Ralf Rundgren Graves

Biography

 As Director of Regional Institutes, Ms. Graves oversees FAIMER’s initiatives to provide advanced professional skills development opportunities for health professions educators in targeted regions of the developing world. Before joining FAIMER in February 2007, Ms. Graves was Founder and Principal of Astrion, a consultancy group primarily engaged in creating and implementing professional development training and exchange programs by working with organizations such as USAID, Open Society Institute, World Learning, AMIDEAST, Carelift International, Wharton School of Business (University of Pennsylvania), Center for European Studies (Temple University), and others. Prior to that, she served as Executive Director of the International Professional Exchange in Philadelphia. Her more than twenty years experience in international education/training also includes a variety of work abroad, such as Lecturer in Communication Studies at the University of Malta, Executive Director of Young Enterprise Malta, and training consultant to clients such as Transmanche Link (the Channel Tunnel consortium), the British Council, Central European University, and Air Malta. Ms. Graves received her B.A. in Journalism/Broadcasting from Penn State University, where she subsequently served as Community Liaison Coordinator in the College of Human Development while pursuing a Masters degree in Education – Curriculum & Supervision.    

Research Interest

Curriculum & Supervision