Jaroslav B. Tusek is President & CEO, as well as one of three co-founders, of the International Leadership Institute. Jarda holds a Master's Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University Graduate School of Public and International Affairs in New York City, and was awarded a postgraduate fellowship in international economics at the Institute of European Studies of the University of Geneva in Switzerland. There he also worked as a consultant to the World Council of Churches.
In addition, Jarda attended the Charles University School of Law Doctor of Jurisprudence program, and the University of Oslo in Norway. Fluent in six languages (English, French, German, Czech, Russian and Norwegian), he is a long-time student of political, economic, social and religious developments in Central and Eastern Europe.
Jarda has more than 21 years of administrative and teaching experience in three American universities. He inaugurated the Business Leadership Forum: USA executive education programs in 1990 to assist professional leaders and top executives in post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe in their transition to free-market economies operating in democratic societies. The programs equip participants with knowledge, attitudes and resources to help them anticipate and deal effectively with change in the business environment, and to successfully conduct business activities in the U.S.
Sara D.Tusek has served as Managing Director of the International Leadership Institute since 1990. She has extensive and varied experience in administration and training in private business, as well as teaching on the university and high-school levels. Sara organizes, administers and evaluates all ILI programs, and has served as a trainer for U.S. Department of State programs delivered by the International Leadership Institute, as well as for in-house ILI executive education and language development programs.
Sara serves as Managing Editor of ILIPH (International Leadership Institute Publishing House). She is the editor of all ILI newsletters (Leaders to Follow, Servant Leaders, continuous conversion, A Lesson on English and Careers) and has served as contributing and assistant editor for business and educational periodicals. Sara has written and published books, articles, newsletters and reports on topics in leadership and career development. Through her company MRP (Making Resources Productive), Sara offers business services, including free-lance writing and editing for business publications, and management consultation. MRP also has an educational division that provides tutoring, coaching and instructional sessions in a variety of areas.
Sara holds a Master's degree in Education in Human Resource Development from VanderbiltUniversity in Nashville, TN. She holds an undergraduate degree in Sociology (from the State University of New York at Potsdam) and has completed post-baccalaureate courses on the undergraduate and graduate levels in English (from the University of North Florida). Sara was awarded three Summer Institute fellowships in literature and history from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her lifelong interest in helping people reach their full potential is expressed in her work as a writer, program administrator, and teacher. Most recently, Sara served as English tutor at Seminole State College near Orlando, Florida.
