The New to Management Affinity Group is for new managers, experienced managers, soon-to-be managers, and "maybe someday" managers. This group is here to support all of us on our management journeys. Our discussions can cover tricky terrain - feedback! motivation! burn out! (oh my!) - or serve as a sounding board for new ideas and approaches. This group exists to give us a space where we can create a community and connect with other busy professionals, allowing us to continue to show up for our teams (and for ourselves) in a way that aligns with our intentions and values. 

Elizabeth Erbeznik (she/her) is an international educator with nearly two decades of experience in higher education. Her first role in education involved teaching English to middle schoolers as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Madagascar. (Had her Malagasy colleagues done a performance review of her teaching abilities back then, she'd have been placed squarely in the "needs improvement" phase.) She then went on to earn a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Texas at Austin. After spending several years teaching college-level French and leading study abroad programs in Paris and Bordeaux, she took a role in the Academic Affairs department at WorldStrides (originally ISA) in 2015. She loves onboarding new colleagues, setting goals, meeting quarterly objectives, and collaborating with her team to ensure that they're supporting student learning on all their programs. In her spare time, she thrives by hanging out with her family in Austin, TX, reading, writing short stories, and traveling.