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Kenneth Hahn, Executive Director M.B.A., Yale University; B.A., Sociology, Magna Cum Laude, Harvard University. Kenneth has been working in experiential education for 27 years. Prior to founding Global Routes with Andrew, he was an educational consultant and college administrator. He has traveled throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas and has led Global Routes programs in the United States, China and Thailand. Kenneth enjoys running, cycling and playing with his children, Jonah and Sarina. In his spare time, he serves in the leadership of his community’s synagogue.


Andrew Rivin, Executive Director M.B.A., Yale University; B.A., Humanities, University of Texas, Austin; Phi Beta Kappa. Andrew has been working in education for 26 years and led the first-ever Global Routes college and high school programs in the 1980s. He has traveled extensively in Africa, India, Asia and Central America. Prior to founding Global Routes with Kenneth, Andrew worked as a Deputy Headmaster and Teacher at a rural secondary school in Kenya. In his spare time Andrew is a dedicated practitioner and teacher of yoga.


Laura Litwiller, Program Director M.A. International Education, SIT Graduate Institute; B.A. Spanish & Secondary Education, Goshen College. In her quest to master Spanish, Laura studied abroad in Costa Rica and Mexico and taught ESL in Venezuela. As hoped, her Spanish improved and her desire to connect with people of other cultures grew. Instead of continuing on her path as a high school Spanish teacher, she chose to continue her cross-cultural journey as an immigration paralegal in Chicago. There, she helped manage the legal cases of immigrants from around the world, listening to their life stories and learning more about the political, social, and environmental issues affecting their lives. Hoping to learn how to expose others to such valuable learning through immersion experiences, she pursued an M.A. in International Education at the SIT Graduate Institute. Her coursework prepared her to develop meaningful, cross-cultural experiences, and she began her work in the field as a leader for a high school language and culture program in Spain. She then joined the Center for Global Education in Mexico, where she helped organize and facilitate travel seminars and study abroad programs. Laura has also traveled in Thailand, Indonesia, Peru, and Ecuador. She enjoys cooking, eating, dancing, giggling, and playing outside.


Rosie Perera, Admissions Director M.S., Environmental Studies, Antioch University New England; B.A., Cultural Geography, Smith College. After graduating from high school in 1993 Rosie decided to pursue alternative educational experiences before committing to four more years of school and took what is now known as a ‘gap year’. Her internships in an environmental studies field course in New Zealand and a health center in rural Kentucky led her to design a major in Cultural Geography where she focused on the interaction between social development and natural resource availability. After graduating from college Rosie worked as a ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, Olympic National Park and Tongass National Forest in Alaska. She also worked as an environmental educator in California and Massachusetts. The pull of her native New England drew her back to the area for graduate school in 2005. She discovered an interest in program evaluation, group dynamics and leadership while completing a Masters in Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England. Rosie has traveled in Mexico, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda as well as throughout the United States. In her downtime Rosie loves reading, hiking, eating ice cream and finding excuses to wear costumes.


Dianna Hahn, Director of Marketing and Custom Programs M.A. International Education, SIT Graduate Institute; B.A. Anthropology, Connecticut College. Dianna’s history with Global Routes began in the summer of 1996 when she participated as a student on the Navajo Nation program. This experience helped spark her interest in intercultural education and she went on to explore the field through volunteering in the Daintree rainforest, au pairing in Paris and studying traditional tattooing in Western Samoa. After college, Dianna worked as a program manger and director at Windsor Mountain Student Travel for four years. There she collaborated with a group of high school leadership students to create a friendship exchange program on the island of Bequia, as well as facilitated service learning, adventure and theatre programs throughout other areas of the world. After four years at Windsor Mountain, Dianna moved to San Francisco, CA from New Hampshire became a second grade teacher, grad student and the director of Clowns Without Borders. While not a clown herself, she truly believes in the power of laughter and continues to foster these joyful experiences through bringing artists together to perform and bring workshops to crisis areas including Haiti, Guatemala, Sudan and India. When at home or on the road she loves to dabble in culinary creations for friends and find adventures outside no matter what the season.


Dr. Sharon Saline, PsyD Consulting Psychologist Dr. Saline is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in work with children, adolescents and families. She has conducted workshops on a variety of issues related to child and adolescent development as well as mental health issues in the classroom for parents and teachers throughout the Pioneer Valley. In addition, Dr. Saline has been the consulting psychologist for the Northampton School District for the past 5 years and has provided training to faculty and students at numerous schools in the Northampton area.


In addition, Global Routes also contracts with board-certified physicians at an area travel clinic who provide advice and direction with medical issues that arise with students in the field.