Elizabeth Tyrie

Site Director in Rome

The Site Director is CIS Abroad's On-Site staff.  Their job is to support the CIS Abroad students throughout their on-site study abroad experience. They serve as a cultural liaison, organizing excursions, cultural activities, and providing invaluable guidance on everything from the local cuisine to navigating public transportation.  If students run into any issues while abroad - Elizabeth is there to help provide resources and guidance.  

Elizabeth is grew up in Oswego, NY where she fell in love with the great lakes, nature and the college town atmosphere. After graduating from high school she headed south to attend college at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana where she discovered that nothing fascinated her more than exploring cultural diversity. After catching the travel bug she hopped around and managed to live and work in seven different cities located in four different states and spanning 3 countries. She finally settled down in Italy wither her Roman husband and has dedicated her life to helping others embrace both the beauty and the difficulties that inevitably come along with intercultural engagement experiences. Elizabeth has a BA in Communications, an MA in International Education and is currently pursuing an EdD in Global Education. She loves showing students the sites in Rome, but she gets particularly excited when she has a chance to help people overcome challenges associated with living and studying abroad.

Tiffany Ho

International Operations Assistant Director for Italy 

The International Operations Director ensures that the study abroad program runs smoothly, overseeing on-site logistics, health and safety measures, and responding to emergencies.  Tiffany works closely with Elizabeth to ensure that the program is set up and ready for students.  Then, they work closely together when students are on-site to ensure that things run as smoothly as possible.  Tiffany may work directly with students if they have special requests, they experience an emergency, or if they need additional accommodations when they are abroad.  

Tiffany is a first-generation Asian-American with mixed ethnicity from China, Cambodia and Vietnam. She feels incredibly lucky to have the higher education her parents were unable to have, of which her favorite part is when  studied abroad as an undergrad. To date,  she've worked ten years in the field of international higher education, five of those years living and working in Qatar. Besides travel, she loves to dance (ballet, tap, jazz, salsa and tango) and is currently fixing up her recently purchased condo in her home city of Chicago!