Ms Carol Madison Graham
Carol Madison Graham was Executive Director of the US UK Fulbright Commission from 2002-2006. She holds advanced degrees from Georgetown University in Washington DC in Middle East History. Immediately following graduate study, Carol became a US diplomat in cultural, educational affairs and press affairs with assignments in Tunisia, Lebanon, France, and the United Arab Emirates. Later, she worked as a consultant to the Middle East Office of the Ford Foundation in New York and as Marketing Director for a French law journal in Paris. She moved to London in 1995 where she taught Middle East History and Politics at Richmond University before becoming Head of International Links for the Local Government Association for England and Wales. Prior to taking up her duties at the Fulbright Commission she managed international policy for the Bar of England and Wales where she worked with issues such as the International Criminal Court. She joined the Fulbright Commission in 2002.
In addition to the Marshall Commission her currents appointments include the Advisory Council for the Institute of the Study of the Americas (ISA) at the University of London, the Carnegie UK Trust, IIED and 3E Foundation, a London based charity that works to improve math education in Africa.
She has been widely involved in exchange initiatives for members of religious, ethnic minorities and young people without the means to study overseas. She has also been very active in inter faith relations, serving as the only non Muslim judge for the Muslim News Awards for Excellence in 2004 and supporting events at the City Circle, a group of London based Muslim professionals. She is an active member of the Anglican Church, serving as an elected lay member of the Deanery Synod for the Diocese of Southwark. She divides her time between London and Edinburgh.
