Sandra Rincon

ALDEAS, Netherlands

Sandra is a trainer, researcher and author on global engagement. She believes in building communities to promote diversity as pillar in innovating 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, a podcast for advancement professionals and founded the Holland alumni network-NL, to support international alumni who stay to work after graduation. She is finalizing her PhD research at Tilburg University on the SDGs and international student-alumni engagement.
As a recognized leader on international education in Europe (PIE, 2023) and consultant with more 30 years of experience in the field, Sandra advises and trains professionals in governments and higher education institutions in building engaged global communities. She was senior consultant for EU Alumni initiative and director of international alumni relations at Tilburg University. 
Sandra serves as member of CASE Continental Europe Cabinet,  chair of EAIE’s Alumni Relations Expert Community and as research committee member of ICARe-Alumni. She presents annually at the CASE-EU, EAIE, ICARe-Alumni and NAFSA conferences and publishes often in professional literature on global engagement.  She is a life-time alumni member of UC Davis and an alum of UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton in USA. She divides her time between Tilburg, the Netherlands and Malaga, Spain.

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Patricia Cespedes Sanchez

Reimagine | Global Education, Peru

Patricia Céspedes Sánchez is a Peruvian seasoned Senior International Officer with over 20 years of experience advancing internationalisation and creating value in higher education institutions in Peru and internationally. Currently, she is based in the United States and serves as the Chief International Officer at Reimagine Global Education. She is also a board member at AIEA - Association of International Education Administrators and Vice-Chair of the NGO América Solidaria Peru.

In addition to her leadership roles, Céspedes Sánchez is pursuing a Ph.D. at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy and is actively involved in consultancy work, guiding and empowering organizations and governments to develop robust, context-specific internationalization strategies and projects to enhance their global influence and impact. She holds an MBA from Tulane University, USA, and a Master's degree in International Business Management from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

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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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