Keynote Speakers
(updated 12/3/2004)

David Abney, President, UPS International

James Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomc Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

David Price, US House of Representatives (D-NC)

Howard Rosen, Executive Director, Trade Adjustment Assistance Coalition

Presenters
(updated 12/3/2004)

Andrew Bernard, Professor of International Economics, Dartmouth College

Walt Bikowitz, Director of Procurement, NYS Office of General Services

Richard H. Brodhead, President, Duke University

Renee Carter, US Chamber of Commerce

John Coleman, Professor of Economics, Duke University Fuqua School of Business

Carol Conway, Deputy Director, Southern Growth Policies Board

Patrick Conway, Professor of International Economics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Peter Cunningham
, Director, NC Department of Commerce International Trade Division

Larry Davidson, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, Indiana University Kelley School of Business

William de Laat, Counsellor (Public Safety and Border Security), Canadian Embassy

Jim Foley, Director, International Trade Center and NAFTA Opportunity Center, Bradley University

Scott Furlong, Principal, Archstone Consulting

Ferrel Guillory, Senior Fellow, MDC Inc.

Jean Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement Negotiator, USTR

Jack Kasarda, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Management, Director
of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and the UNC-CH CIBER

Todd Lavieri, CEO & President, Archstone Consulting

Steve Lease, Associate Vice Chancellor, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith

Arie Y. Lewin, Director, Duke University CIBER, Professor of Business Administration and Sociology, and Editor in Chief of the Journal of International Business Studies

Nolo Martinez, Senior Advisor, El Pueblo

Mac McCorkle, President, McCorkle Policy Consulting

Jena McGregor, Associate Editor, Fast Company

Gilbert Merkx, Vice Provost for International Affairs, Duke University

Kelly Jett Murphrey, Director, Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade, Texas A&M University

James Pertulla, Senior Policy Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade

David Price, US House of Representatives (D-NC)

Jeff Russell, Project Manager, Duke University CIBER

Christina Sevilla, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Liaison, Office of the US Trade Representative

Matthew Slaughter, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Dartmouth College

Jan Smith, Director of International Programs, Austin Community College

Laura Spingola, President of Trade Resources Ltd.

Bill Stagg, Managing Editor, Durham Herald-Sun

Frank Stasio, Freelance News Anchor, WUNC FM Radio and NPR.

A. R. Sullivan, President, Sullivan University

Kurt Thurmaier, Professor and Director, Public Policy and Administration Program, Iowa State University

Samuel Troy, Regional Network Director, US Export Assistance Center

Kay Wilkie, International Policy Analyst, Empire State Development/NYS Department of Economic Development

 

Participating States
NFTP 2004