Advisory Council members have been selected for their individual expertise in different aspects of international studies, and for their institutional responsibilities and experience in specific industries and professions. Their diverse backgrounds have promoted an interdsciplinary orientation of activities and programs.

Chair:
Robert Werner, President, DUA Consulting USA (formerly, chairman, Timex India, Ltd.)

 

Representatives of administrative departments:

Boris Bravo-Ureta, Executive Director, International Affairs and Professor, Agriculture and Resource Economics

Karla Fox, Associate vice chancellor and Professor of Business Law Faculty

Elizabeth Mahan, Associate Executive Director, Office of International Affairs

 

Representatives of the Business School:

C.F. Sirmans, Interim Dean, School of Business

Richard Dino, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, and Associate Professor of Management

Karen Maru, Associate Professor of Marketing

Thomas Gutteridge, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Management, School of Business

Subhash C. Jain, Professor of Marketing; Director, Center for International Business Education and Research; and Director, GE Capital Global Learning Center

John F. Veiga, Professor and Head, Management Department

Mohamed Hussein, Professor of Accounting

Norm Moore, Associate Professor of Finance

Paulo Goes, Associate Professor of OPIM, Gladstein Professor of Technology and Innovation

Wesley Cann, Professor of Business Law

Suresh K. Nair, Operations and Information Management

 

Faculty representatives of international studies:

William H. Berentsen, Professor + Chair, Geography/European Studies

Richard Vengroff, Professor of Political Science

Elizabeth Hanson, Professor of Political Science

Representatives of another professional school:
Ross MacKinnon, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Professor of History
Boris Bravo-Ureta, Executive Director, International Affairs and Professor, Agriculture and Resource Economics
Karla Fox, Associate Vice Chancellor and Professor of Business Law

Representatives of local businesses:
(a) Large High-tech Companies
      James Arthurs, President, Gerber Technologies, Inc.
      Suti Prakash, Director of Technology, Pitney Bowes
(b) Other Large Companies
      Robert Adamsky, Vice President, International Banking, JP Morgan Chase
      Robert Engle, Vice President Marketing and Sales Operations, Pharmaceutical Division, Bayer Corporation
      Richard Hisey, Senior Vice Prsident, Bank of New York
      Dawn S. Sarro, Vice President, Global Trade, FleetBoston Financial
(c) Small to Medium-size Companies
      Paul Pirrotta, Senior Vice President, Manager International Banking, Webster Bank
      Don Borod, Attorney-at-Law, Cummings and Lockwood

Representatives of professional organizations:
Louis J. Auletta, Sr., President, Connecticut District Export Council
James Nicholas, President, Connecticut World Trade Association

 

Respresentatives of Government:

Carl Jacobsen, Director, US Department of Commerce, Export Assistance

Representative appointed by the Governor:
Costas Lake, International Director - Europe, Asia, State of CT, Department of Economic and Community Development