A trailblazer within the area of worldwide credential analysis and recognition and immigrant and refugee assist, Assefa devoted an unimaginable 38 years to main WES earlier than retiring in 2019.
Underneath her management and since her departure, WES has supported hundreds of thousands of immigrants and refugees by offering trusted credential analysis providers, empowering them to unlock new alternatives in training, employment, and past.
Assefa’s distinguished profession contains serving as president of NAFSA in 2006 and dealing as a marketing consultant for the US authorities, by which she contributed considerably to efforts targeted on the popularity of educational credentials throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Upon Assefa’s retirement, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund was established to assist catalytic efforts to create extra inclusive economies for immigrants and refugees within the US and Canada, searching for to take a position over $50 million into immigrant and refugee leaders and communities.
Her visionary work has left an indelible mark on the sector, incomes her the well-deserved accolade, introduced on the Boston convention in November 2024.
“[The award] is a chance for me replicate on my profession at WES, the evolution of credential analysis, and the work that we did to assist worldwide college students and expert immigrants achieve recognition for his or her {qualifications},” stated Assefa.
“Because the demand for credential analysis elevated, WES adopted modern expertise and developed our personal analysis platform. WES additionally participated within the main discussions on credential analysis, carried out analysis, tracked developments in training worldwide, and disseminated our findings through WENR and our WES Webinar Sequence.
“Within the remaining part of my tenure at WES, we constructed the WES World Expertise Bridge program to allow expert immigrants to navigate the job market and take their remaining steps in the direction of integration.“
Collectively we constructed WES into a number one and influential organisation that helped hundreds of thousands of immigrants and college students achieve recognition for his or her instructional {qualifications}
Mariam Assefa, WES
Assefa paid specific homage to the various colleagues she labored with over her profession.
“All through my profession at WES, I had the nice fortune of working with a proficient and creative staff devoted to our mission, and likewise loved the assist of a visionary board of administrators. Collectively we constructed WES into a number one and influential organisation that helped hundreds of thousands of immigrants and college students achieve recognition for his or her instructional {qualifications} whereas sustaining the very best requirements of high quality,” she stated.
“I wish to share The PIE Lifetime Influence Award with the fantastic staff that helped me construct WES into the organisation that it has develop into.”
