Meet Sherry Mueller
Sherry Mueller -
FFI Board Member -
Washington, DC
A leader in the field of international exchange and citizen diplomacy, Sherry L. Mueller joined the National Council for International Visitors (NCIV) staff as Executive Director in January 1996 and has served as President of NCIV since 2001. Before coming to NCIV, she worked eighteen years at the Institute of International Education, first as a Program Officer and then as Director of the Professional Exchange Programs staff. She has served as an Adjunct Professor at the School of International Service, American University, where she taught courses on U.S. Public Diplomacy from 1981-1989. Prior to joining IIE, Sherry served as an Experiment Leader to the former Soviet Union, an English Language Officer for the U.S. Department of State, a lecturer at the University of Rhode Island, and a consultant to a variety of organizations, including the U.S. Department of State, Tufts University, and the National 4-H Foundation. She earned her Ph.D. at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the evaluation of exchange programs.
Sherry is an active volunteer and has served on the boards of various nonprofit organizations including the International Student House in Washington, DC. She is currently a member of the Board of Trustees Executive Committee of World Learning, the J. William and Harriet Fulbright Center, and the Public Diplomacy Council. Sherry also serves on the SIS Dean’s Advisory Council. For fourteen years she served as an usher captain at Foundry United Methodist Church.
In appreciation for her active role in alumni affairs at American University, Sherry received the Alumni Recognition Award in 1990. In 1995, she received the Distinguished Alumna Award from the Lake Park High School Educational Foundation. In 1996 she was presented with USIA’s Award for Outstanding Service. Most recently the School of International Service, American University named Sherry “Alumna of the Year” in 2007. She is also listed in Who's Who in America. Sherry lived in Brazil, where she taught English, and has traveled extensively throughout East and West Europe and Southeast Asia. Sherry is often called upon to speak about the evaluation of international exchange programs, international careers, trends in international education and exchange, and building NGO leadership. In May 2001 she served as a speaker for the U.S. Department of State in Saudi Arabia giving lectures and conducting workshops on leadership development for nonprofit organizations.
In addition, Sherry has authored various publications, research reports and op-ed pieces. She wrote a chapter entitled: “Professional Exchanges, Citizen Diplomacy, and Credibility” in the book America’s Dialogue with the World published by the Public Diplomacy Council in 2006. She also coauthored (with Mark Overmann) a book entitled Working World Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development to be published by Georgetown University Press in the Spring of 2008. Sherry is a native of northern Illinois.
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