Graduate Education:
The University of Chicago, Committee on International Relations (M.A. International Relations, 1991)

Undergraduate Education:
North Park University (B.A. Triple Major: Economics, International Business, and International Affairs 1989)
Honors: Magna Cum Laude.


Foreign Language:
Studied Spanish at the Mexican Academy of Languages in Morelia, Mexico.
With Barnes, Richardson & Colburn sonce 1997

Relevant Pre-BRC Experience:
U.S. International Trade Commission, International Trade Analyst, 1992/1994,1996

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Agricultural Trade Advisor, 1995

ANB Investment Management and Trust Co., Investment Research Assistant, 1990-1991.

Relevant Publications:
Potential Impact on the U.S. Economy and Industries of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreements, USITC Pub 2791, June 1994

Potential Impact on the U.S. Economy and Selected Industries of the North American Free Trade Agreement, USITC Pub 2596, Jan. 1993

Industry & Trade Summary, USITC Pub. 2865, Apr. 1995 and USITC Pub 2702, Nov. 1993; U.S. Trade Shifts in Selected Industries, USITC pub 2805, Sept 1994

"Consequences of Economic Integration Among Debtor and Creditor States in the Western Hemisphere: A Case Study of the United States and Mexico," Masters Thesis, 1991.

Other Relevant Activities:
Licensed Customs Broker since 1997

Served as member of U.S. delegation to the World Trade Organization, 1995

Board Member, International Trade Club of Chicago, since 1998