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World Economic Forum USA Leadership Team
Officers
 Jean-Pierre Rosso
Chairman, Centre for Global Industries
Qualifications
Diploma in Civil Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, Switzerland; Master's degree in Business Administration, Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania.
Career
1969, began career, Honeywell France; advanced from positions of finance and administrative manager, to Director of Honeywell's Africa business, and then Director of sales operations for Honeywell-Bull, France; 1975, left Honeywell to become President and CEO, Rossignol Ski Company; 1981, returned to Honeywell; 1981-82, Vice-President, Business Development and Operations, Honeywell Europe; 1983-84, Vice-President and General Manager, Honeywell Medical Electronics Division; 1985-86, Group Vice-President, Information Systems International; 1987-91, President, Honeywell Europe; 1992-94, President, worldwide Home and Building Control business, Honeywell; 1994, joined Case Corporation as President and CEO; 1996, elected Chairman; 1999, appointed Chairman and CEO when Case Corporation and New Holland merged to become CNH; 1994-2000, CEO, Case Corporation and CNH and 1996-2004, Chairman of the Board.
 Kevin Steinberg
Chief Operating Officer
Qualifications
AB (Hons) in Economics, Harvard University; MBA and JD (Order of the Coif), Stanford University.
Career
Ten years with Wholesale and Investment Banking Practice, McKinsey & Company, New York and Switzerland, primarily focused on corporate, business unit and product strategy, serving wholesale and retail financial companies and non-profit institutions. With World Economic Forum: overseeing industry teams; leading Membership and Partnership department; guiding institutional strategy function; since 1992, internally or as external adviser, led several initiatives including launch of Global Leaders for Tomorrow community, organization of worldwide Industry Summits, leading Foundation-level strategy projects; currently, Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum USA, the North American affiliate which acts as global headquarters for Centre for Global Industries; responsible for New York-based industry groups with focus on financial institutions and overall operations. Member of the Board of Directors: Claridge, Inc.; New Center for Arts and Culture.
 John Moavenzadeh
Senior Director, Head of Sustainable Mobility & Strategy
Qualifications
1989, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; 1992, MSE in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan; 1996, Master's in Public Policy, Harvard University.
Career
Since 1997, Licensed Professional Engineer, USA. 1990-1994, Product Design Engineer, Ford Motor Company. 1996-1999, Associate, Booz Allen & Hamilton. 1999-2003, Director, World Economic Forum. 2003-2006, Executive Director, MIT International Motor Vehicle Program. Since 2007, Director, Sustainable Mobility and Strategy; Officer, World Economic Forum USA, responsible for strategy and programme development for the transportation industries.
 Sarita Nayyar
Senior Director, Head of Consumer Industries
Qualifications
BA Economics, St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi; Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; MBA with distinction, University of Michigan.
Career
1981-84 Marketing Manager, Tata Exports Limited, India; 1987-2006 Kraft Foods, Inc: 1987-90 Assistant/Associate Brand Manager and 1990-93 Brand Manager, Maxwell House Division; 1994-96 Director, Beverages; 1996-98 Senior Director, Ready-to-Drink Beverages; 1998-2000 Sr. Director Powdered Soft Drinks; 2000-02 Vice-President Strategy & New Product Development for Beverages, Desserts and Cereal Division; 2002-2006 SVP & General Manager, Post Cereal Division.
Senior Directors
Paul Smyke
Senior Advisor to the Chairman
Qualifications
BA in Speech Communication, Macalester College; MA in International Relations, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Career
Experience in higher education, research in Hawaii, several political campaigns. Since 1987, with World Economic Forum: Member of the Executive Board, various functional and geographic responsibilities; since 1998, Senior Adviser to Managing Board, overseeing ties with private and public sectors in US and general institutional outreach. On-air commentator for Swiss TV on US current affairs. 2000-06, Senior Adviser, Swiss House for Advanced Research and Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Alan Marcus
Senior Director, Head of IT and Telecom Industries
Qualifications
1987 BA/BS in Computer Science/Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA,
1992 Graduate Degree in Telecommunications Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
2001- Ongoing Executive Education, Harvard Business School & Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Career
1987-1990 Various Analyst positions with US Government contractors.
1990-1993 Various Engineering positions with 3Com Inc, and Novell Inc, San Jose California
1993-2005 Cisco Systems Inc.: Sr. Director, Product and Technology Marketing, San Jose, California & Brussels Belgium; Managing Director Enterprise Markets Asia Pacific, Singapore, Director, Enterprise Marketing, San Jose California, Sr. Manager, Engineering, San Jose California. 2005-2007 Symbol Technologies Inc.: Chief Marketing Officer, New York.
