Helena Brykarz is responsible for the administration of CSHE. Previously, she worked with a range of international organizations, successfully recruiting leaders, creating new initiatives, fundraising, as well as managing programs and operations. Through her grantmaking experience at foundations, including Goldman and Skoll, she assisted in the development of major awards programs. Helena also created an innovative funding initiative to foster collaboration between human rights and environmental organizations. Plus, she is a co-founder of Rainforest Alliance. Helena served as a Peace Corps...
Shanshan Jiang serves as the External Relations Specialist at the Center for Studies in Higher Education. She holds a M.A degree in Social Sciences and Comparative Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a PhD degree in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Before coming to the US, Shanshan worked as a project manager in an educational investment company in China. Fluent in both Mandarin and English, she was responsible for drafting memoranda of understanding, negotiating contracts, recruiting students and teachers in dual-degree...
Associate Director & Executive Assistant to the Board, Executive Leadership Academy
Samantha Rushing currently serves as the Associate Director and Executive Assistant to the Board of the Executive Leadership Academy, under the Center for Studies in Higher Education, at the University of California, Berkeley. She also serves as Program Administrator of Berkeley Global Executive Education under the Goldman School of Public Policy.
In 2014, Ms. Rushing moved to Berkeley so that she could pursue a higher education and become the first in her family to obtain a college degree. While studying as a single parent at Berkeley City College (BCC), Ms. Rushing served as the...