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Oliva, Paul  CHAIR
Oliva Global Communications
388 Market St., Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94111
Email: paul@N0SPAM.olivaglobal.com
Areas of Expertise: How-to-export basics, electronic payment instruments and business finance, economic development aspects of international trade, trade statistics, trade policy, international trade organizations. 17 years worldwide/cross-industry.

Jaramillo, Jorge  VICE CHAIR
Open Markets Company, LLC
63 Bovet Road, #239
San Mateo, California 94402
email: jaramillo@N0SPAM.openmarketsco.com
Areas of Expertise: Export Management in the high technology, security, and renewable energy industries.  Expertise in business development, product marketing, and advertising.  10 Years experience in international business.  Advisory role in corporate social responsibility and sustainable business practices.  Speak Spanish and French.

Hansen, Candy  TREASURER
Center for International Trade Development/SCCCD, Fresno
550 E. Shaw Avenue
Fresno, CA 93710
E-Mail: gageag@N0SPAM.hotmail.com
Areas of Expertise: Candy Hansen has served as the Center for International Trade Development Director since its inception and has been instrumental in the continued success, expansion and recognition of the program. Ms. Hansen has received a number of awards in international trade and international business, including the prestigious President's E-Award for Excellence in Exporting in 2001. She has experience in exporting citrus, pharmaceuticals, and educational services.

Clark, Michael
Atlantic Pacific Technologies
Valley Springs, CA 95252
Email: apt@N0SPAM.caltel.com
Areas of Expertise: Environmental engineering, solid waste management, 15 years.

Butler, Barry
International Wine Initiative, Ltd.
475 Gate Five Road, Suite 218
Sausalito, CA 94965
Email: iwilwines@N0SPAM.earthlink.net
Areas of Expertise: Wine exporting business, International Wine Initiatiative, based in Sausalito, Ca. Also worked in an earlier "corporate" existence in the areas of International General Management, Marketing and Sales in both the pharmaceutical and the cosmetics/ fragrance industry with extensive travel and residence abroad from 1971 to the present. 6 years Pharmaceuticals, 13 years Cosmetics, 14 years wine. Speaks Spanish, Portuguese, some French.

Clawson, Daniel
California State University, Fresno
5370 N. Chestnut Ave
Fresno, CA 93740
Email: dclawson@N0SPAM.csufresno.edu
Areas of Expertise: Water and related technology, exporting and engineering, 22 years of experience.

Soyombo, Richard
Bay Area Center for International Trade Development
40 Chestnut Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94080
Email: soyombo@N0SPAM.bayareacitd.com
Areas of Expertise: 20 years of experience, hi-tech, Food Products, Telecom, Agriculture, Construction materials/prods, services sector, business development.

Levine, Jerry
Mentor International
442 Post Street Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94102
Email: mentor@N0SPAM.well.edu
Areas of Expertise: Global

Lucio, Cesar
American River - PackageOne
401 S. Granada
Madera, CA 93639
Email: clucio@N0SPAM.arpk1.com
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Sales, Logistics, and Operations Management. 16 years of experience providing corrugated packaging, and inventory management to local and national exporters.

Sengupta, Deep
FedEx Trade Networks
220 Montgomery St, Suite 448
San Francisco, CA 94104
Email: csengupta@N0SPAM.fedex.com
Areas of Expertise: Legal training, over 10 years expertise in export, e-import for international trade.

Potash, Jeremy
Potash & Company
1050 Marina Village Parkway
Alameda, CA 94501
Email: jwpotash@N0SPAM.potashco.com
Areas of Expertise: Broad knowledge and awareness of business issues and conditions in developing East Asia and Japan, and the US customs broker and forwarder industry. Awarded Northern Cal Dec/Department of Commerce Export Citizen of the Year Award in 1998 for work in promoting U.S.-Asia trade.

