Previous OIBP Staff

Susan Crossley (1999-2002), Assistant Director

Ms. Susan Crossley was recruited to replace Ms. Brown in the fall of 1999, joining OIBP in November. Her tenure at TSU would extend over a three-year period. She earned an M.A. degree in Community and Clinical Psychology from Temple University and had over 20 years of experience in the field of guidance and counseling at the time she joined OIBP. Ms. Crossley was especially adept at counseling students and developing rapport with corporations and agencies in order to place students as interns or in permanent jobs. She was outgoing and dedicated to the welfare of TSU students. On several occasions she took students with her to attend annual meetings of NAFSA, the International Educators' Association. She was very instrumental in working with students to form the Multicultural Friendship Society, together with Zachariah Gaye, and was its sponsor during the organization's formative years. Ms. Crossley wrote a winning application for a $2000 NAFSA grant that was used to help fund the first Multicultural Celebration in the spring of 2001. In the fall of 2002, she moved to western Pennsylvania with her husband and is continuing her education in an On-line Course Sequence in Behavior Analysis and Therapy at Southern Illinois University.

Janeth Simpson Brown (1999), Assistant Director

Ms. Janeth Brown joined OIBP as its first Assistant Director in April 1999. Originally from Jamaica, Ms. Brown held an M.A. in International Trade from Eastern Michigan University and had already had some nine years of experience in international business, language instruction and university administration when she came to TSU. For example, she had worked with JAMPRO (Jamaica Promotions Corporation) as an Investment Promotion and then Senior Promotion Officer. Ms. Brown had a lively personality and enjoyed counseling students. She tackled the job of setting up student and company files with enthusiasm. Unfortunately for OIBP, Ms. Brown resigned before the end of the calendar year to start a family. She resides in Thompson Station, Tennessee, with her husband who is a senior manager with Saturn. Ms. Brown continues her passionate commitment to helping young Jamaican students pursue their education.

Martha Cowan (1999), Secretary

Ms. Cowan was serving as Secretary to Dr. Ruthie Reynolds, the Frist Chair of Excellence in Business, when OIBP was first established. For a few months she served as part-time secretary to OIBP before going to work full time for the Frist Chair where works today.

Stephanie Machen (2000), Secretary

Ms. Machen, was an undergraduate student in the College of Business when she was employed to work as secretary in OIBP in the spring of 2000. She graduated the next semester and OIBP then chose not to continue the secretary position. From then the position was replaced by a second graduate assistant.

Graduate Assistants

Jackie Ojuka-Onedo, (2001-2003). Originally from Uganda, Jackie spent much of her school days in Papua New Guinea where her father was employed in the mining industry. She joined OIBP in the summer of 2001 and remained for a full two years until the summer of 2003. She won the World Trade Council Scholarship in 2001 and was very active in the Multicultural Friendship Society, maintaining MCFS files and providing a point of contact for the organization's activities. Jackie received her MBA degree in May 2003.

Mehdi Saidi (2001-2003). Mehdi completed a Bachelor's degree in Management Sciences from the Faculty of Management Science and Economics at the University Tunis in Tunisia in 1998. He subsequently studied English in San Diego before enrolling in the MBA program at TSU. In the fall semester of 2001 Mehdi began to work as graduate assistant to Dr. Wahid in the management of the new Journal of Developing Areas. After completing his MBA degree in December 2002, he was hired as a Research Assistant in OIBP in the spring of 2003 where he assisted students for a semester in the absence of an Assistant Director.

Zied Guiziani (2001-2002). The first of three Tunisian grad assistants to enter the MBA program at TSU, Zied Guizani received his Bachelor's degree in Commerce with a major in Marketing from the Institut Superieur de Gestion in Tunis, Tunisia. In the summer of 2001 Zied began work as a graduate assistant in OIBP and remained until he completed his MBA the following summer. Zied represented OIBP at the Annual Conference of the Business and International Education Program in Tampa, Florida in the fall of 2001. He assisted OIBP as a Research Assistant for a short period as well. Since leaving TSU, Zied has been employed by Comcast in Nashville.

Anne Muchine (2000-2001). Originally from Kenya, Anne received her Bachelor of Commerce degree from Daystar University in Nairobi in 1998. She entered the MBA program at TSU in 1999. In the fall 2000 semester she began work as a graduate assistant in OIBP where she remained until completing her MBA in the summer of 2001. Since then Anne has been gainfully employed by an agency in Brentwood.

Amalia Rosari (2001). Amalia received a Bachelor of Economics degree from Trisakti University in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1996. She subsequently earned a certificate in management from Central Queensland University in Australia. She and her husband both entered the MBA program at TSU. Amalia began her MBA studies in 1999 and was nearing completion of her degree when she came to work as a graduate assistant in OIBP for one semester in the spring of 2001. After graduating Amalia and her husband returned to Indonesia.

Sunita Khetpal (2000). Sunita is originally from Pakistan where she completed her undergraduate studies. She worked as a graduate assistant in OIBP for only two months in the summer of 2000.

Qi Deng (2000). Qi received her Bachelor of Economics with a major in Finance in 1991 and began work on an MBA at Jiangxi University in Nanchang, China, before coming to the U.S. She entered TSU in August 1998 and initially worked as a graduate assistant in the School of Agriculture. Qi joined OIBP as a graduate assistant in the spring of 2000, in time to assist in developing the first OIBP website and working on a proposal for a university linkage in Ukraine. Upon graduation from TSU, she went to work for Deutsche Bank in Nashville.

Robert Byrd (1999). Robert, originally from Mississippi, is the only American student thus far to have served as an OIBP graduate assistant. He received a B.A. in Sociology from Mississippi State University in 1994. In the fall of 1999 Robert began work in OIBP and helped to organize the first Windows onto the World event that semester.

Ana Chalco Church (1999). Ms. Chalco was already a graduate assistant working for Dr. John Masten at the time the OIBP office was established in the spring of 1999. Originally from Peru, Ms. Chalco, received her undergraduate degree from David Lipscomb University and her MBA degree from TSU in May 1999. She is married to an American and works in the Nashville area.