Sandra Guarín Tarquino

Universidad del Rosario, Colombia

Sandra Guarín Tarquino is the vice president for International Affairs of Universidad del Rosario (UR). She has twenty years of experience in internationalization of higher education, international cooperation, leadership of partnerships and networks, glocal stakeholder connections, and project and grant management. She is co-founder of the Latin American Initiative for the Internationalization of Higher Education (INILAT), vice president of the Advisory Council of the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE), and chair of the NAFSA’s Latin America and Caribbean Forum, 2024. She was recognized by the Colombian Association of Universities (ASCUN) "For her committed, dedicated and generous leadership as National Coordinator of the Colombian Network for the Internationalization of Higher Education (RCI) between 2018 and 2022", and in 2024 received the RCI ASCUN Outstanding Contribution Award. She has served as consultant and lecturer in comprehensive internationalization, international cooperation, and non-state diplomacy. She holds a bachelor's degree in International Relations, a graduate degree in European Studies and a master’s degree in Management and Development Practice.

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Sandra Rincon

ALDEAS, Netherlands

Sandra Rincón is trainer, researcher and author on Global Stakeholder Engagement with Purpose. Sandra believes in building communities to promote diversity as pillar to innovate a more inclusive, sustainable, and kinder world.  She authored Engaging International Alumni as Strategic Partners,(NAFSA 2021) edited  Alumni Connection, (Hivebrite, 2023) hosted Brite Ideas, (2023) a podcast for advancement professionals, and founded the Holland alumni network-NL to support international students and alumni navigate the Dutch labour market. She is finalizing her PhD research at Tilburg University on the SDGs and student-alumni engagement.
As a recognized leader on international education (PIE, 2023) and consultant with +30 years of experience in the field, Sandra advises and trains professionals in governments and higher education institutions. She publishes often in professional literature on global engagement. She was senior consultant for EU Alumni initiative and director of international alumni relations at Tilburg University, Netherlands. She served as chair of the EAIE’s Alumni Relations Expert Community. Sandra currently serves as member of CASE Continental Europe Cabinet and as research committee member of ICAReAlumni. She presents annually at the CASE-EU, EAIE, ICARe-Alumni and NAFSA conferences. She is a life-time alumni member of UC Davis, USA.

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Sarah Jane van der Westhuizen

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Sarah Jane van der Westhuizen is the Director: Centre for Global Engagement at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. The Centre for Global Engagement is part of Stellenbosch University International.
The Centre for Global Engagement is responsible for partnership development, non-degree student mobility and global learning at Stellenbosch University. 

Sarah Jane has more than 15 years of experience in the field, and as an internationalization practitioner strives to unlock opportunities for staff and students via global learning and comprehensive internationalization. 

In a secondary capacity, she is also the deputy-director of the Stellenbosch University Japan Centre. 

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