Bio: Mark Overmann made his first trip abroad during college to study in Angers, France. Following his graduation with a degree in English from the University of Notre Dame in 2002, Mark spent a year in Northeast China's Yanbian Korean Autonomous Region teaching English and studying Chinese. He subsequently earned his master's degree in International Communication from American University's School of International Service.
Mark has served as the Director of College Communications at Georgetown University, where he worked closely with the university's outreach and exchange programs to China, and a program associate for communications at the National Council for International Visitors.
He is currently Assistant Director and Senior Policy Specialist at the Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange.
Mark is coauthor with Sherry Mueller of Working World: Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development (Georgetown University Press, 2008).
