Lisa Choate

Lisa Choate has primary responsibility for the oversight of American Councils' portfolio of secondary school programs, teacher programs, and professional programs, including Open World, the largest annual citizen exchange initiative in the history of US-Russia relations. She has been an executive vice president since 2012.

Ms. Choate joined American Councils in 1987, serving as vice president of what was then known as the American Council of Teachers of Russian. Her work has included executive management, with an emphasis on new program design and alumni programming.

Ms. Choate has studied at length and traveled frequently in Russia and Eurasia since 1982. She completed her master's degree in education and second language acquisition at Boston University and her bachelor’s degree in Russian language and literature at Bryn Mawr College.