{"id":3680,"date":"2020-03-03T12:56:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T12:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/?page_id=3680"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:13:44","slug":"2019-advisors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/2019-advisors\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Advisors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#961515\">2019 Advisors<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#14485e\"><br>Planning Committee<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/experts.utexas.edu\/douglas_biow\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dr. Douglas Biow<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br> Co-Chair, Texas-EU Business Summit<br> Director-UT Center for European Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/mmohamed\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mortada Mohamed<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br> Co-Chair, Texas-EU Business Summit<br> President World Affairs Council of Austin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/larry-tabash-71aa46\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Larry Tabash<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br> U.S. Commercial Service<br> U.S. Department of Commerce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Matthew Rabatin, PhD<\/span><\/strong><br> UT Center for European Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Rachel Stimely<\/span><\/strong><br>UT Center for European Studies<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/regina-schneider-0a7795a\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Regina Schneider<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br>Austin Community College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/benramirez3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Ben Ramirez<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br> CEO, Cogitare Global, LLC<br>International Trade Center, World Affairs Council of Austin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#14485e\">Texas-EU Business Summit Advisors<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/department\/mayor\/about\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Steve Adler<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br> Honorary Chair, Texas-EU Business Summit<br>Mayor of Austin<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfa.ie\/irish-consulate\/austin\/about-us\/consul-general\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Adrian Farrell<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br>Consul General of Ireland<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.state.tx.us\/border\/intlprotocol\/embassies\/croatia.shtml\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Philip Berquist<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br>Honorary Consul of Croatia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Inmaculada Gutierrez<\/span><\/strong><br>Trade Commissioner, Embassy of Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatersanmarcostx.com\/staff\/adriana-cruz\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Adriana Cruz<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br> President, Greater San Marcos Partnership<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/cola\/history\/faculty\/profile.php?id=maryneu\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mary Neuburger<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br> Department Chair, Director of the Center for Russian,<br>East European and Eurasian Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/enesbilgin\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dr. Enes Bilgin<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br> Research Scientist, Amazon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/texastrade.org\/about-us\/our-staff\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Doug Smith<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br>Small Business Development Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Geert Visser<\/span><\/strong><br>Chairman, Netherlands American Business Council<br>Honorary Consul of Belarus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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