The founder and tour organizer-leader of International Scholar Tours is Peter Gross, who created the company to combine two of his greatest loves: quality education and authentic travel. He is an experienced educator and enthusiastic world traveler who has visited over sixty countries. He has an extensive background as a leader of international nonprofit organizations, having served as a long-time board chair of Plan International USA, a nonprofit that works to improve the opportunities for children and women in the world’s most disadvantaged countries, and he has also been a board member of many other organizations, including two professional theaters, a symphony orchestra and numerous organizations that support children’s health and welfare.