Class of 2003
August 2008
Lani Lutar is the new Vice President of Public Policy for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. Lutar will oversee the Chamber's public policy and government affairs efforts. She is an effective public policy advocate and currently serves as President of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Asian Business Association of San Diego.
April 2006
Betsy Wiedenmayer is expecting her third child who is due in September and living in Tokyo. Her other children, Eddie (3) and Wyatt (2), are in Japanese schools. Betsy is active with a non-profit organization that organizes programs for expats and Japanese and raises funds for charities. Her husband Shep is starting a Fund of Funds, an investment vehicle for overseas investors to invest in Asia.
August 2005
Sara Ainsworth has been in DC for a year and half now, working as an Economist on Latin America for the government. So far it's been great and she's really enjoying the city life. She just joined the world of homeowners, buying her first piece of real estate, a small condo in DC. Sara has also been working with the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in DC to help accomplish Charlie Robins' goal of getting a second Export Access running there. Together with Swanie Schmidt and some of the new directors for 2005-06, it's looking like they are about to start up a smaller version. If anyone has any great ideas for them and words of advice, please pass it on.
Tania Yang currently works at Honeywell Turbo Technologies for the Supply Base – Americas Region in Torrance, CA. Her work requires her to closely watch changes in the global market. She enjoys her work and the people she is working with. Tania believes that her experience as an Export Access director has not only made a big difference in her student life at IR/PS, but also provided her with opportunities in working with other organizations and the local business community.
July 2005
Antoine Núñez's music playing days are far from over, but he currently limits them as he has accepted an Emerging Markets Marketing Specialist position with Makita Corp in La Mirada. He feels very blessed to have gotten in on the ground floor of their Hispanic campaign (he is only the second person in the deptartment) and he hopes to achieve great things. One of his first tasks is to develop a marketing internship program.
December 2004
John Ngo accepted a position at Kaiser Permanente as a project coordinator for one of their IT departments.
November 2004
Alex Boyd is a research associate at the Economic Competitiveness Group in Berkeley, CA.
Robert Fernandez attended the U.S.-Dominican Republic Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) signing ceremony on August 5. The signing occurred in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), in the Indian Treaty Room where the Bretton Woods agreement was signed in 1948. Robert is the D.C. program coordinator for the National Foreign Trade Council.
