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Janet Elliott - Executive Director ext. 27
Janet Elliott became the Executive Director for IVCLA in 1995. As the Executive Director she serves as a member of the Board of Directors and is responsible for the overall administration of IVCLA. She reports directly to the Board of Directors. As the Executive Director of IVCLA she represents IVCLA at community events, developing and maintaining relationships with community organizations and businesses throughout Los Angeles County. She works to build funding for the non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization through public and private sources and prepares and administers the IVCLA annual budget. She is the liaison for IVCLA’s membership with the National Council for International Visitors.
Helen Thomas - Director of Public Relations ext. 26
Helen Thomas has been with IVCLA since April 2007. Her responsibilities include acting as the liaison between IVCLA and its Citizen Diplomat members and coordinating IVCLA events. She assists in attracting new Citizen Diplomats and increasing IVCLA’s visibility throughout the greater Los Angeles area, through arranging monthly mixers and community activities with an international focus. She is also responsible for the design, creation and distribution of all print and electronic communications.
Kim Ngoc Le - Senior Program Officer ext. 22
Kim Ngoc Le joined IVCLA in 2007. As Senior Program Officer, Kim oversees all aspects of the International Visitor Leadership Program and certain fee-for-service programs. She collaborates with the U.S. Department of State and National Program Agencies to create and implement programs for the group projects of the International Visitor Leadership Program. She also cultivates relationships with professional resources in academic, government, private and non-profit sectors and provides briefings to arriving groups of visitors to familiarize them with their program and the L.A. region.
Dana Schwarz - Program Officer ext. 25
Dana Schwarz joined IVCLA in August 2008. She is responsible for the formulation and implementation of International Visitor projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and other agencies. Dana manages all aspects of professional exchange programs from planning through follow up stages, and serves as liaison between national agencies and the Los Angeles area. She researches and develops relationships with Los Angeles area companies, agencies, organizations and other institutions that meet regularly with International Visitors.
Karen Ramirez - Program Assistant N/A
Karen Ramirez began interning with IVCLA and joined the staff in 2007. She provides administrative support for the implementation of International Visitor projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and other agencies. Her responsibilities include preparing project documents and welcome packets, maintaining the professional resource and international visitor databases, and compiling visitor statistics to generate the annual impact report and grant report.
Ho Lo - Accounting Manager ext. 28
Ho Lo has been with IVCLA since 2001. He is responsible for the preparation of all financial reports for the Executive Director and Board of Directors, managing AR/AP and monitoring budgets for special programs such as Community Connections and IVIPS. Ho also prepares the financial information for public and private grant applications.

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