotter, Administrative Assistant

 

Phoebe von Conta, Grants and Fellowships Coordinator

 
Portrait of Kim Faber

Kim Faber, Language Pedagogy Trainer and Mentor

 

Our Board of Trustees

The Shansi Board of Trustees is a self-nominating group of no less than 12 and no more than 20 individuals, plus ex-officio and non-voting honorary members, and with support from an advisory group. The Board of Trustees is responsible for overall policy and direction of the Association, and delegates responsibility of day-to-day operations to the Executive Director and staff.

Officers

Jesse Gerstin, Chair

  • VP, Center for Resiliency and Clean Energy, Inclusiv

  • Oberlin College 2007; Shansi Fellow to Indonesia 2007-2009

Phillip Braun, Treasurer

  • ​Clinical Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern

  • Oberlin College 1981; Shansi Fellow to China, 1981-1983

M. Danielle Young, Secretary

  • Director of Development, Colorado State University

  • Former Executive Director, Oberlin Alumni Association

Members

Tania Boster

  • Director, Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES), Princeton  University

Vanessa Champagne, OC ‘13

  • Shansi Fellow to India 2015-2017

Louise Edwards, OC ‘16

  • Undergraduate Fellowships Coordinator, The Ohio State University

  • Shansi Fellow to China 2016-2018

Elizabeth Hamilton

  • Associate Dean of the College of the Arts and Sciences, Oberlin College

  • Associate Professor and Acting Chair of German, Oberlin College

Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway

  • Professor of Anthropology, Oberlin College

Charlotte Hopkinson, OC ‘13

  • Attorney-Advisor, Commercial Law Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce

  • Shansi Fellow to China, 2013-2015

Francesca Lichauco, OC ‘04

  • Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Coordinator, U.S. Department of State

  • Shansi Fellow to China, 2004-2006

Sarah Newman, OC ‘07

  • Attorney

  • Shansi Fellow to Indonesia, 2007-2009

Ruby Saha, OC ‘14

  • Assistant Director of Development, UChicago Arts, University of Chicago

  • Shansi Fellow to Indonesia, 2014-2016

Zoe Sherinian, OC ‘84

  • Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Oklahoma

  • Shansi Fellow to India 1985-1987

Linda Styer

  • Retired, Community Foundation of Lorain County

Daniel Tam-Claiborne, OC ‘09

  • Associate at Forum Solutions LLC

  • Shansi Fellow to China 2009-2011

Trustee by Virtue of Office

Carmen Ambar

  • President, Oberlin College


Honorary Trustees

Nelson de Jesus

  • Oberlin College Faculty, French emeritus

Anuradha Needham

  • ​Professor of English, Oberlin College