Alumnae Council

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

Kaitlyn Hepburn

BA in International Relations

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

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

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

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

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

Anti-oppressive Education, Psychology, and Social Change

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

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

Public Health and Anthropology

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

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

International Affairs

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

Natalie Trono

Economics and Social History

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

Tara Kane Prendergast

B.A. in History

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

Charlotte Scharfenberg

Spanish

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

Halle Schirmer

Globalization Studies

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

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

Education, Sociology, and Music

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

Alice Symington

B.S. in Animal Science

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

Anna Thompson

Graduate Student in Geology

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

Alexa Wagner

International Relations and Ethnic Studies

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

Abby Wilson