Staff

Bat-Erdene Regsuren

Bat-Erdene became the Executive Director of the America-Mongolia University Development Foundation in 2011. He is currently Associate Professor, University of the Humanities, Mongolia and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh. After completing his initial degree in Physics at Irkutsk State University, Russia, he received his Master’s (1996) in Higher Educational Policy, Planning and Evaluation and Doctoral (2004) degree in Higher Education Administration at the University of Pittsburgh. Bat-Erdenehas had a lengthy career in the Mongolian Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. In 1987 he began working as a Specialist for the State Committee on Higher and Specialized Secondary Education and by 1996 he was the State Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (MCES), a position which he held for 4 years. He subsequently served as Director for Education (2005-2007), Director for Higher and Vocational Education, MECS (2007-2009) and as Director for Information, Monitoring and Evaluation, MECS (2009-2010).

Bujin Tserensodnom

Bujin is a management expert with more than fifteen years of experience in the fields of public sector and health management and financing, both in government and non-governmental organizations. Since 1999 she has been actively involved in public and social sector reform initiatives in Mongolia with a focus on public sector performance, strategic planning, health management and financing. Bujin’s appointment will allow executive director R. Bat--‐Erdene to focus his attention on external affairs, in particular AUM’s relationships with Mongolian and U.S. government entities and with other educational institutions.

Robin Charpentier

Robin began working at the AUM in 2012. She has over 20 years of experience working in higher education administration at US universities. After receiving her Master’s Degree in Mongolian Studies from Indiana University, she served for two years as Resident Director of the American Center for Mongolian Studies in Ulaanbaatar. She is currently also an Advisor in the International Affairs and Cooperation Department and a Visiting Professor in the Institute for Mongolian Studies at the National University of Mongolia, and teaches part-time at the University of the Humanities.

Ruth Pulaski

Ruth began workingat the AUM in 2012. Ruth has been living in Mongolia since 2005 serving as the Executive Director of the Mongolian Children’s Aid Foundation. Prior to that she served for seven years as Dean of Administration, Overseas Family College, Singapore, a two-year university-level program developed in partnership with California State University.

Chuluunzagd Batbayar

Anar began working at the CEE in December, 2012. He received his BA in Economics and Demography at NUM’s School of Economics. Immediately prior to joining the CEE, he worked at Bayan Airag Mining Company as their Social Responsibility Coordinator. He has also held positions in the health finance and health economics sector for the last eight years. This includes having worked at the Ministry of Health, National Center for Health Development, ADB, and World Bank. In the course of his job, he especially enjoys meeting Mongolia’s corporate leaders.

Gantuya Damba

Gantuya began working part-time at the AUM in end-February, 2012. She received her initial BA degree in Financial Management in 2006, and a second BA degree last year in Accounting, both from the Institute of Finance and Economics. At AUM, she is responsible for tracking daily financial activity, making financial reports and others. Her reports assist with our financial management operations and help the leadership in their decision-making. .

John Mark King

John Mark King is the director of AUM’s English Language Institute. He earned an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from The American University in Washington DC in 2003 and and has taught extensively in a variety of countries around the world. He has trained teachers and developed curricula in The United States, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh and Russia. He has also worked in several US Department of State programs, including the English Language Specialist, E-Teacher and English Language Fellow programs. In 2001, he taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uzbekistan. He has been with the American University of Mongolia since 2012.

Alexandria Hill

Alex has been with ELI since 2012 after completing her Peace Corps service in Khovd Province. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising from Temple University and is TESOL certified. Prior to Mongolia, she taught in Tanzania, developed service-learning material as an AmeriCorps Volunteer, and volunteered with Literacy Programs of New Jersey teaching literacy and ESL to adults.

Narantsetseg Avarzed

Narantsetseg graduated with a degree in English Education from Mongolian International University. She is passionate about teaching and loves working with people. She was an exchange student in Korea for one semester and has volunteered extensively as an interpreter and English teacher to orphans in Ulaanbaatar. Her goal as a teacher is to help her students to become independent learners who have the skills continue their language development outside of the classroom.

Ariuntuya Yadamdorj

Ariuntuya graduated with a degree in English Language Education from Otgontenger University and completed an English Education Program at Ming Chung University. She is passionate about teaching and loves working with people. Her philosophy for teaching is very simple: To provide students with the best learning environment by giving encouragement. She is excited for a fun–filled and educational time with ELI's students. She is honored to have the chance to be a teacher here at the American University of Mongolia.

Punsalmaa Batchuluun

Punsalmaa Batchuluun is an assistant teacher of English Language Institute of AUM. She earned a BA in Teaching English and an MA in Linguistics from The University of Humanities in 2008 and 2010. She has 4-year experience of teaching English to secondary school and university students and adult learners of intensive courses. She worked as a translator on US Emerging Youth Leaders program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and early childhood education program. And she worked as a volunteer English language teacher on Education project by Mongol V.E.T Net NGO. She has been with the American University of Mongolia since 2012.

Adam Leskis

Adam is the Coordinator of the English for Academic Purposes program at the English Language Institute and teaches the TOEFL Academic Skills course. He has recently joined ELI from the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. He has a Master’s Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language from Northern Arizona University. While teaching at AUAF, he also worked as a mentor in the country's first English-medium Master's in Education program at Kabul Education University. Additionally, he taught in Indonesia and developed curriculum and communicative language materials as an English Language Fellow with the US State Department.