Qureshi, Jamal
JQ American Corp.
28306 Industrial Blvd., #G
Hayward, CA 94545
Email: jamal@N0SPAM.jqamerican.com
Areas of Expertise: Exporting Business in Industrial Oilfield, Medical supplies. Recipient of the President’s E Award from the Secretary of Commerce also received SBA’s Regional Exporter Award, MBDA’s Regional Exporter of the Year Award along with Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition. 15 years of International Experience in International Trade covering United Nations
funded Projects, USAID, along with Major Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Industries in Middle East and Africa.

Torres, Eduardo
Exec Sec, NorCal Export Council
US Department of Commerce
550 E. Shaw Avenue
E-mail: eduardo.torres@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Areas of Expertise: Served at the U.S. Embassy in the Mexico during temporary duty assignments and most recently in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as the Acting Senior Commercial Officer for the Caribbean and as the Principle Commercial Officer in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Eduardo served as the Deputy team leader of the Agribussines Team, marketing U.S. agricultural products throughout the world. Torres was the Director of Research and International Marketing for a company in the valley generating sales and projects in several countries in both the environmental and agricultural sectors.

Randolph, Sean
Bay Area Economic Forum
200 Pine Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94104
E-mail: sean@N0SPAM.bayeconfor.org
Areas of Expertise: Extensive experience in the U.S. Government, including the U.S. Congress staff (1976- 80), and the White House staff (1980–81). He served as Special Adviser for Policy in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Deputy/Ambassador-at Large for Pacific Basin affairs (1981–85, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs. Dr. Randolph speaks frequently before business and government audiences, and writes for U.S. and international media on global, national, state and regional economic and policy issues.

Cooper, Janice
Pacific Resources
P.O. Box 332
Walnut Grove, CA 95690
email: janice.cooper@N0SPAM.frontiernet.net
Areas of Expertise: Involved in trade policy and promotion for 25+ years.

Rollo, Joseph
Wine Institute
425 Market St, Suite 1000
San Franciso, CA 94105
email: jrollo@N0SPAM.wineinstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Wine products, trade barriers and distribution, 16 years of experience in developing export markets. General Marketing - MBA, taught graduate level courses.

Herrick, Stephen
Bank of the West
601 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
email: stephen.herrick@N0SPAM.bankofthewest.com
Areas of Expertise: Latin America and Asia. Provide pre-export finance service to processors and marketers. 25 years of experience. Speaks Spanish.

Andersen, Erik
Remedy Interactive
480 Gate Five Road, Suite 130
Sausalito, CA 94965
email: eandersen@N0SPAM.remedyinteractive.com
Areas of Expertise: Computer software, hardware, and services. 15 years experience in international business development, alliances, sales, distribution channels, technology licensing, manufacturing, sourcing, and transportation. At PeopleSoft, FedEx, and HP prior to joining Remedy Interactive in 2003

Johnson, Carol
Monterey Institute of International Studies
460 Pierce St.
Monterey, California 93940
email: carol.johnson@N0SPAM.miis.edu
Areas of Expertise: International Education recruiting and marketing.  Knowledge on Taiwan, Turkey, France, Germany and Italian markets.  Speaks French.

Sciupac, Louis
LaserCard Corporation
1875 North Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, California 99043
email: lsciupac@N0SPAM.lasercard.com
Areas of Expertise: Latin America, Europe, Middle & Far East.  Speaks Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, and French.

Avila, Jerry (Associate Member)
Senior Intentional Trade Specialist
Office of International Trade - U.S. Small Business Administration
6501 Sylvan Road
Citrus Heights, Ca 95610
Email: Jerry.Avila@N0SPAM.sba.gov
Areas of Expertise: Years of experience in both the Public & Private sectors of international trade. First as a commercial banker engaged in international trade finance establishing and managing two trade groups an EDGE corporation for two major international banks. He has traveled extensively throughout Asia for the purpose of both Trade Missions and negotiating various trade transactions. Under Governor Davis appointed and served as the Director of the California Export Finance Office (CEFO) and subsequently given the added responsibility as the acting Director of the Office of Small Business