Meet the OGIEL Team

OGIEL Director

Clayton Walton, Executive dIrector, M.Ed., MSW, Assistant Professor

Rutgers University – New Brunswick
MSW in Management & Policy- 2024

University of Maryland
M.Ed. – Counseling & College Student Personnel Services- 2003

St. John’s University
BA- Sociology- 1997

OGIEL Staff

Malikka Hutchins, Senior Program Coordinator, MA

Rutgers University – New Brunswick
BA – Communication (2017)

New York University
MA – International Education 2020

NSE Program Coordinator (2023 – Present)
NAFSA RISE Fellow – 2023-2024
Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Alumni – 2016

OGIEL Student Workers

Nestor Cardenas, Student Worker

Rutgers University – Newark
B.A Spanish- Fall 2024

ILE Programs:

New Hampshire (2022) & Ecuador (2024)

Carina Bontia, Graduate Coordinator

Rutgers University – Newark
B.A Public & Non-profit Administration- May 2024

MPA – May 2025

ILE Programs:

New Hampshire (2022) , Tanzania & Zanzibar (2023), Belize (2024) Nepal (2024)

Shampa Sydney, Student Worker

Rutgers University – Newark
B.A Social Work- May 2025

ILE Programs:

New Hampshire (2023) & India & Nepal (2023)