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Charlotte Hebebrand
IPC Chief Executive
Charlotte Hebebrand serves as Chief Executive of the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) since February 2006. The IPC is committed to promoting a more open and equitable global food system and is composed of a diverse mix of distinguished international agricultural trade experts from around the world. Charlotte has written several papers and articles on international agricultural matters and edited many more. Charlotte came to IPC from the European Commission's Washington Delegation, where she served as Special Advisor, respectively, on international development, trade, agriculture and food safety issues. Prior to her time with the EC, Charlotte worked at the Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy Division. Charlotte has a B.A. from Georgetown University and a M.A. in International Relations and Economics from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. Between college and graduate school, Charlotte worked for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on the development of its permanent exhibition.
Katharine Shaw
Program and Communications Manager
Katharine Shaw serves as IPC’s Program and Communications Manager. In this role, Katharine wears many hats. On the communications front she is responsible for IPC’s newsletters, web site, annual report, and graphic design of publications. On the program side, she is responsible for project management, budgeting, event planning, and also provides accounting support. She has a keen interest in international development and comes to IPC from Microfinance Opportunities, where she served as Executive Assistant. She earned a dual BA in International Studies and Economics from American University. While an undergraduate she spent a semester in Egypt studying Arabic and the political economy of the Middle East.
Tamara Nelsen (formerly Tamara White)
IPC Treasurer and Secretary (Pro-bono)
Tamara is the Senior Director of Commodities of the Governmental Affairs and Commodities Division for the Illinois Farm Bureau. She is responsible for the management of all Commodities Department activities and programs. Tamara serves as the major resource person on commodity and food industry issues, including biotechnology and international trade. She also works with organizational, legislative, and regulatory efforts on related issues. Tamara was Assistant Executive Director at the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) from 1988-1995. Tamara also has served as the Treasurer and Secretary of IPC since 1995. Tamara earned a B.A. with distinction in International Relations from Stanford University and a M.B.A. from Virginia Polytechnic and State University.
Marcia Wiss
IPC Counsel (Pro-bono)
Marcia Wiss's practice, Hogan and Hartson, concentrates on international project finance and business transactions, with a particular focus on the financial structuring of international projects in emerging markets. Wiss has been in the private practice of law for the past 25 years and prior to that was the deputy to the assistant general counsel for finance at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). She has been the lead counsel on numerous projects financed by the US Export Import Bank, OPIC, and the International Finance Corporation, as well as commercial banks and the capital markets. She has represented clients in international business transactions on the Indian Subcontinent, Latin America, the Far East, the Caribbean, Africa, Eastern and Central Europe, and the Middle East. Wiss also has taught a course on international project finance and investment at Georgetown University Law Center for the past 20 years, and is currently teaching a class on international investment law at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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