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
