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Kyle Urquhart is excited to announce that he has recently accepted a position with Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival as their Operations and Production Manager located in the heart of the Berkshires in Massachusetts. Jacob’s Pillow Dance is lauded worldwide as a “hub and mecca of dancing” (TIME Magazine), “one of America’s most precious cultural assets” (Mikhail Baryshnikov), and “the dance center of the nation” (The New York Times). “The Pillow” is a treasured 220-acre National Historic Landmark, a recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, and home to America’s longest-running international dance festival.

“Charlie Sell is currently working for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the Grants Management Officer for the Organization’s Emergency Operations in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  Eastern DRC is home to a protracted conflict that dates back to the Rwandan genocide in 1994.  IOM, along with the broader humanitarian and UN community, has remained present in the conflict zones in order to provide basic humanitarian assistance and conduct return and reintegration of those displaced by the conflict.  Charlie was previously a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Switzerland where he completed a Master’s degree in International Relations.  Prior to his time in Geneva, he worked in Washington D.C. as a Federal Liaison for the Office of Governor Pat Quinn as part of the Dunn Fellowship program.”