Since May 2008 World Economic Forum: Director & Head, Information Technology and Telecommunications Industries
Directors
Max von Bismarck
Director, Head of Investors Industry
Qualifications
Executive Masters in Global Leadership, World Economic Forum in collaboration with Columbia University and INSEAD, Geneva and New York; Legal State Examination (Hons), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin; Masters of Studies Programme in Law and Modern History, St. John's College-Oxford University, Oxford.
Career
Since 2006, Head of Investors Industry (Private Equity, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds, Institutional Investors and Sovereign Wealth Funds), World Economic Forum; 2005-2006, Deputy Head Strategy, World Economic Forum; Prior to joining the World Economic Forum, Max was a Co-Founder & Managing Director at Public One Strategy Consulting. For his achievements he was presented the McKinsey's Founders Prize for the state of Berlin. Previously he was a founding team member of the Oxford based technology company Mondus Limited. As the Director Legal he helped built the international operations and was involved in the successful trade sale to SEAT Pagine Gialle. Max also co-founded BerlinPolis, according to The Lisbon Council "one of Germany's most successful pro-reform think tanks". Max was named a German-American Young Leader of the Atlantik Brücke in 2004, a Global Leadership Fellow by the World Economic Forum in 2005 and a Bucerius Young Leader by the ZEIT-Foundation in 2007.
Giancarlo Bruno
Director, Head of Financial Services Industry
Qualifications
1992, BA (Hons) in Economics and Business Management, Università Commerciale L Bocconi, Milan; 1994, Master's in International Management, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna; 2006-08, Senior Fellow, Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA.
Career
1995, Researcher, Mobilisation and Management of Financial Resources Division, United Nations Industrial Development Organization; 1996, Corporate Finance, Creditanstalt-Bankverein, Vienna and London; 1998, Financial Engineering, Banque Indosuez, Luxembourg; 2000, Attaché de Direction, Crédit Agricole Indosuez, Geneva; since 2003, current position, Geneva and New York. Member, Democratic Party Constituent Assembly, Italy.
Lisa Dreier
Director, Food Security and Development Initiatives
Qualifications
2002, Master's in Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; 2002, Master's in Energy and Resources, University of California at Berkeley; 1989, Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College; 1987-88, Exchange Student, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Ecuador.
Career
1992-97, Senior Development Officer, Environmental Defense Fund; 1998-2002, independant consultant for international development agencies and NGOs in USA, Asia and Latin America; 1990-2002 (periodically), freelance journalist, USA and Asia; 2002-2005, Associate Director, the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Task Force Manager, UN Millennium Project (concurrent positions). 2005-2007, Associate Director, Public-Private Partnerships, World Economic Forum. Since 2007, current position. Expertise in sustainable development, public-private partnerships and business solutions to poverty and hunger.
Cristiana Falcone
Director, Media Industries
Qualifications
Laurea, Political Science, University of Rome La Sapienza; Postgraduate Certificate in Law and Diplomacy, Italian Diplomatic Academy and SIOI; Masters of Arts, Humanitarian Assistance, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Career
Television, Radio, Print and Online Journalist, RAI; Consultant, Digital Broadcasting Systems and Newsroom Production Processes, SONY; Manufacturing, Supply and Distribution Strategy, Shell; Associate Expert, Global Advocacy Campaigns and Audiovisual Productions, International Labour Organization; Member of Journalists' Guild of Italy.
Emilio Lozoya Austin
Director, Head of Latin America
Qualifications
BSc in Economics from Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM,1998); BA in Law from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM, 1999); Master in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard University (MPAID, 2003).
Career
1999-2001, Analyst, Central Bank of Mexico investing the country's International Reserves; 2002-2003; co-founder of TerraDesign, a Harvard Business School start-up focused on social housing with projects in Senegal and Mexico; 2003-2005, Investment Officer at the Inter-American Investment Corporation (private arm of the Inter-American Development Bank), Structured Finance and Distressed Assets units, focusing on projects in the capital markets and various industries in Latin America; 2005-present at World Economic Forum: Global Leadership Fellow and Head of Latin America. Emilio is the author of studies in Monetary Policy, Public Policy Efficiency, IT education, and Electoral Systems.
Board of Directors
Al Berkeley, Chairman and CEO, Pipeline Trading Systems
William George, Professor, Management Practice, Harvard Business School
Robert Greenhill, Managing Director and Chief Business Officer, World Economic Forum
Rajat Gupta, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Joe Schoendorf, Partner, Accel Partners
Chairman
Jean-Pierre Rosso, Chairman, Centre for Global Industries
Secretary
Kevin Steinberg, Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum USA
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