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Randy Sykes
Founder / ISV International Director
Randy is the founder and International Director of International Student Volunteers. For over 35 years Randy has been successfully operating cultural exchange, education, volunteer and travel programs for tens of thousands of university students on six continents. Randy is originally from Southern California and has a background in outdoor recreation and the performing arts. Randy's vision of making a global difference by volunteering has been the inspiration for the growth of ISV, escalating ISV to one of the largest volunteer programs of its kind internationally. Randy is a motivator who has spent a great deal of his time speaking and/or training thousands of students and educators globally. Randy was recently elected to serve on the Board of WYSE Work Abroad (an association of the World Youth and Student Education Travel Confederation).
Narelle Webber
ISV International Program Director
Narelle was born and raised in Tasmania, Australia (the most beautiful State!) where she completed her degree with Honors in Zoology and Chemistry at the University of Tasmania. Narelle began her involvement with ISV in 1999 when she traveled as a participant on an ISV cultural exchange program to the USA. Since then, Narelle has served in a variety of roles: she has been a Tour Leader, Project Leader, developed and coordinated ISV programs in most of ISV's host countries and currently serves as ISV's International Program Director. Narelle also oversees the ISV Sydney Office and loves how ISV is making a difference in the world. In her "spare" time she loves to travel, rock climb, surf, cook and SCUBA dive. She has recently begun a Master's Degree in Sustainable Development, studying part time at Macquarie University in Sydney.
Simon Costain
ISV International Marketing Director, University of Sydney
Simon started with ISV in 2004 promoting the ISV program across the USA and Europe. He is the International Marketing Director and spends his time traveling between Sydney, Australia and Southern California. Simon is originally from Sydney where he earned a B.Comm. (Liberal Studies) from the University of Sydney in 2004. Prior to his involvement with ISV, Simon worked at the the Australian Institute of Management, and he managed and promoted a local Sydney band. Simon has traveled throughout Europe, the USA, Latin America and Australia and he enjoys music and dance.
Deanna Mathewson
ISV International Education Director
Deanna began with ISV in 2002 as a Project and Tour Leader in Costa Rica and was overseeing all operations there by 2003. Deanna has been involved in many aspects of the organization, though her primary role is developing the educational components of the programs, including liaising with academic institutions internationally and hiring and training Project Leaders. Deanna earned a B.Sc. in Zoology at McGill University in her hometown of Montreal, and an M.Sc. in Ecology at the University of Victoria, where she taught biology and ecology labs for four years. Deanna lives in Victoria, British Columbia and is up for anything from cycling and rappelling to snowboarding and SCUBA diving, but spends a lot of time gardening. She loves animals of all shapes and sizes but despite many close encounters with bears, is most frightened of spiders.ISV's ONLINE COMMUNITY
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