GW-CIBER Advisory Council

Shmuel Ben-Gad
Business Specialist, GW Gelman Library System

Wade Channell
Independent Consultant
Senior Economic Growth Advisor for Gender, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) (Retired)

Jim Chung
Associate Vice President, GW Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Mihir Desai
Chief Executive Officer, Dexis Consulting

Karl Ehlers
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Chad Evans
Executive Vice President of Policy and Programs, U.S. Council on Competitiveness

Bradley Farnsworth
Principal, Fox Hollow Advisory

Tim Gilday
Emerging Technology Director, GDIT

Shoko Hamano
Professor of Japanese & International Affairs, GW Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Barron Harvey
Dean Emeritus of Howard University School of Business
Associate Provost for Academic Innovation, Howard University

Shawn Jarosz
Founder and Chief Trade Strategist, TradeMoves LLC 

Sonia Klein
Chief Executive Officer, Hemp Block Technologies
Strategy Advisor, CMS Global

Danny Leipziger
Managing Director of The Growth Dialogue and Professor of Practice of International Business, GW School of Business
VP for Poverty Reduction (Retired), The World Bank

Robin Liebowitz
Chief Marketing Officer, Digital Asset

Taj Meah
Independent Information Technology and Services Professional
Business Development Executive (Retired), IBM

Rex Pingle
President and CEO, PMD International

Pradeep Rau
Professor of Marketing, GW School of Business

John Saylor
Director of International Trade Group, Commonwealth Trading Partners, Inc.

S. Qaisar Shareef
Business Consultant, Author, Opinion Columnist
Former Country Manager, Procter & Gamble – Pakistan & Ukraine

Jennifer Spencer
Professor of International Business and International Affairs, GW School of Business

Mark Strassman
Executive Director of the F. David Fowler Career Center, GW School of Business

Evelyn Suarez
Founder and CEO, The Suarez Firm
Board Member and Past President, Association of Women in International Trade

Christopher Vizas
Chairman, SmartSenseCom, Inc.

Anthony Wilbon
Dean, Howard University School of Business

Karima Woods
Commissioner, DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking

Jiawen Yang
Professor of International Business, GW School of Business