Senior Management Team

Jill D. Wright, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer

Jill's first Semester at Sea experience was sailing as Field Office Coordinator on the Fall 1989 voyage. At that time she was Associate Professor in the School of Education, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She joined ISE in 1990 and has sailed as Executive Dean on five voyages. Jill earned a B.A. in Biology and General Science, Hiram College; M.S.T., Biology Education, Cornell University and Ph.D., Science Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Jill began her career teaching junior high and high school science in Ithaca, New York and Durham, North Carolina. After earning her doctorate, she taught science education at Tennessee Technological University and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and also directed an environmental education center.

Loren W. Crabtree, Senior Fellow and Chief Executive for Global Education

Loren joins ISE from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where he served as Chancellor and as Provost, beginning in 2001. During his tenure he cultivated the most academically qualified and diverse class of undergraduates in the University’s history, and was known for his efforts to instill an international perspective in the curriculum and campus culture. Crabtree has also served as a faculty member, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and Provost at Colorado State University, and as a faculty member at Bethel College. He sailed as Executive Dean of the Fall Semester voyages of the Semester at Sea program in 1986 and 1991. Loren earned his B.A. in history, M.A. in Asian studies, and Ph.D. with a concentration in Chinese history from the University of Minnesota. His research has focused on 20th-century Chinese history and the history of American-East Asian relations. He has taught more than 20 courses on Asia and the modern world and has published more than 60 articles, books, and papers. His research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the U.S. Department of Education.

Mike J. Zoll, Vice President of Admissions, Financial Aid and Student Affairs

Mike's two decades of leadership in higher education include administrative and faculty positions. Before joining the Institute full-time in 2006, Mike served as vice provost at Saint Mary's College of California, dean at Mount Saint Mary's University, associate dean at Gonzaga University and the Claremont Colleges/Harvey Mudd, and assistant dean at College of the Holy Cross. Mike has sailed on four past Semester at Sea voyages (resident director in spring 1990, assistant executive dean in spring 1993; director of student life in summer 2000, and assistant executive dean in 2005) and will serve as executive dean for the summer 2009 voyage to Europe and North Africa. Mike earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies and Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara; Masters degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration from the University of Vermont; and doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from the University of La Verne. Mike is active in several professional organizations (including NAFSA-Association of International Educators; and NASPA-National Association of Student Affairs Administrators) and recently co-presented a national webinar titled "Parents and Education Abroad: A Training Manual". Mike lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his wife and four children.

Nancy J. Cable, Vice President of Development and Alumni Affairs

Nancy joins ISE from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at U.Va. where she served as Vice President for Development and Associate Dean for Institutional Advancement. Nancy has also served as a Vice President and Dean at Davidson College in Davidson, NC; a Vice President at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC; and held several administrative and faculty positions at Denison University in Granville, OH. She has a Ph.D. in Educational History from U.Va. and an M.A. in Student Personnel Services in Higher Education from the University of Vermont. She holds credentials in higher education from Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management.

Salvatore Moschella, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Sal holds a B.S. and M.B.A. in Computer Science and is currently pursing a Ph.D. in the field of Organizational Information Behavior at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed part of his studies at the University of Bologna, Italy. Prior to starting his career with the Institute in 1994, Sal provided Management Consulting Services to higher education and corporate clients in the U.S. and Europe. He sailed on Semester at Sea in 1991 as Assistant Dean and in 2002 as part-time faculty and IT Coordinator. As adjunct faculty at Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh, Sal has taught courses in e-Commerce, Database Management, and Information Systems Design. Born in Italy, Sal is fluent in Italian and English and has basic knowledge of Spanish.

Thomas C. Holleran, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Tom holds a B.S. in Accounting from Duquesne University and a M.B.A. from Robert Morris University. He came to ISE in 1997 as the Account Controller for the Business Office. Tom has sailed with Semester at Sea on the Fall 1998 and Spring 2001 voyages.