Dr. Vicki Johnson is the Founder and Director of ProFellow, the world’s leading online resource for professional and academic fellowships. She completed her Ph.D. as a Dean's Award recipient at Massey University in New Zealand. Over the course of her career adventure, she has won numerous fellowships, including a Fulbright, that has taken her all over the world to places like New York City, London, Berlin, Washington, DC, and New Zealand. She is now an award-winning social entrepreneur and creator of Fully Funded, her signature online course and mentorship program for graduate school applicants who seek to find and win full funding for their master’s or doctoral degree. For fun, she takes advantage of every outdoor activity possible in her hometown of Bend, OR, including rock climbing, mountain biking, paddleboarding, and cross country skiing.

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Tiffany Parkes-Moscova is a Participant Monitoring Specialist in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).  Tiffany currently serves as the lead in Youth Program Division Outreach efforts for Diversity and Inclusion. Prior to joining the Participant Monitoring Team in 2013, Tiffany worked in the New York City court system monitoring and assessing the needs of adolescents and adults facing incarceration, while also helping find positive alternatives to rebuilding their lives. She has obtained her M.S. in Social Work from Columbia University in 2011. In 2004 Tiffany obtained a B.A in communications from Delaware State University a Historically Black College & University (HBCU). Tiffany has worked in the social service field for over 10 years servicing youth and has extensive experience in investigating, analyzing, monitoring, and researching complex situations along with interviewing and assessing the needs of individuals.

Gretchen Wietmarschen is a Participant Monitoring Specialist in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and works on the Youth Program Divisions’ Diversity and Inclusion outreach efforts.  Before joining ECA in 2020, Gretchen worked for more than ten years with ASSE International student exchange programs. Throughout her career, she has worked with families, students, and schools all over the United States to facilitate and support high school cultural exchange of students traveling to the United States and has worked with hundreds of students traveling abroad including students on US Department of State Grant programs.  Gretchen holds a BA in Geography from Mary Washington College and an MA in International Educational Development from Columbia University, Teacher's College. In addition to her work with ASSE International, Gretchen has also worked as a teacher at the primary school and University level, a researcher, and in the field of language revitalization.  She has studied abroad in Australia and New Zealand.