For thirty-four years Dr. Gary Weaver has been a member of the faculty of the School of International Service at American University. In 1999, he founded and now serves as Executive Director of the Intercultural Management Institute. He has created and directed various academic programs at American, including the Seminar on Managing a Multicultural Workforce and has also taught courses on multicultural management for the National Training Laboratory (NTL), American University graduate program. Each year he gives over 100 keynote addresses, lectures, training seminars, and workshops to various universities, nonprofit groups, government agencies, professional organizations and business groups in the U.S. and abroad. His topics range from culture shock and cross-cultural negotiation to conflict resolution and diversity.