Who We Are
William Fish
With over forty-five years of experience in the field of international education, Mr. Fish was a founder of the Washington International Education Council and is the organization’s President. Mr. Fish began his career as a teacher in Portugal, and went on to direct intensive English programs in California, Colorado, Boston, and Washington, D.C. His career in international education has included work for Arthur D. Little, Inc., AIFS, ALA, Aspect, EF, the ELS, NESE and Study Group. In 1989 Mr. Fish opened his consulting practice and continues to provide services to individual schools and larger organizations interested in broadening their international profile while increasing international student enrollments.
Mr. Fish has served on numerous advisory groups including the Strategic Task Force on International Student Access, the Consular Affairs Working Group and the Peterson’s International Advisory Council. Mr. Fish was elected as Chair of the New England Region of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, and has served on the board of AAIEP. He continues to advocate for international education and students and writes a column for student visa applicants.
Mr. Fish welcomes contact from individuals and organizations with an interest in international education at wfish@washcouncil.org
Joseph Humadi
Joseph Z. Humadi founded the U.S. Educational Group, which produces “Al-Jamiat” the Arabic language magazine and educational fairs throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Eurasia and China. He is also one of the founders of the Washington International Education Council, which produces an embassy dialog in Washington, DC once a year in January and advises international students. He has been involved in international education for 20 years. Mr. Humadi also runs the website www.al-jamiat.com, www.usegtours.com and www.washcouncil.org. He has produced programs in U.A.E, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China.
Mr. Humadi and his team also produce virtual college fairs (VCF) for specialized clients. The production for these VCF’s includes setting up the website for the students to register. His team does all of the media buying, social media, print advertising, emails and mailings. The last VCF that USEG put together, produced over 5000 students that registered on-line and converted about 1000 to come online during the fair. He is also a member of the Middle East SIG and NAFSA.
