Our People

Leadership Team

Leadership Team

Lieutenant General (ret.) Frederick Rudesheim

Director
Jeffrey Murphy

Deputy Director / Chief of Staff
Dr. Scott Tollefson

Dean of Academic Affairs
Darla Jordan

Director of Strategic Communication
Colonel Robert Alvaro

Chief, Security Cooperation and Interagency Integration
Linda Denning

Chief of Operations and Student Affairs
Colonel (ret.) Patrick Mathes

Perry Center Representative to USSOUTHCOM

Full-Time Faculty

Full Time Faculty

Dr. Luis Bitencourt

Professor
Dr. William Godnick

Professor of Practice
Commander (ret.) Patrick Paterson

Professor of Practice
Dr. Fabiana S. Perera

Assistant Professor
Celina Realuyo

Professor of Practice
Brigadier General (ret.) Dr. Boris Saavedra

Associate Professor
Dr. David Spencer

Associate Professor

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

María Johana Alarcón

Adjunct Professor
Major (ret.) George Benson

Adjunct Professor
Walter Earle

Adjunct Professor
Ricardo Gómez-Hecht

Adjunct Professor
Gianncarlo Gómez Morales

Adjunct Professor
Brigadier General (ret.) Juan Carlos Gómez Ramírez

Adjunct Professor
Dr. Jacintho Maia Neto

Adjunct Professor
Dr. Carlos Ojeda Bennett

Adjunct Professor
Mariana Oliveira do Nascimento Plum

Adjunct Professor
Dr. Román Ortiz

Adjunct Professor
Vicente Torrijos

Adjunct Professor
Dr. Marty Trevino

Adjunct Professor

Staff

Staff

Liliana Besosa

Operations Coordinator
Luis Castro

Resource Manager
Georgina Crovetto

Alumni Coordinator
Viviana Edwards

Multimedia Specialist
Nick Foreit

Webmaster, Deputy IMO
Suzanne Heist

Management Analyst
María Fernanda Martínez

Operations Officer
Maritza Monteverde

EA to the Director
Raúl Neine

Chief Technology Officer
Kara O’Ryan

Outreach Program Manager
Emily Smith

Academic Assistant

Intern Coordinator
Henry Tweddle

Operations Officer

Fellows/Interns

Spring 2021 Cohort

Fellows/Interns

MaryKate Bucknam

- Intern -

College of the Holy Cross
Daniel Chang Contreras

- Intern -

University of South Florida
Vitoria Miranda

- Intern -

Stockton University
Madison Rousseau

- Intern -

George Washington University