People
Chair of the Board

Andrew Karolyi
The Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
Board Members

Elena Iankova
President and Founder

Edward Kowalewski
VIce President, Business
Development

James Held
Vice President,
Research and Analyses

Linda Barrington
Associate Dean for Strategy and Societal Impact of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University

Jennifer Lupo
Vice President for Energy
Solutions, The Raymond
Corporation

Grant Pollack
Partner & Chair,
IP & Tech Law Practice Group,
Ballon Stoll P.C.

John Tracy
Senior International Trade Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce (ex officio)

Neel Nayak
International Trade Manager,
Global New York (ex officio)
Advisory Council Members

Marc Alessi
Executive Director of the New York State Business Incubator Association, Inc.

Ilidio Alves
Director for International Sales, The Raymond Corporation

Lourdes Casanova
The Gail and Rob Cañizares Director of the Emerging Markets Institute and Senior Lecturer at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University

Stacey Duncan
CEO of the Leadership Alliance, Broome County IDA/LDC and Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce

Peter J. Katzenstein
The Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University

Lauren Merkel
Vice President, International at U.S. News and World Report

Jenn Smith
Director, Food and Ag Program, Cornell Center for Regional Economic Advancement, Cornell University

Atanas Tzenev
Business Development Manager, Soft Landing New York

Shailesh Upreti
CEO and President of C4V LLC and Chairman, iM3NY