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Name: Gregory Bates
Email: gbates@ufl.edu
Undergraduate degree, School: Political Science
& Hispanic Studies, Wheaton College, 2000
Business Experience/Internships: Inter-American
Development Bank (Washington), U.S. Agency for International Development
(Honduras), Fulbright Scholar (Uruguay), Planned Parenthood (Washington),
U.S. Department of Commerce (Argentina), U.S. Department of State
(Washington), Wyden for Senate (Oregon), Washington Office on Latin
America (Washington)
International Experience: Lived in Greece;
Travel: The Americas except Colombia, Venezuela,
and Paraguay, South and Southeast Asia, Republic of the Marshall
Islands, and Western Europe.
Research Interest/Thesis: The Economic Costs of
a Corrupt Judiciary in Latin America.
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Name: Lourdes I. Catalá
Email: catala@ufl.edu
Undergrad degree, School: Political science, University
of Florida, 2004
Business Experience/Internships: Business in Brazil
Program (Summer 2005), UF International Financial Study Tour in
Chile (Fall 2005)
International Experience: Brazil, Chile
Research Interests/Thesis: Business and Culture
in Latin America
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Name: Ed
Johnson
Email: ewjohn@ufl.edu
Education: Economics and Spanish, The College of
William and Mary, 2001; MBA, UF, 2006
Business Experience: Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve: Economic Research and Forecasting (2001-2003);
Internships: Lehman Brothers: Fixed Income Research
(Summer 2000), ExxonMobil: Global Inventory Accounting and Management
(Summer 2004), Johnson and Johnson Latin America Vision Care: Financial
Analyst (Summer 2005 - Fall 2005)
International Experience: Business in Brazil Program
(Summer 2004)
Travel and worked: Mexico, Chile, and Argentina
Current Position/Job Title: Strategy and Operations for Deloitte
Consulting, LLP
Thesis: Brazil's
elevated interest rates: a case of irrational pessimism or guarded
optimism?
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Name: Brandon Knox
Email: blknox@gmail.com
Undergrad Degree, School: BA in Economics, Stetson
University (1999), MBA in Finance, Univeristy of Florida (2004),
MALAS, University of Florida LATAM (2001)
Business Experience: Johnson & Johnson, titusville,
NJ, Senior Financial Analyst (2005-Present); Citigroup, Tampa, FL,
Regional Corporate Bank Analyst (2002-2004)
Internships: Prudential Real Estate Investors-Latin
America in Rio de Janeiro
International Experience: Insitituto Brasil - Estados
Unidos; Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Travel: Brazil
Current Position/Job Title: Forecasting Manager at Johnson
& Johnson, Raritan, NJ.
Research Interests/Thesis: Reassessing
the impact of institutions on economic reform in Brazil
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Name: Meghan Reynolds
Email: meghan.reynolds@gmail.com
Undergrad degree, School: World Politics, Hamilton
College, 2000
Business Experience/Internships: Marketing Coordinator
- Copytalk, a technology company (2002-2003); Director of Operations
- NexTrend, a technology start-up company (2003); Interned with
Foreign Commercial Service, Santiago, Chile (Summer 2005)
International Experience: Studied abroad and taught
English in Chile (1999, 2000); worked in Dubai, United Arab Emeritus
with NexTrend (2003)
Travel: Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, New Zealand,
Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia
Current Position/Job Title: Business Development Specialis
for Intelident Solutions in Tampa, FL.
Thesis: The
business implications of the environmental chapter of the U.S. -
Chile Free Trade Agreement
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Name: Nicolas Rubio
Email: nicolas.rubio@gmail.com
Undergrad degree, School: Economics, University
of Florida, 2004
Business Experience/Internships: Wal-Mart Stores
(Summer 2002); Walgreens Stores (Summer 2003); Interned with USDA,
Foreign Agriculture Service (Summer 2005)
International Experience: Born in Caracas, Venezuela;
Study abroad: Utrecht, The Netherlands (2001), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(2002); Participated in the International Finance Study Tour in
Santiago, Chile (2005)
Travel: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico,
and Venezuela.
Current Position/Job Title: International Economist, Office
of Negotiations and Agreements, Foreign Agricultural Service/USDA
.
Thesis: Brazilian
government policies in the ethanol program: a model for the rest
of the world?
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Name: Jacob Schultz
Email: segovia@ufl.edu
Undergrad Degree, School: International Affairs,
Florida State University, 2005
Business Experience/Internships: Latin American
and the Caribbean Sub Regional Resource Facility at the regional
UNDP office, Panama (2005)
International Experience: Lived and worked for
3 years in Panama.
Travel: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Haiti, Italy, and Egypt.
Current Position/Job Title: Economic Foreign Service Officer
with the U.S. State Dept. and will be place in Hermosillo, MX beginning
January, 2008.
Research Interests/Thesis: Brazilian energy sector
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