Our team
As a grande école of multilingual and intercultural expertise, ISIT is structured around clearly identifiable poles, favoring both students and education. The accessible and agile structure of the academic support services reflects ISIT’s priorities in the service of teaching.
CEO
Beate BALDWIN, Dean and Chief Executive Officer – direction@isit-paris.fr
Angélique POY, Assistant to the CEO and HR Manager – a.poy@isit-paris.fr – rh@isit-paris.fr
Student Associations and Well-being
Student Associations Coordinator, Sophrologist and Disability Officer
Library
Librarian
Brigitte LAW-WA – b.law-wa@isitparis.eu
Academic Services
Director of Studies
Océane SCHAACK – o.schaack@isit-paris.fr
Administrative Assistant
Chahnez REZGUI – 1ercycle@isit-paris.fr
- Undergraduate programs
- Bachelor ISIT-Efrei
- Pre-master’s program
Nicolas GUENIER – masterCIT@isit-paris.fr – masterSDI@isit-paris.fr
- Master intercultural Communication & translation
- International Communication and Management M1
- Law & multilingual studies program M2
- Master Change management & diversity
Johanna FAN – masterMI@isit-paris.fr – masterSID@isit-paris.fr – assistante.interpretation@isit-paris.fr
- Master International Strategies and diplomacy
- Bachelor in International Communication & technology
- Master in conference interpreting
Academic and Research Department
Academic and Research Director
Agata De Laforcade – delaforcade.agata@isitparis.eu
Research department
Head of Student Research Promotion : Malek AL-ZAUM – al-zaum.malek@isitparis.eu
Research and Cooperation Projects Coordinator : Pascale ELBAZ – elbaz.pascale@isitparis.eu
- Agata DE LAFORCADE – delaforcade.agata@isitparis.eu
- Manlio CINALLI – cinalli.manlio@isitparis.eu
- Diana SAIZ-NAVARRO – d.saiznavarro@isit-paris.fr
- Joëlle COHEN – cohen.joelle@isitparis.eu
- Clare DONOVAN – donovan.clare@isitparis.eu
- Christine DURIEUX – durieux.christine@isitparis.eu
- Ritha BOUSTA
- Douglas A.Yates
- Pierre SPIELEWOY
- Marta ARENA – arena.marta@isitparis.eu
Director of undergraduate programs
Manlio CINALLI – cinalli.manlio@isitparis.eu
Director of the Bachelor’s Programs in International Relations : Manlio CINALLI – cinalli.manlio@isitparis.eu
Director of PGE International Politics economics and society : Yann OBAME – obame.yan@isitparis.eu
Director of the Pre-Master’s Program : Nadia BENSMAIL – bensmail.nadia@isitparis.eu
Language Department Coordinators
Educational Director : Yann OBAME – obame.yan@isitparis.eu
- German : Jürgen GOTTSCHALK – gottschalk.jurgen@isitparis.eu
- English : Robert FLETCHER – fletcher.robert@isitparis.eu
- Arabic : Malek AL-ZAUM – al-zaum.malek@isitparis.eu
- Chinese : Sisi YANG– s.yang@isit-paris.fr
- Spanish : Sandra PLAZA-VILLA – s.plazavilla@isit-paris.fr
- French : Julie BEGHELLI– beghelli.julie@isitparis.eu
- Italian : Maurizio MICELI– m.miceli@isit-paris.fr
- Portuguese : Gisela HEYMANN– heymann.gisela@isitparis.eu
- Russian : Anton OSMINKIN– osminkin.anton@isitparis.eu
Academic Department Directors
- International Strategies and Diplomacy : Diana SAIZ NAVARRO – d.saiznavarro@isit-paris.fr
- Law and Multilingual Studies : Yann OBAME – obame.yan@isitparis.eu
- Intercultural Communication and Translation : Nadia BENSMAIL –bensmail.nadia@isitparis.eu
- Intercultural Management : Nathalie LORRAIN – lorrain.nathalie@isitparis.eu
- Intercultural Digital Strategy / International Communication and Technology : Joëlle COHEN – cohen.joelle@isitparis.eu
- Conference Interpreting : Gisela HEYMANN – heymann.gisela@isitparis.eu
International Relations Department
Director
Christian VARGAS ISLAS – c.vargas@isit-paris.fr
International Mobility Officer
Khadija AHJAME – international@isit-paris.fr
Incoming Mobility Officer
Gabrielle METAYER – incoming.mobilities@isitparis.eu
Development department
Director of marketing development, communications and admissions
Christopher SMITH – c.smith@isit-paris.fr
Deputy director for relations with high schools
Maria José HERNANDEZ – m.j.hernandez@isit-paris.fr
Team marketing & communication
- Digital Communications Officer : Sandrine TRINH – s.trinh@isit-paris.fr
- Event Communications Officer : Jessica SOARES – j.soares@isit-paris.fr
- Digital Marketing : Anthony PEREIRA –communication@isit-paris.fr
Admissions and Enrollment Coordinator
Hadja BARRY –admissions@isit-paris.fr
Admissions Assistant
Shoushanik KOURGUIGNYAN – s.kourguignyan@isit-paris.fr
Director of business development
Jean-Marie ARDISSON – jm.ardisson@isit-paris.fr
Careers & Internships Assistant
Tatiana RYBINA – stages@isit-paris.fr – asst.insertion@isit-paris.fr
Undergraduate Work Placements
Sisi YANG– s.yang@isit-paris.fr
Director of Executive Education
Nathalie BERARDINO – n.berardino@isit-paris.fr
Executive Assistant
Lorédana PEDRO – l.pedro@isit-paris.fr
Finance & Administration
Director
Catherine GARNOTEL – c.garnotel@isit-paris.fr
Accounts manager
François COMBERIATI – f.comberiati@isit-paris.fr
Accountant
Kevin ROBERT – k.robert@isit-paris.fr
HR Manager
Angélique Poy – a.poy@isit-paris.fr
General Services
Head of General Services : Hamza AHADDAD – services.generaux@isit-paris.fr
Multi-function assistant : Benoît GODOUET – b.godouet@isit-paris.fr
Board of Directors
ISIT is a private higher education institution with public service missions (EESPIG). Its governance is handled by a Board of Directors whose members, all volunteers, come from the business world or from the school’s specialist sectors.
Chair : Marc ESTEVA
Vice-Chairman : Bénédicte RICHARD
Treasurer : Jean-Philippe PIN