Ryan Damerow is TIRF’s Chief Operating Officer. Since 2009, he has been serving the Foundation in various capacities, including helping to oversee TIRF’s programmatic and operational endeavors. For more than a decade, he has helped to grow the Foundation’s international presence and developed programs and services that have assisted TIRF in furthering its mission.

Ryan earned his MA-TESOL at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS, now known as the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey) and his MBA at Western Governors University. His undergraduate degree is in Public Administration and Public Policy from Michigan State University. In 2017, he earned MIIS’ Graduate School of Translation Interpretation and Language Education Young Alumni Achievement Award. Ryan served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer at Sichuan International Studies University in Chongqing, China from 2007 to 2009.