KAY
ALISON WILKIE
As International Policy Analyst
for Empire State Development, Kay Alison Wilkie recommends strategies for New
York State's international trade development and investment attraction efforts
by: designing high quality, cost-effective, customer-oriented programs;
analyzing and interpreting macroeconomic, industry and international trade and
investment trends; advising senior management on international trade agreements
and economic development concerns; conducting international trade policy
negotiations on behalf of the State; preparing briefings, publications and
grant applications; and advocating for New York's international trade and
investment attraction interests to State and Federal officials. She represents
New York State trade policy interests on the Intergovernmental Policy Advisory
Committee of the United States Trade Representative, on the Eastern Trade
Council (Chair 2001-02; Vice Chair at 1999-2000 creation of this Council of
State Governments affiliate), on the Export Trade Advisory Council of the
Appalachian Regional Commission, on the State International Development
Organizations, and as a fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. She is an
adjunct Professor at Siena College, teaching International Finance.
Kay won approval in
2000 for an Appalachian Regional Commission grant project to develop export
marketing plans for rural small businesses in New York’s Southern Tier
Appalachian region through 2003. She managed the New York-Interamerican
Commerce for Consulting Engineers project from 1995 to 1999, partnering with
private sector industry associations, international contacts and the federal
government to help NYS consulting engineers gain access to transportation and
environmental infrastructure projects in Latin America. This innovative services export promotion
project resulted from her having applied for and received grant support for her
agency from the US Department of Commerce. Kay was selected by the European
Union Visitors Programme to study European trade development programs,
Brussels-Copenhagen-London, Spring 1995.
She participated in the American-Swiss Foundation Young Leaders
Conference, Diessenhofen, Switzerland, August 1992.
Honors and Publications include:
- Member of the
Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee of the US Trade Representative,
2003
- Fellow of the
Foreign Policy Association in 2002;
- Elliot Fellow
of George Washington University “Governing in the Global Age” seminar, June
2001,
- President’s Award from the
Consulting Engineers Council of New York State, Inc. in 1999 for efforts and
contributions on behalf of the consulting engineering profession in New York;
- William T.
Hackett Award- Excellence in Economic Development 1999 (National Association of State Development Agencies) for the
New York-Interamerican Commerce for Consulting Engineers project
- “Trade
Globally, Act Locally,” lead article in The
Nor’Easter, Spring 2001
- Notable Documents Award from the Government
Information Roundtable of the New York Library Assoc. in 1995 for “New York and the New Western Hemisphere: A
Guide to Business Opportunities”
- "New York and the New Europe: A Guide to Business
Opportunities," 1992
- "New York and the New Western Hemisphere: A Guide
to Business Opportunities," 1995
- Book Review in "The
Banker" June 1986.
Prior to assuming her
current position at the NYS Department of Economic Development in November
1991, Kay held diverse positions in government, banking and not-for-profit
organizations. Her position at Mellon Bank's International Department from 1982
to 1987 included two years in the London Branch as Credit Manager for Europe
and the Middle East, and a promotion to Assistant Vice President for Latin
American marketing and administration at Pittsburgh headquarters. Director of
Helpline from 1987-89, Kay managed all aspects of this community services
agency. Experience with New York
State's budget and legislative process was gained during the 1990-91 sessions
as Senior Legislative Budget Analyst for the Assembly Ways & Means Committee.
While completing her M.A. degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies in International Economics and European Politics in
Washington D.C., Kay was a Research Assistant for the Executive Office of
Management & Budget. Academic work abroad has included graduate studies at
the SAIS Bologna Center in Italy and at the Jagellonian University in Krakow,
Poland, and undergraduate studies at the Université de Nice in France. Phi Beta Kappa honors were received for her
B.A. degree in Anthropology and French from the State University of New York at
Albany. She is an amateur musician and
active community volunteer, currently serving as Vice President of the board of
the International Center of the Capital Region.