PETER GERLACH, PhD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Executive Director of the ICFRC and Visiting Assistant Professor in the International Studies Program at The University of Iowa. He received his BA and MA degrees in English from Ripon College and the University of Northern Colorado, respectively. After serving in the US Peace Corps in Mongolia, he earned a PhD in Cultural Foundations of Education from Syracuse University.

CARLISLE ISLEY
​communications coordinator

MLIS graduate student at The University of Iowa, receiving the Special Collections Librarianship certificate and the Center for the Book: Graduate Book Studies and Book Arts certificate. She also obtained a Arts Administration certificate from the University of Colorado. She completed her BFA in Papermaking and Performance from SMFA at Tufts University in Boston. 

LEXI PASSNO
Program Assistant Intern

Third-year undergraduate student at the University of Iowa double majoring in Ethics and Public Policy and Political Science with a minor in Criminology, Law, and Justice.

Natalie GUSTIN
​​Communications Intern​

First-year undergraduate student at the University of Iowa double majoring in International Studies and Social work  with minors in Anthropology and Religious Studies.

KYRA LESTER
Community Outreach Intern

First-year undergraduate student at the University of Iowa double majoring in Finance and Business Analytics with a certificate in International Business.