Staff Profiles

Toni Dudsak
General Manager

Toni balances twin responsibilities as both the AAS sponsorship manager, dealing with major and minor sponsors and general manager, overseeing AAS operations. She has a bachelors and masters from St. Peter’s College Jersey City, USA and a background in education and interior design. She moved to Luxembourg in 1995, and became the Chief Operating Officer of the American Chamber of Commerce in1999. Since then she has worked in Luxembourg and New York. She moved to Singapore 2010 joining the AAS team in May. She and her husband, Craig, have one son.

Alexandra Debarge
Events Manager

Alex has been managing events at AAS since May of 2011, with a special focus on major events. She has experience in events, public relations and rebranding, in particular the organizing and hosting of major events, at the Royal Over-Seas League in London. She is a graduate of Newcastle Upon-Tyne University, UK. A fluent speaker in French and Spanish, Alex loves art, to dance, enjoys travelling - especially if she can couple it with scuba diving.

Alka Chandiramani
CRCE Manager

Alka has been managing the CRCE since April 2008. She is a multi-lingual and experienced human resources (HR) practitioner with over 18 years of HR and legal experience, including with multinational companies, legal firms and schools. She received her Master of Arts in Human Resource Management from the Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; her Diploma in Law from The University of Hong Kong in conjunction with the Institute of Legal Executives (UK) and her Diploma in Education Studies and Child Psychology from the Linguistic Council in Singapore. She has two sons.

Anne Morgan
Events Coordinator

Anne has coordinated events for the AAS since August 2010. She is responsible for the frequent social and networking events that the AAS hosts. With a background in account management, she worked as a Client Service Manager at CPM UK Limited, a division of Omnicom Group, before moving to Singapore in 2010 with husband, Alastair. She is committee member of AkarakA, an educational charity established by business leaders in Singapore and in her spare time she enjoys running, both socially and competitively and Formula 1.

Danielle Spinks
Office Administrator

Danielle has been the office administrator at AAS since February of 2011. She has ten years’ experience in management and administration positions in Singapore and in the US, with particular experience in accounts, marketing and technology management. Danielle, her husband Michael, and their two children moved to Singapore in 2005. In her spare time, she makes hand-made greetings cards and likes to cook.

Mary Ferrante
Office Manager

Since joining the AAS team in 2004, Mary has held various roles – currently managing and supporting the accounting, administrative, financial processes and overseeing the CRCE jobs site. She has a wealth of NBD, First Chicago NBD and Bank One (now JP Morgan Chase) experience, working with credit card, stored value card and debit card portfolios. At Bank One, she rose to officer status, managing creative development, providing sales support and coordinating events and for the university card programs. She is a graduate of Oakland University, Rochester, USA. Mary moved to Singapore in 2003. In her spare time, Mary likes to cook and enjoys traveling with her husband.

Scot Mario
Art Director

Scot has been the AAS’ art director since March of 2011. He has 25 years work experience in the design field and has worked for News Corporation, NBC and several publications throughout the US. He also runs his runs his own business and has for twenty years. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of Visual Arts in New York City. Scot moved to Singapore in 2006 with his wife, Laura and their two children. In his spare time, Scot likes to travel and to paint.

Valerie Tietjen
Advertising Manager

Valerie is responsible for advertising sales for the Singapore American Newspaper, Living in Singapore and the AAS website. She has a wealth of experience in corporate communications, public relations and advertising, both in business and government organizations. She has worked at AAS since 2006, and before that volunteered at the American Women’s Association of Singapore and worked in a number of companies and organizations in Malaysia, her home country. Valerie joined her husband, Jim, in Singapore in 2005. Valerie is fluent in Italian and in her spare time, likes to travel and cook.

Zoë Marmot
Communications Manager

Zoë joined us this September from Tampa, Florida as the Communications Manager. She is responsible for the Singapore American Newspaper and the AAS website. Although she is a British native she has lived in the UK, Ireland, USA and now Singapore. She has a wealth of marketing and PR experience both agency and in-house. Past clients have included, Hill & Knowlton, PepsiCo, Sky, London Eye, AOL and Kellogg’s. Zoe relocated this summer with her husband Ben. Her passions include travelling, cuisine, hiking and working out. You will often find Zoë walking her two dogs Peggy and Percy along the Singapore River.

Photographs taken by Helga Herrera from Grafika Photography Design www.grafikaphotographydesign.com