{"id":5858,"date":"2026-01-30T22:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/?page_id=5858"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:06:13","slug":"5858-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/5858-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Advisors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #003366\">2024 Advisors<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #003366\">Planning Committee<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.utexas.edu\/government\/faculty\/mwm849\">Dr. Michael W. Mosser<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Co-Chair, Texas-EU Business Summit<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> Director-UT Center for European Studies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mortada-mohamed-bbabb81\">Mortada Mohamed<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> Co-Chair, Texas-EU Business Summit<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> President World Affairs Council of Austin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333\"><a style=\"color: #333333\" href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.utexas.edu\/european_studies\/staff\/mrr2234\">Matthew Rabatin, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>Assistant Director, Center for European Studies<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/polina-anastassieva?challengeId=AQGdb1XERhCo4AAAAYnRPllZH8ht4uCJtJRL84qTXZFUjOJd51se0NqDFSGnOg17X6d4Og4Whx-RD3Tlo1NHEdp60Fy305prWQ&amp;submissionId=031b1372-0d2d-7917-93e7-64a691a1ef1b&amp;challengeSource=AgH2ODd80ea13gAAAYnRPsEvv3NrnQ-4G9o5A2W3ORbp4twzcyuBkFR6lVO33ZM&amp;challegeType=AgE8bU417GOw4QAAAYnRPsEyMvvdJrBd_XZ3nYtz69YCzvHERDDdIIw&amp;memberId=AgEDJXSA7qsNNwAAAYnRPsE20RIdnk83MljZoR1jxTGqLQA&amp;recognizeDevice=AgFXPsERISI3GQAAAYnRPsE52crIXK9dOINdMOC6gbNgeIg5uT59\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">Polina Anastassieva<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a>Business Development Coordinator<br \/>\nWorld Affairs Council of Austin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/regina-schneider-0a7795a\">Regina Schneider<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">Austin Community College<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/benramirez3\">Ben Ramirez<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> CEO, Cogitare Global, LLC<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">International Trade Center, World Affairs Council of Austin<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #003366\">Texas-Europe Business Summit Advisors<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/department\/mayor\/about\">Kirk Watson<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> Honorary Chair, Texas-EU Business Summit<br \/>\nMayor of Austin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.state.tx.us\/border\/intlprotocol\/embassies\/croatia.shtml\">Philip Berquist<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nHonorary Consul of Croatia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-names-adriana-cruz-executive-director-of-economic-development-and-tourism\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">Adriana Cruz\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nExecutive Director,<br \/>\nOffice of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/scott-firsing-phd-a33565a\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">Scott Firsing<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nFounder\/President<br \/>\nScott Sky Advisors<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/margueritegabriele\/?trk=people-guest_people_search-card\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">Marguerite Gabriele<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">Associate General Counsel<\/span><br \/>\nTEAM, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/cola\/history\/faculty\/profile.php?id=maryneu\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">Mary Neuburger<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> Department Chair, Director of the Center for Russian,<\/span><br \/>\nEast European and Eurasian Studies<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/enesbilgin\">Dr. Enes Bilgin<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nDeep RL, Microsoft Autonomous Systems<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brian Vanicek<\/strong><br \/>\nHonorary Consul of Czech Republic<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 Advisors Planning Committee Dr. Michael W. 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