Central Staff
Elise S. Ahn, PhD
Credentials: Director, International Projects Office
Position title: Partnership Manager, UW–Madison Partnership with Nazarbayev University
Email: elise.ahn@wisc.edu
Phone: 608.263.3112
Gina Barbosa
Position title: Business Operations Manager
Email: gina.barbosa@wisc.edu
Phone: 608.265.4753
Virginia Martin, PhD
Position title: Partnership Coordinator, UW–Madison Partnership with Nazarbayev University
Email: vmartin2@wisc.edu
Phone: 608.262.5805
Project/Partnership Staff
Rebecca Alcock
Position title: International COVID-19 Engagement Coordinator
Email: ralcock@wisc.edu
Sumudu Atapattu, PhD
Credentials: Director of Research Centers and Senior Lecturer, UW Law School
Position title: Faculty Advisor, UW–Madison Partnership with the University of Kelaniya
Email: sumudu.atapattu@wisc.edu
Phone: 608.890.1395
Paul Block, PhD
Credentials: Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering
Position title: Faculty Co-Advisor, International COVID-19 Engagement
Email: paul.block@wisc.edu
Phone: 608.263.8792
Emily Lakeman
Position title: Undergraduate Assistant, International COVID-19 Engagement
Email: lakeman@wisc.edu
David McDonald, PhD
Credentials: Alice D. Mortenson/Petrovich Distinguished Chair in Russian History
Position title: Director, UW–Madison Partnership with Nazarbayev University
Email: dmmcdon1@wisc.edu
Phone: 608.263.0489
Janis Tupesis, MD
Credentials: Clinical Professor, Department of Emergence Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health
Position title: Faculty Co-Advisor, International COVID-19 Engagement
Email: jtupesis@medicine.wisc.edu
Phone: 608.265.5806
