Erica Lutes

Erica Lutes is Executive Director of the Commission for Educational Exchange Between the United States and Belgium, the only Fulbright office that covers three separate countries and/or regions. She is a lecturer in intercultural communications at Odisee, the University College of Brussels for the past 13 years and recently joined the faculty of Thomas More University College in Mechelen. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College with a degree in international relations and spent her junior year at Yale University. Earlier in her career she worked on the European Sales desk for the Equity Department at Goldman Sachs. She holds three master's degrees from the University of Leuven (Belgium) in political economy, conflict and peace studies, and international business.  Previous jobs included a stint as staff aide to the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium. She previously served as the EducationUSA adviser and Fulbright Belgium-EU program officer for the Commission. She is a specialist in both European and U.S. higher education and an advocate for international and intercultural educational opportunities. Erica is the president of the Mount Holyoke Club of Belgium, a Governors of the British School of Brussels, and sat on a subcommittee on internationalisation for her adopted hometown city of Leuven. She is a regular presenter at major conferences on higher education and the transatlantic relationship.