Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Print Newsletter : Fall 2005 : GFUSA Welcomes New Board Members
Welcome to New Board Members
Peter Cowhey, John Doerr and Rosanna Ramos-Velita join GFUSA Board
Peter CowheyPeter Cowhey is Dean of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego and holds the Qualcomm Chair in Communications and Technology Policy. He is also head of policy studies for the California Institute on Telecommunications and Information Technology. Cowhey is an internationally recognized expert in telecommunications and information policy and markets, and is a leader in building cooperative international arrangements for the management of security and economic issues. He remains dedicated to hands-on service and advocacy in creating the next networking and information technology revolution.
Cowhey also serves as Director of the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), where he is co-director of the project on Public Policy and Biological Threats. He has a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University, and holds a Masters and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
John Doerr
John Doerr is a venture capitalist and has been a partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) since 1980. He has sponsored a series of investments that include Netscape, Amazon.com, Cypress Semiconductor, Sun Microsystems, Symantec and Google. He began his career at Intel in 1974, where he held various engineering, marketing and management assignments.
Mr. Doerr is a graduate of Rice University and Harvard Business School. His interests include education, genomics, clean power and water, and microfinance. In 2004, he and his wife, Ann, hosted the inaugural Grameen Foundation USA Visionary Partners Weekend.
Rosanna Ramos-Velita
Rosanna Ramos-Velita is the CFO, Marketing and Advertising, for the Global Consumer Group at Citigroup. She brings to the GFUSA Board a broad range of skills in strategic consulting, entrepreneurship, investment banking and technology development, and has extensive experience in international markets. Her professional background spans several industries such as microelectronics, telecommunications and international finance.
She started her career as a design engineer for AT&T Microelectronics and later was Director of Latin America Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance at UBS Warburg. She recently started her own consulting firm that focuses on bringing financial products to the U.S. Hispanic population. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MA in international business from the University of Pennsylvania, an MS in electrical engineering from Lehigh University and a BS in electrical engineering from the University of North Dakota. She is fluent in French and is a native Spanish speaker.
Learn about all of our board members.
Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Print Newsletter : Fall 2005 : GFUSA Welcomes New Board Members
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