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Alumni Council

The Traveling School Alumni Council supports our dedicated and dynamic global community.
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Meet the Current Council Members

Kaitlyn Hepburn

Kaitlyn Hepburn

BA in International Relations

Base Camp: Perkasie, PA
Spring Semester, TTS25 Central America
Alumnae Council Member since 2018

Simrill Smith

Simrill Smith

BS in Environmental Engineering and minor in Global Development

Base Camp: Atlanta, GA
Fall Semester, TTS26 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2022

Rachael Johnson

Rachael Johnson

M.Arch, BA Global Studies, BS Economics

Base Camp: USA
Spring Semester, TTS9 South America
Fall Semester, TTS10 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2022

Alex Schaeffer

Alex Schaeffer

BA in Political Science, Small business owner and entrepreneur

Base Camp: Boca Raton, FL
Fall Semester, TTS20 Southeast Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2022

Former Council Members

Bobbi Anderson

Bobbi Anderson

Anti-oppressive Education, Psychology, and Social Change

Base Camp: Squamish, British Columbia
Spring Semester, TTS19 South America
Alumnae Council Member 2015 – 2017

Margo Brookfield

Margo Brookfield

B.A. in International Studies

Base Camp: San Francisco, California
Fall Semester, TTS14 Southern Africa
Spring Semester, TTS17 Central America
Alumnae Council Officer 2015 – 2018

Mara Hoplamazian

Mara Hoplamazian

Public Health and Anthropology

Base Camp: Chicago, Illinois
Fall Semester, TTS22 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member 2015-2016

Allegra La Ferr

Allegra La Ferr

B.S. in Environmental Science-Marine Ecology

Base Camp: Bozeman, Montana & New Zealand
Fall Semester, TTS14 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Officer 2015 – 2018

Helen Wilson

Helen Wilson

International Affairs

Base Camp: Sewanee, TN & Washington, DC
Fall Semester, TTS19 South America
Alumnae Council Member since 2018

Natalie Trono

Natalie Trono

Economics and Social History

Base Camp: Burlington, Vermont
Fall Semester, TTS22 Southwestern Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2018

Tara Kane Prendergast

Tara Kane Prendergast

B.A. in History

Base Camp: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fall Semester, TTS6 New Zealand
Alumnae Council Officer  2015-2016

Charlotte Scharfenberg

Charlotte Scharfenberg

Spanish

Base Camp: Virginia
Spring Semester, TTS23 South America
Alumnae Council Member 2015-2016

Halle Schirmer

Halle Schirmer

Globalization Studies

Base Camp: New York, New York
Fall Semester,TTS18 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member 2017

Grace Stopher

Grace Stopher

BA in Studio Art, Art History

Base Camp: Eugene, Oregon
Spring Semester, TTS11 South America
Fall Semester, TTS12 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Officer since 2017

Ava Swanson

Ava Swanson

Education, Sociology, and Music

Base Camp: Squamish, British Columbia
Fall Semester, TTS24 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member 2015-2016

Alice Symington

Alice Symington

B.S. in Animal Science

Base Camp: Burlington, Vermont
Fall Semester, TTS14 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member 2017

Anna Thompson

Anna Thompson

Graduate Student in Geology

Base Camp: Ames, Iowa
Spring Semester, TTS17 Central America
Alumnae Council Officer since 2017

Alexa Wagner

Alexa Wagner

International Relations and Ethnic Studies

Base Camp: Camden, Maine
Fall Semester, TTS14 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Officer since 2017

Abby Wilson

Abby Wilson

International Affairs

Base Camp: Washington, D.C.
Fall Semester, TTS20 Southern Africa
Spring Semester, TTS21 Central America
Alumnae Council Member 2015-2017

Ariela Martin

Ariela Martin

International and Public Affairs

Base Camp: New York, New York
Fall Semester Southern Africa TTS22
Alumnae Council Member since 2018

Cyprien Pearson

Cyprien Pearson

International Relations, Social Anthropology and Religious Studies

Base Camp: California & Cape Town, South Africa
Fall Semester, TTS16 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2018

Lily Proudman

Lily Proudman

BA International Relations, Communications at American University; MA Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University

Base Camp: Chicago, Illinois
Fall Semester, TTS16 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2022