Mr. Stan Watters

Stan Watters is a native of Atlanta, GA, and earned a Bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary, concentrating in History and German. Stan joined AICGS in the spring of 2007. Prior to his association with the Institute, Stan held senior management and development positions at an international Washington-based think-tank as well as a nationally-recognized university. His previous experience also includes some fourteen years as a sales and marketing executive with a major international airline and a global hotel company.

During his multifaceted career, Stan has:

• served on the pre-opening management team for a 1500-room convention hotel;
• launched a major conference in Europe that now attracts over 500 attendees each year;
• designed and implemented highly successful corporate sponsorship and advertising programs;
• taught marketing seminars to college students; and
• participated as a panel speaker on marketing and development issues at professional conferences in the United States, Europe and South America.

As a student in the 1970s, Stan participated in an exchange program in southern Germany. Since then, he has maintained a life-long interest in German culture and German-American relations.