Who's who at IB Americas

Drew Deutsch

Director

Drew Deutsch joined the International Baccalaureate® (IB) in April 2008 as the regional director for IB North America. On 1 January 2009, Drew was appointed as director of the IB Americas region.

Born and educated in the United States, Drew graduated from Georgetown University in 1992 with a bachelor of arts in psychology and received his IB diploma in 1988 from the United Nations International School in New York City.

Drew has over 15 years experience in the education services industry with The Princeton Review. He served in a wide range of roles across the company’s K12 Services and Test Preparation divisions, most recently as vice-president of account management and operations. Read more

Gloria McDowell

Senior head of school services

Head of Buenos Aires Office

Gloria McDowell holds a master’s degree in management of

non-governmental organizations and a degree in education,

both from Argentine universities, and a bachelor of arts in

economics from Grove City College in the US state of

Pennsylvania.

Before joining the North America regional office as the Diploma

Programme regional manager in 2006, she was the head of

secondary in a bilingual school in Buenos Aires. Gloria has also acted in the roles of deputy chief examiner for IB business and management, examiner, and workshop leader.

On 1 January 2009, Gloria was appointed as senior head of school services and head of the Buenos Aires office in the IB Americas region.

Paul Campbell

Head of regional development

Paul Campbell is head of regional development for the IB Americas. In this role, he oversees the region’s work with interested schools, universities, governments, school districts, educational organizations, and associations of IB World Schools. He also oversees the IB support desk and the region’s annual conference.

An IB employee since 1988, Paul has served numerous roles for the organization, most recently as the head of outreach and volunteer services at IB North America.

Prior to working for the IB, Paul was a staff writer and colum­nist for several daily newspapers in northern New Jersey. At the same time, he worked for two large non-profit organizations, expediting cultural exchanges between lay people from the USA and the former Soviet Union. Paul’s education was from the University of Michigan, where he studied journalism and history.

Emily Ross

Head of regional professional development

Emily Ross joined the IB Americas New York office in August 2005 as administrative assistant to the deputy regional director. During the last four years with the IB, Emily has been promoted to associate, associate manager, and services manager all within the professional development department.

In her current role as head of professional development for IB Americas, Emily is responsible for developing a full calendar of professional development and overseeing the region’s travel and events department.

Prior to working for IB Americas, Emily served as sales and marketing manager and associate director for two meeting planning companies. She holds a BA from Connecticut College in European History and French and an MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Hunter College in New York.

Carlyne Cardichon

Head of finance

Carlyne Cardichon joined the IB Americas New York office in 2007 as head of finance and administration, overseeing financial support for the Americas within the IB financial framework.

Carlyne is responsible for the management and control of all costs incurred in the region for ensuring compliance with the tax and statutory provisions under guidance from the global finance office. In addition, Carlyne provides strategic financial advice to the Americas director as well as the global organization.

Before joining IB Americas, Carlyne served as associate director/senior manager at Bristol Myers-Squibb, finance director at Sotheby’s. She has also held senior analyst and senior auditor positions at Phillip Morris Companies and Ernst & Young LLP. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and is a certified public accountant in New York State.

Sandra Coyle

Marketing and communications manager

Sandra Coyle joined the IB in April 2006 as the marketing and communications manager for North America. She now manages communications for the IB Americas region.

Sandra has over 15 years experience in marketing strategy and communications for corporations, non-profits and political campaigns. She began her career at the Monitor Group in Cambridge, Massachusetts, an international management consulting firm, helping to expand their marketing presence worldwide.

After relocating to New York in 1997 she worked at advertising agencies advising US global corporations on their marketing presence in key markets worldwide. A veteran of the John Kerry for President campaign and New York state and local political campaigns, Sandra developed a passion for education when she launched her own grassroots organization, working with local organizations Harlem Children’s Zone and the Impact Coalition, to encourage inner city youth to seek a career in politics through workshops at after school events.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and History cum laude from Rutgers University in 1992 and was awarded Departmental Honors in Journalism. She studied French at Harvard University from 1994 to 1996 and was a 2005 graduate of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University which selects 40 women worldwide each year to train to run for political office. Most recently, she received a certificate from the United Nations Association’s Global Executive Training program in New York in 2008.