Adam Weinberg
Adam Weinberg is the president and CEO of World Learning, an international nonprofit organization that runs exchange, education and development programs in more than 75 countries. With a global network of world-class educators, development specialists and trainers, World Learning programs unlock the potential of people to create a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world. Weinberg has expanded World Learning’s network to include nearly 200 programs with participants from more than 140 countries. Annual operating revenue at World Learning stands at approximately $108 million.
Weinberg joined World Learning in 2005, serving as executive vice president of World Learning and provost of SIT, formerly the School for International Training. During this time, he focused on expanding The Experiment in International Living, SIT Study Abroad and SIT Graduate Institute, emphasizing academic quality and programmatic innovation. He also greatly expanded World Learning’s work in the Middle East. Prior to World Learning, Weinberg was vice president and dean of the college at Colgate University, where he served on the faculty for more than a decade. He gained national prominence for his work increasing civic education in higher education, including development of organizations such as Democracy Matters and The COVE.
An advisory board member for the US Center for Citizen Diplomacy and Global Citizen Year, Weinberg also chairs a working group of the Brookings Institution’s Building Bridges Coalition and serves as an active member of the Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange. His published works include two books, Urban Recycling and the Search for Sustainable Development and Local Environmental Struggles, and numerous articles in The Washington Quarterly, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Inside Higher Education.
Weinberg graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College and did work at Cambridge University before receiving his master’s degree and doctorate from Northwestern University. He lives with his wife and three children in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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Working Groups are a central part of the way InterAction supports and aids its members. Working Groups are first and foremost a place for member agencies to share information that is important to them in several ways:
- by providing a way for member organizations to share information about field-based issues, concerns, and topics;
- by serving as a place for members to receive training and to share best practices with each other; and
- by offering a space for members to develop new products and materials on a given topic.
Working Groups are member driven and supported by InterAction staff (with the exception of a few non-staffed working groups). Members identify an interest, issue area, or need around which they feel their collective voices will clarify or strengthen responses. Depending on the number of member organizations interested, a meeting or consultation is planned to explore the topic and allow members to share their issues and concerns. Such consultations or exploratory meetings may lead to the formation of an on-going Working Group.
InterAction's current working groups are described below. For more information on a specific working group, contact the group's staff contact.
| Group | Description | Staff Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Transparency |
This group currently only functions as an email list and is for those interested in transparency/open data efforts by NGOs and the U.S. government. |
Laia Grino |
| HPPC--SYRIA |
this is a working for Syria |
Abby Bruell |
| SIT--Transparency |
SIT--ransparency |
Laia Grino |
| Shelter and Settlements Working Group |
InterAction Shelter And Settlements Working Group |
Mohamed Hilmi |
| Allen-test-group |
this is a test group |
Allen Abtahi |
| InterAction Business Council |
Promoting and leveraging corporate and NGO partnerships for sustainable and inclusive international development and economic growth. |
Luisa Cordoba |
| HPPC--Humanitarian Policy and Partnerships Working Group |
HPPC--Humanitarian Policy and Partnerships Working Group |
Abby Bruell |
| SIT--Aid Effectiveness-Members |
SIT--Aid Effectiveness-Members |
Kimberly Darter |
| HPPC--Horn of Africa |
HPPC--Horn of Africa |
Lucy de los Reyes |