
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs funds and administers the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), one of its premier professional exchange programs.

International Services Council of Alabama, Inc.Madison County CourthouseRoom 535 Huntsville, AL 35801 Phone: 256-532-3560 Email: ischsv@co.madison.al.us Luba Cehelska, Executive Director |
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Luba Cehelska, Executive Director |
The International Services Council of Alabama, located in Huntsville,
Alabama, provides
opportunities for effective “citizen diplomacy” for
guests of the US
Department of State through a series of carefully
designed meetings with foreign visitors.
These visits reflect the professional and cultural interests of the visiting
parties, while supporting the foreign policy goals of the U.S. Department of
State and the U.S. Embassies abroad.
The International Services Council of Alabama is affiliated with
the US Department of State through the National
Council for International Visitors.
ISC has been in existence in Huntsville since 1965, hosting visitors sent to Alabama by the U.S. Department of State, working with international military trainees at the Arsenal to help them feel at home, coordinating multi-cultural events in the Huntsville area and serving as a resource for naturalization information for foreign citizens.