Joy MacFarland 

Joy MacFarland  
Head of Regional Marketing ELT - US & Canada , National Geographic Learning

Joy MacFarland is originally from the Boston area, and lived in Madrid, Spain for many years. She got her B.A. in Spanish at American University and her M.Ed. from Boston College. She started out her career as an ESL teacher and went on to start a school in Spain.  She eventually moved back to Boston where she served in various academic and director roles at international proprietary language school chains before transitioning into her current role as Head of Regional Marketing ELT - US & Canada for National Geographic Learning. Joy was also the co-founder of the Private Language School Special Interest Group and the IEP Conference for MATSOL in Massachusetts, active in NAFSA Region XI, and has served on the board and Nominating Committee of EnglishUSA.