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Our team of professionals are passionately and personally committed to providing safe, once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences. From educational specialists to logistical and destination specialists, our knowledgeable and dedicated staff deliver a quality experience every step of the way.

Bob Gogel

CEO and President

Bob Gogel serves as CEO and President of WorldStrides, a leader in experiential learning. Bob Gogel previously served as CEO of numerous multinational companies and has extensive experience in Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America and the U.S. He is an... Read More

Kellie Goldstein

Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Kellie leads finance, accounting, tax, treasury, human resources and real estate to ensure the financial health of the company and optimization of the company’s talent and people strategies globally. Kellie is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of... Read More

Matt Wertz

Chief Business Officer - Group

Matt Wertz provides leadership for WorldStrides' U.S, and Canada-based Group business units, ensuring best-in-class program management and developing strategies for future growth. Together, his team ensures that we can meet the unique needs of the learners who experience the world... Read More

Jim Cigliano

Chief Business Officer - Individual

Jim leads WorldStrides’ business with individual parents and students. Jim brings deep experience across industries, building winning customer experiences and services. His passion inside and outside of work is transformative education through experiential learning and lifelong learning journeys that realize... Read More

Terri Morgoglione

Chief Health & Safety and Academics Officer

Prior to joining WorldStrides in 1985, Terri was a classroom teacher. She views her work at WorldStrides as an extension of her passion for education, and enjoys the fact that her work empowers students at all levels to experience learning... Read More

Lauren Fryefield

Chief Marketing Officer

Lauren has lived experiential learning as a student, parent, and lifelong traveler, and sees the job of communicating its value to the world as a vital and fulfilling career. An experienced customer-centric marketer, she joined WorldStrides through its enrichment division,... Read More

Vincent Cirel

Chief Information Officer

Vincent leads WorldStrides’ Information Technology organization, overseeing the company’s technology strategy with a focus on implementing the processes, resources, and technology best practices needed to drive WorldStrides’ mission of innovation and growth. Read More

Adrienne Howard

Chief Impact & Program Management Officer

Adrienne leads WorldStrides' strategic planning efforts to crystallize vision into executable business objectives. In this role, Adrienne leads the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility efforts and strategic project execution. Read More

Tim Sweeney

Chief Product Delivery Officer

Tim Sweeney oversees domestic and international product delivery for all WorldStrides business units. Tim brings 30 years of travel operations and educational experience to his role primarily as one of the principals of Boston-based student-travel company, NETC, where he worked... Read More

Bill Irwin

Chief Business Transformation Officer

Bill is a seasoned executive in the educational travel space with a 20+ year career dedicated to fun and transformative experiences for students. Bill joined WorldStrides in November 2019 and currently he heads up our Business Transformation group. This group... Read More

Paul Jenkins

General Counsel

As general counsel, Paul Jenkins is the chief legal officer of WorldStrides. His wide-ranging portfolio of responsibilities includes supervising legal matters regarding global acquisition growth, managing the organization's risks, and coordinating on daily legal matters with every part of organization. Read More

Michael Smith

Head of Group Higher Education

Michael oversees all aspects of business for the WorldStrides university and post-graduate group travel program and leads innovation efforts in study abroad in collaboration with business leaders across WorldStrides' higher education programs. During his tenure at WorldStrides, Michael has led process... Read More

Jennifer Acosta

Head of Individual Higher Education

Jennifer Acosta oversees the WorldStrides individual Higher Education division, leading the teams at International Studies Abroad (ISA) and The Education Abroad Network (TEAN) in providing exceptional study abroad experiences for college students. Jennifer joined the ISA team in 1996 as... Read More

Richard Beekman

Head of K12 Group Education Travel and Experiences

Rich Beekman oversees the K12 Group Educational Travel and Experiences division, supporting educational tours for American groups all over the US and the world. He is fueled by a personal belief that it is critically important that students gain experiences... Read More

Chad Slater

Head of Product Management

Chad oversees the portfolio of products across WorldStrides’ lines of business. He is passionate about the WorldStrides’ mission and values that deliver transformative educational experiences throughout the lifelong learning journey. He is focused on actualizing the mission and values through... Read More

Eric McAleer

Head of Sports Program Development

Since 1998, Eric has been the Managing Director of Excel International Sports, and he continues to oversee WorldStrides international sports tours since the company’s acquisition by WorldStrides in January 2015. Read More

Ripley H. Hunter

Head of Specialty Programs

Rip oversees the WorldStrides domestic sports, celebrations and enrichment events. These programs attract from 50-30,000+ travelers per event and serve a variety of audiences including youth leadership, high-school graduates, and domestic sports teams in over 30 U.S. sport disciplines. Rip... Read More

Amanda Freitag Thomas

Head of K12 Individual Education Travel & Experiences

Amanda oversees the Individual programs experiences geared towards middle and high school students which includes career exploration, performing arts, and pre-college programs as well as individual sign-up educational travel programs. An alumna of an Envision by WorldStrides career exploration program,... Read More

David Conklin

Head of WorldStrides Toronto

Dave joined WorldStrides in October 2015 to oversee the company’s sales and operations for the Canadian territory. He was drawn to WorldStrides’ mission to use travel as a means of bringing live, experiential learning into students’ overall educational exposure. Read More

Dan Kellerd

Head of WorldStrides Australia

Devoted to educational travel for 20+ years, Dan has held executive roles in all facets of the business, including Sales, Marketing, Operations and Product Development. He has lived and worked in seven countries and has safeguarded the travel experiences of... Read More

Robin Reliford

Head of Health & Safety

Robin Reliford leads domestic and international health, safety, and crisis management for WorldStrides, monitoring world events, implementing emergency protocols and procedures and working closely with executive management on policy development and compliance. A lawyer by training, Robin has been a... Read More

Jeff Coppola

Head of Customer Experience

Jeff knows that a great customer relationship starts the minute any customer thinks they want to purchase the “experience” and continues throughout and, more importantly, in-between their journeys with you. In his role as Head of Customer Experience, Jeff works... Read More

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CEO and President

Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Chief Business Officer - Group

Chief Business Officer - Individual

Chief Health & Safety and Academics Officer

Chief Marketing Officer

Chief Information Officer

Chief Impact & Program Management Officer

Chief Product Delivery Officer

Chief Business Transformation Officer

General Counsel

Head of Group Higher Education

Head of Individual Higher Education

Head of K12 Group Education Travel and Experiences

Head of Product Management

Head of Sports Program Development

Head of Specialty Programs

Head of K12 Individual Education Travel & Experiences

Head of WorldStrides Toronto

Head of WorldStrides Australia

Head of Health & Safety

Head of Customer Experience

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