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Name: Gregory Bates
Email: gregory.bates@avon.com
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.
Current Position/Job Title: Latin American Compliance Counsel at Avon
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Name: Alison Boelter
Email: aboelter11@gmail.com
Undergrad Degree/School: International Business & Spanish, Northwest Missouri State 2007
Internships: U.S. Commercial Service, Monterrey, Mexico (Summer 2008)
International Experience: Study abroad ITESM Monterrey, Mexico (Spring Semester 2006); Cultural Tour of Spain (Spring 2005); Thesis Field Research/Internship: Monterrey, Mexico (2008); Doing Business in Chile-Financial Markets Tour (2009)
Thesis: NAFTA and Foreign Investment in Mexico: The Case of Monterrey
Current Position/Job Title: Executive Recruiter, Management Recruiters of Okoboji, Okoboji, I
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Name: Lourdes I. Catalá
Email: Lourdes.catala@gmail.com
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
Current Position/Job Title: Senior Account Executive at Argot Partners in NYC
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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: Senior Manager, Strategy 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), MALAS, University of Florida (2001), MBA in Finance, Univeristy of Florida (2004)
Business Experience: Johnson & Johnson, Finance MBA Leadership Development Program (2005–2007); 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; Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico
Travel: Various countries in Latin America; Japan; China; Korea
Current Position/Job Title: Senior Manage of Business Intelligence, Latin America Pharmaceuticals Sector at Johnson & Johnson
Research Interests/Thesis: Reassessing the impact of institutions on economic reform in Brazil
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Name: Derek Lewis
Email: dbl006@ufl.edu
Undergrad Degree, School: Business Economics, Louisiana Tech University, 2005
Business Experience/Internships: Enterprise Rent-A-Car Summer Management Internship
International Experience: Study abroad: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico
Travel: Thailand, Brazil
Research Interests/Thesis: Micro, Small and Medium sized companies
Research Interests/Thesis: The Head of the Mouse: Dominican Microenterprises' Formal and Informal Credit Decisions
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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: Run Coach at Hot Bird Running, New York
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: Business Consultant at Accenture, Dulles, VA (January 2007-August 2007); International Economist at USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, DC (August 2007-October 2011)
Internships: Wal-Mart Stores (Summer 2002); Walgreens Stores (Summer 2003); USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service in Washington, DC (Summer 2005); USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Spring 2006). International Experience: Born in Caracas, Venezuela; Study abroad: Utrecht, The Netherlands (2001), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2002); International Finance Study Tour in Santiago, Chile (2005) Travel: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Haiti, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela. Travelled around Western Europe and most recently around Southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe) Current Position/Job Title: Agricultural Attaché at the USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service in Pretoria, South Africa. 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 placed in Hermosillo, MX beginning January, 2008.
Research Interests/Thesis: Brazilian energy sector
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