Board of Advisors

The Global Seal of Biliteracy was founded and sponsored by Avant Assessment to empower bilinguals with equitable and accessible ways to document and share their skills through free language certification. Its mission is guided by an independent Board of Advisors composed of international experts in the field of multilingual education, second language acquisition, educational research, and assessment.

 

Dr. Michele Anciaux Aoki

Former International Education Administrator, Seattle Public Schools

United States of America

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Dr. Cristina Banfi

Professor at the University of Buenos Aires

Argentina

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Dr. Richard Brecht

Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland

United States of America

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Maria Carreira

Executive Director of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)

United States of America

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Dr. Arti Khosla

Founder & CEO of Centre of Assessments for Excellence (COAE International)

India

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Dr. Katarzyna Przybycien

CEO and Co-Founder of Bilingualism Matters

Scotland

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Dr. Duarte Silva

Executive Director Emeritus of the California World Language Project (CWLP), Stanford University

United States of America

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Dr. Jinlan Tang

Dean and Professor of English Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University

China

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Dr. Jacque Bott van Houten

World Language and Intercultural Communication advocate, former president of ACTFL, NNELL, and NCSSFL

United States of America

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Dr. Shuhan Wang

President of ELE Consulting International and Senior Advisor for Asia Society

United States of America

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Tom Welch

Founder of T Welch Consulting

United States of America

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