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Staff is responsible for implementing the policies based on the strategic direction set by the Board of Directors.

 

Elisabeth SherwinElisabeth Sherwin, Executive Director since April 2008

E-mail:  dir@internationalhousedavis.org

Phone: (530)753-5007

The executive director is responsible for the leadership and management of the organization according to the strategic direction set by the Board of Directors.  Elisabeth has studied in England and Spain. She has recently traveled to several former Soviet republics including Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine. She is a long-time member of the Uman Davis Sister Cities Project. She also is a member of Sahaya International and has traveled to Southern India on two occasions. She is sponsoring a boy in India and a girl who is finishing nursing school in Chennai.  Elisabeth has lived in Davis for many years and is a former reporter for The Davis Enterprise. She also wrote a column on books and writers for The Enterprise for almost 20 years.


Deborah ZavalaDeborah Zavala, Office Manager since August 2008

E-mail: office@internationalhousedavis.org

Phone: (530)753-5007

Some of the duties of the office manager include bookkeeping, facility rentals, assisting with the I-House website and newsletter, greeting the public by phone and in person, maintaining the office in terms of equipment and supplies, etc.  Deborah graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Chicano/a Studies and Spanish. She is very happy to be able to serve our global community.

 

Liz Young and Robert LandryLiz Young and Robert Landry, Caretakers since January 2010

Phone: (530)753-5007

 

 

 
Yahia SiragYahia Sirag, Front Desk Volunteer since May 2010. 
 
Phone: (530)753-5007
 
Yahia works daily from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. greeting visitors and answering the phone and generally being a helpful and pleasant I-House first responder.
 
A native of Sudan, in 2001 he and his family came to Davis as refugees. He earned a Ph.D. in agronomy from Ohio State University in 1982 (maybe that's why the plants at I-House have never looked better). His hobby is watching American football. During the football season weekends he is a self-described couch potato. Stop by and say hi to Yahia!
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International Movie "Going to School with Dad on my Back" (China, 1998) International House, 10 College Park, Davis
9/03 8:00 PM
Art Exhibition - " Evolution of Tradition" - Lillian Seto and her students International House, 10 College Park, Davis
9/07
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