2023 Summit Advisors

Planning Committee

Dr. Douglas Biow
Co-Chair, Texas-EU Business Summit
Director-UT Center for European Studies

Mortada Mohamed
Co-Chair, Texas-EU Business Summit
President World Affairs Council of Austin

Polina Anastassieva
Business Development Coordinator
World Affairs Council of Austin

The Honorable Robert Hull
Consul General of Ireland in Austin

Matthew Rabatin, PhD
UT Center for European Studies

Regina Schneider
Austin Community College

Ben Ramirez
CEO, Cogitare Global, LLC
International Trade Center, World Affairs Council of Austin

Liz Wiley
Honorary Consul of France

Texas-EU Business Summit Advisors

Kirk Watson
Honorary Chair, Texas-EU Business Summit
Mayor of Austin

Philip Berquist
Honorary Consul of Croatia

Adriana Cruz 
Executive Director,
Office of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism

Mary Neuburger
Department Chair, Director of the Center for Russian,
East European and Eurasian Studies

Dr. Enes Bilgin
Deep RL, Microsoft Autonomous Systems

Brian Vanicek
Honorary Consul of Czech Republic

Raye E. Ward
Chrysanthemum Marketing