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Member of the
National Council for
International Visitors

Member of the
World Affairs Councils of
America

Bill Clifford
President and CEO

Since joining WorldBoston as Executive Director in January 2008, Bill has led a successful rebranding effort, doubled distinguished-speaker programs and conferences to more than 32 per year, and increased membership in the organization by more than 80 percent.  He has also launched Academic WorldQuest for Boston area high schools. The program, an international affairs knowledge competition, has grown rapidly from just two pilot teams three years ago to more than 15 high school teams preparing for the 2011 WorldQuest.

Previously, Bill was a journalist covering international finance and economics in Asia, where he launched and directed news bureaus in Japan and Hong Kong for the pioneering multimedia venture CBS MarketWatch. Prior to that, he was senior correspondent for CNBC Asia in Tokyo.  Bill holds an M.A. from The Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), a B.A. summa cum laude in international relations and French literature from Tufts University, and a C.E.P. in public policy from Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris.

Ashley Messina
Manager of Programs and Operations

Ashley joined WorldBoston in June 2010, and she is responsible for the design and implementation of all professional itineraries for participants of the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program in the Greater Boston area.  She also administers a variety of fee-for-service visitor programs.  A 2010 graduate of Harvard University with a B.A. in government and international relations, Ashley lived in Europe for a year – first as a travel writer in Eastern Europe, then as a student in Spain –  before coming to WorldBoston. She speaks advanced Spanish and intermediate Catalan.

             James Nadel
             Coordinator of World Affairs Programs

James joined WorldBoston in September 2010, and is responsible for implementing lecture and discussion series, Special Events, and flagship programs such as Academic WorldQuest. He also writes grants for several of these programs. A graduate of Tufts University with a B.A. in International Relations and French, James has lived and studied in Avignon, France, was a Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellow, and has held several internship and research positions in the U.S. State and Defense Departments.   

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