Margaret Ogg, M.B.A, Director 
Email: ax8800@wayne.edu

As the Director, Margaret is responsible for providing leadership and guidance to staff who manage study abroad programs, ensuring efficient operations and compliance with policies and regulations. She works to monitor, assess, and expand study abroad offerings, collaborating closely with faculty across departments and the campus. This includes supporting faculty involved in education abroad programs, Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), exchange programs, and other international opportunities. Margaret also manages international partnership agreements, oversees the Junior Year in Munich program, and supervises the Office of Fellowships. She has worked with several U.S. State Department programs, including the Gilman Scholarship Program, the Critical Needs Language Program, Fulbright, and the IDEAS Grant. Margaret is a member of NAFSA: Association of International Educators and The Forum on Education Abroad.

Having lived and worked in Spain, Italy, and the Caribbean, Margaret's passion for travel and education abroad was sparked. She holds an M.B.A. in Management from the Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University.

Lisa Kyle, Exchange Student Coordinator
Email: bd3364@wayne.edu

Lisa has been with the Office of Study Abroad & Global Programs since February 2008. The main component of her position is to facilitate the incoming international exchange students at Wayne as well as support with program logistics for various programs. In addition to Lisa's position with the University, she also attends WSU as a senior level student in Biological Sciences. Her focus of study is Bio-Diversity and Ecology with an emphasis in Conservation Biology. Most of Lisa's travel experience centers around the Caribbean, Aruba, and the British Virgin Islands. Future travel plans include South America with aspirations to study the ecology and sustainable industry of this region.

Sophia Schwind, M.A., Program Coordinator
Email: hq4689@wayne.edu

As a Program Coordinator, Sophia's primary duties are working on faculty-led program logisitics and student advising. In addition to, program marketing, working promotional events around campus and leading pre-departure orientation conent and meetings.

Sophia holds a B.A. in Visual Communication Design from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.  During her undergraduate program, she studied abroad for two semesters inFlorence, Italy which allowed her to obtain two minors in Global Communication and Italian Studies. She also participated in a summer exchange program through the College of Communication and Information at KSU in conjunction with the University Immersion Program (UIP) through Sichuan University in Beijing and Chengdu, China. Additionally, she participated in a GIVE volunteer program to Jiquilillo, and Little Corn Island, Nicaragua. Post-graduation she worked in Florence, Italy for a student-oriented travel company as a Graphic Designer, and assisted with guiding European trips. Post-pandemic, earned an M.A. in Cross-Cultural and International Education with a concentration in Non-Profit Communication and Grant-Writing from Bowling Green State University, in Bowling Green, Ohio, in 2022. 

Jackie Krystyniak, M.A., Junior Year in Munich Program Coordinator
Email: jackiesmith@wayne.edu

Jackie Krystyniak has served as the program coordinator for the Junior Year in Munich (JYM) Program at Wayne State University since 2018. In this role, she focuses primarily on national recruitment, marketing, student advising, application processing and business operations. Jackie has over ten years of experience in the field of international education with an emphasis on study abroad and career advising.

Prior to working for JYM, Jackie worked at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and in the College of Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network at Penn State University. Jackie holds an M.A. in Global Studies from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and a B.A. with majors in German and Literature and Political Science with a concentration in International and Comparative Politics from Western Michigan University. Jackie has experience either studying or working in Germany, South Korea, Italy, South Africa, Thailand and Switzerland.