The Center hosts Visiting Scholars and Practitioners who demonstrate scholarship and leadership in the nonprofit sectors of the U.S. and abroad. Our scholars have come from Brazil, China, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy and the United Kingdom. In 2003, the Center sponsored its first Visiting Practitioners; an executive director of one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the U.K., and a social entrepreneur working with an innovative community development corporation to create affordable housing for low-income residents in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia community.  In the 2004-2005 academic year, the Center hosted Fulbright Scholar, Carole Moore, from Ireland.  During the 2005-2006 academic year, the Center welcomed Maria Saenz as a Visiting Practitioner at the Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership and a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Leadership Program Fellow. She is also an associate consultant to Universalia Management Group, and serves on the board of OneWorld-US.