BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers
President Deborah Duerr Galleri owner, graphic designer and teacher with an entrepreneurial spirit. www.galleriduerr.com
Vice President Alex Lange Native of the United States and Germany, immigrant in Sweden. Advocate of active citizenship. Loves to hike and sail.
Second Vice President Mary Scheuermann Health policy expert and creative problem solver.
Secretary Magnus Grippe
Treasurer Jerry Bartlett Number cruncher. Doer.
Directors
Kristin Rockwood United States Embassy U.S. Embassy Stockholm Management Counselor
Elizabeth Dacey Gregarious communicator.
Rodney Hiram Manages all aspects of a Sweden-based graphic design and marketing firm.
Margareta Hjorth-Vlasic Architect and world traveler with a special love for Botswana.
Alex Lange Native of the United States and Germany, immigrant in Sweden. Advocate of active citizenship. Loves to hike and sail.
James Schureck 1 Wife 2 Kids 2 Cats 2 Countries
Anna Rosvall Stuart Executive Director of The Sweden-America Foundation. Native Stockholmer, keen conversationalist and networker, happy to promote US academia in Sweden.
Germaine R. Thomas Provides professional solutions in an inter-cultural context. She is a songbird of Stockholm creating choral classics.
Lola Akinmade Åkerström Award-winning travel writer, photographer, and author who explores culture through food, tradition, and lifestyle for major travel publications and brands.
In Memoriam: Sandra Carpenter

Officers and Directors are reachable using firstname.lastname @ americanclub.se e-mail addresses.

The Board of Directors is elected by the membership as part of each annual meeting. Candidates for open Board positions are provided by the nominating committee which can be reached for recommendations or inquiries by contacting any one of the Club officers.

* Provided for in Club Bylaws, the current United States Ambassador to Sweden can be nominated as Honorary President by the Board of Directors. This tradition is based on strong and productive relationships between groups and U.S. representatives meeting in Sweden documented as early as Consul Charles Leas in 1862.

The Club’s founding on April 3, 1905, provides a link to the first United States Ambassador to Sweden, Benjamin Franklin, who was the U.S. signatory to the Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and Sweden on April 3, 1783.