Facilitators

Adrian Erlinger is a global leader with 20 years of experience working at the intersection of technology, international education, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement. As a proud Fulbright Scholar (Poland 2007-08), he has spent career designing and leading digital transformation initiatives across Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. Adrian currently helps organizations translate emerging technologies into practical strategies that serve companies, institutions, and communities. He has mentored young professionals, and early-stage innovators, supporting them as they turn ideas into startup that create real-world impact. 

Michelle Bolourchi is a Program Manager on the Global UGRAD team at World Learning, a role she has held since April 2022. Prior to joining World Learning, she supported the Fulbright Scholar Program, conducting outreach to U.S. faculty, staff, and professionals. Michelle brings a deeply international perspective to her work, having studied and worked in Germany, South Africa, and India. During her six years in India, she worked with IIE recruiting students for New York University Abu Dhabi. Michelle holds a bachelor's degree in International Studies and German, a master's degree in Global Studies from Germany and South Africa, and an MPhil in Sociology of Education from India. 

Amy Broome joined World Learning and the Global UGRAD team in March 2021. She currently lives in Austin, Texas but grew up in Vermont. Amy has a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied Arabic and Hebrew. Her bachelor's degree is in international relations from Wheaton College in Massachusetts. 

She is very much inspired to work with World Learning because of her study abroad experiences in Beijing and Cairo and her Fulbright scholarship to Muscat, Oman. Amy’s background is in managing international exchange programs in the United States, both for high school students and J-1 work programs.

Melanie Winters joined the Global UGRAD Team at World Learning in March 2023. Originally from a small town outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, her passion for travel started at a young age as she watched her grandparents travel the world. Melanie was an exchange student in Germany in high school and at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland during her undergraduate program. 

She has a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs and has spent most of her educational and professional career focused in the international education field. She is passionate about cultural exchange. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, camping, kayaking, playing board games, going to concerts, and spending time outdoors with her husband and dogs, Liebe and Chip.