Wes

World Education Services (WES) is a non-profit social enterprise dedicated to helping international students, immigrants, and refugees achieve their educational and career goals in the United States and Canada. For more than 45 years, WES has set the standard of excellence in the field of international academic credential evaluation. Through WES Global Talent Bridge, the organization joins with institutional partners, community-based organizations, and policymakers to help immigrants and refugees who hold international credentials fully utilize their talents and education to achieve their academic and professional goals. Through its grantmaking, impact investing, and partnerships, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund seeks to advance economic and social inclusion for immigrants and refugees. Esther T. Benjamin has been a global executive in the public, private, and civil society sectors for more than 25 years. Before joining WES as CEO and executive director, Esther worked with Laureate Education, Inc., a leading global higher education organization. Esther served as the Associate Director for Global Operations of the U.S. Peace Corps, and held senior management roles with the International Youth Foundation and the International Partnership for Microbicides. Abbie Cowan is a human resources executive with decades of experience leading people strategy in the public and private sectors. For the past 10 years she’s been at Atos, a global leader in digital transformation. As Senior Vice...

The WES Mariam Assefa Fund is the only philanthropic initiative focused exclusively on economic inclusion and mobility for immigrants and refugees in North America. The fund fosters collaboration, experimentation, and innovation, awarding grants for projects that empower immigrant leaders, improve employer practices, enhance worker skills, and build more inclusive economies. WES Global Talent Bridge highlights the issue of immigrant and refugee community integration. WES Global Talent Bridge works with policy makers, training providers, social and professional networks, and employers to identify and remove individual and structural barriers that inhibit successful integration. World Education Services (WES) is a globally-recognized social enterprise dedicated to helping internationally-educated people find meaningful roles in U.S. and Canadian communities and academic institutions through rigorous credential evaluations, immigrant integration and refugee advocacy, and mission-driven philanthropy. From credential evaluations and immigrant integration programs, to the WES Gateway Program for refugees who need to recreate missing credentials, WES is committed to helping people move around the world and ahead in their lives, and to helping communities discover and benefit from the skills of their immigrant members.

World Education Services (WES) is a non-profit social enterprise dedicated to helping international students, immigrants, and refugees achieve their educational and career goals in the United States and Canada. For more than 45 years, WES has set the standard of excellence in the field of international academic credential evaluation. Through WES Global Talent Bridge, the organization joins with institutional partners, community-based organizations, and policymakers to help immigrants and refugees who hold international credentials fully utilize their talents and education to achieve their academic and professional goals. Through its grantmaking, impact investing, and partnerships, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund seeks to advance economic and social inclusion for immigrants and refugees. Esther T. Benjamin has been a global executive in the public, private, and civil society sectors for more than 25 years. Before joining WES as CEO and executive director, Esther worked with Laureate Education, Inc., a leading global higher education organization. Esther served as the Associate Director for Global Operations of the U.S. Peace Corps, and held senior management roles with the International Youth Foundation and the International Partnership for Microbicides. Abbie Cowan is a human resources executive with decades of experience leading people strategy in the public and private sectors. For the past 10 years she’s been at Atos, a global leader in digital transformation. As Senior Vice...

The WES Mariam Assefa Fund is the only philanthropic initiative focused exclusively on economic inclusion and mobility for immigrants and refugees in North America. The fund fosters collaboration, experimentation, and innovation, awarding grants for projects that empower immigrant leaders, improve employer practices, enhance worker skills, and build more inclusive economies. WES Global Talent Bridge highlights the issue of immigrant and refugee community integration. WES Global Talent Bridge works with policy makers, training providers, social and professional networks, and employers to identify and remove individual and structural barriers that inhibit successful integration. World Education Services (WES) is a globally-recognized social enterprise dedicated to helping internationally-educated people find meaningful roles in U.S. and Canadian communities and academic institutions through rigorous credential evaluations, immigrant integration and refugee advocacy, and mission-driven philanthropy. From credential evaluations and immigrant integration programs, to the WES Gateway Program for refugees who need to recreate missing credentials, WES is committed to helping people move around the world and ahead in their lives, and to helping communities discover and benefit from the skills of their immigrant members.