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David Beim
A professor of finance and economics at Columbia Business School, Beim has 25 years of experience in investment banking. He teaches courses on corporate finance, international banking and emerging financial markets. He is a director of a cluster of mutual funds managed by Merrill Lynch and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Phone: +1-212-854-3484

Charles Calomiris
One of the country's leading authorities on financial institutions, Calomiris is an expert in banking, corporate finance, financial history and monetary economics at Columbia Business School. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and directs the American Enterprise Institute's project on financial regulation.

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Phone: +1-212-854-8748

Guillermo Calvo
An expert in the macroeconomics of emerging markets and transition economies, Calvo directs a program in economic policy management at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. Fluent in English and Spanish, he is a former chief economist at the Inter-American Development Bank and the current president of the International Economic Association.

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Phone: +1-212-854-4264

Richard H. Clarida
Now a professor of economics, Clarida served as assistant secretary of the treasury for economic policy in the Bush administration. He has published work on monetary policy, exchange rates, interest rates and international capital flows. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Phone: +1-212-854-3676

John Coffee
A professor at Columbia Law School who specializes in legal and governance issues with respect to regulatory process on Wall Street, Coffee has served as an economic and legal advisory board member to NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange, and well as an advisor to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Phone: +1-212-854-2833

Padma Desai
One of the world's top experts on Russian transition issues, Desai is a professor of comparative economic systems and director of Columbia's Center for Transition Economies. She is widely published on the topic of emerging market economies, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was a treasury advisor to the Russian Finance Ministry.

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Phone: +1-212-854-2266

David Epstein
An expert in applying game theory and statistical modeling to the analysis of political institutions, Epstein is a professor of political science and director of Columbia's Center on Political Economy and Comparative Institutional Analysis, which focuses on the origin and evolution of political institutions and their impact on economic performance and policy outcomes.

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Phone: +1-212-854-7566

Irene Finel-Honigman
An expert on international finance policy, European banking and corporate issues and international relations, Finel-Honigman, who is fluent in French, served as senior advisor on finance policy at the U.S. Department of Commerce during the Clinton administration.

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Phone: +1-212-854-2167

Owen D. Gutfreund
A former vice president at the investment bank Lazard Freres & Company focused on the economics of urban infrastructure and public finance, Gutfreund has published widely on roads, airports and stadiums.

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Phone: +1-212-854-4876

Sharyn O'Halloran
An expert in institutional analysis and statistical methods, O'Halloran is a professor of political science, associate director of the applied statistics and co-director of Columbia's Center on Political Economy and Comparative Institutional Analysis.

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Phone: +1-212-854-3242

Nicole Marwell
An associate professor of sociology and Latina/o studies, Marwell is the founder and director of the Workshop on Nonprofit Organizations in Economy and Society, which provides a forum to review research in progress about the role of nonprofit organizations in a variety of economic, social and political processes.

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Phone: +1-212-854-0506

Mae Ngai
A professor of Asian American studies and an expert in 20th century U.S. history, Ngai is a recognized leader in the fields of legal and illegal immigration history and Asian American history. She is widely published on the topic of immigration history and related economic policy matters.

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Phone: +1-212-854-2518

Justin Phillips
A professor of political science, Phillips studies political economy with a focus on state and urban politics. His research covers interjurisdictional competition and budgetary institutions on state tax policy.

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Phone: +1-212-854-0741

Saskia Sassen
A professor of sociology, Sassen focuses on global cities, global economics and immigration. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Phone: +1-212-854-0790

Joseph Stiglitz
A Nobel laureate in economics, Stiglitz is chairman of Columbia's Committee on Global Thought and co-founder of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue. He focuses on monetary theory, development economics and trade theory, public and corporate finance, industrial organization and rural organization, welfare economics, and income and wealth distribution.

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Phone: +1-917-686-9206

Josh Whitford
A professor of sociology, Whitford specializes in the economics of manufacturing, organizational sociology and comparative political economy. His research has centered on the social, political and institutional implications of outsourcing in the U.S. and Europe.

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Phone: +1-212-854-3593