Rose Puffer has served as the Superintendent of The International School of Islamabad since 2005. From 1990 – 2005, she served as a teacher and also held various administrative positions at ISOI. Prior to joining ISOI, Ms. Puffer was an administrator at Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt in Peru, She also held administrative positions at the Saudi Arabian International School – Riyadh, and at public, private and regional schools in New England, USA.

Ms. Puffer has served as a member of the Near East South Asia Council of International Schools, Board of Trustees for 16 years and currently serves as President of this organization which oversees professional development for international schools from southern Europe and Northern Africa to Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Previously, she has served as the Executive Director of SAISA, the South Asia Inter School Association.

Ms. Puffer’s work with the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools dates to the early 1990’s. She has served on Visitation Teams to schools in Kuwait, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, Nepal, the Central Asian Republics, Tajikistan and China. Ms. Puffer also served on MSA’s International School Advisory Council for six years.

She is one of the founding members of the Association of International Baccalaureate Schools in Pakistan, IBPAK, which is authorized by the IB Asia Pacific Organization.

In 2019 Ms. Puffer was named Superintendent of the Year by the Association for the Advancement of International Education, an organization which represents English medium schools throughout the world.

Accrediting Commission for Schools
Western Association of Schools and Colleges