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Joan Brzezinski has been named executive director of the University’s China Center and Confucius Institute. Joan has been the interim director of the China Center while serving in her permanent position as director of the Confucius Institute. In this new position as executive director, she will oversee all projects and programming within both the China Center and Confucius Institute, including fundraising for China initiatives and identifying opportunities to expand the University system's relationships in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Joan joined the China Center at the University of Minnesota in 1997 and was promoted to assistant director in 2003. In 2006, she coordinated the University’s efforts to establish a Confucius Institute, becoming its first director in 2008. Joan has experience working in China and the U.S. in a variety of positions in tourism, travel marketing, and operations, and as a business consultant to companies working in China. She currently serves on the advisory committee for the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), as a board member of the US-China Peoples Friendship Association Minnesota Chapter, and as an adviser for the US-China Healthcare Information Exchange (USCHIE). Joan graduated from Hamline University with a bachelor’s degree in East Asian history and a Master of International Management degree from the University of St. Thomas.
Joan Brzezinski （琼•布热金斯基）被任命为明尼苏达大学中国中心和孔子学院的执行主任。琼在任孔子学院主任期间，同时担任中国中心的代理主任。在执行主任这个新的职位上，琼将总体监督中国中心和孔子学院的所有项目和活动的运行，包括筹集资金发展中国的计划和寻找机会拓展明尼苏达大学和中国大陆，香港以及台湾的各种关系。
琼在1997年开始在明尼苏达大学的中国中心工作，并于2003年晋升为助理主任。2006年，在她的协调下，通过明大各方努力，孔子学院成立了， 2008年琼任首任院长。琼在中美旅游市场营销和运营以及中美商务咨询方面有丰富的工作经验。目前，她还是明尼苏达大学高级语言习得研究中心（CARLA）顾问委员会成员、美中人民友好协会明州分会的管理委员会成员，并任美中医疗信息交流协会的顾问。琼毕业于汉姆林大学的东亚历史系，并获得圣•托马斯大学国际管理学的硕士学位。