Professional Experience

Senior Country Manager for Czechoslovakia (then CSFR) at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; July 1991-April 1992; London, U.K.

Senior officer in charge of all official contacts between EBRD and the country of operations as well as of coordinating the Bank's professional staff working on the CSFR. Top level contacts with the government authorities at the federal and republic level, with the mayors of leading cities, with central bank officials, and with the main international financial institutions and private businesses directly involved in the CSFR.

Senior Economic Specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Rome; June 1983-June 1991

Senior Italian professional in the Economic Section, responsible for the required Embassy reporting on economic matters; reports incorporated in-depth analysis and projections based on statistics and on discussions with officials in government and industry.

Academic Instructor at: 

1. The American University of Rome
2. Temple University Rome Center
3. University of Malta, Link Campus
4. Antioch University, Santa Barbara
5. University of California, Santa Barbara
6. Boston University
7. Pontifical Lateran University
8. Catholic University in Piacenza
9. St. John's University