A Luncheon Briefing

featuring

Ms. Margaret Hanson-Muse
Commercial Attaché
U.S. Embassy, San José, Costa Rica

Monday, May 19, 2003

12:00 Noon (11:30 a.m. reception)
The Plimsoll Club
World Trade Center of New Orleans
(Free validated parking in the WTC Garage)

Ms. Hanson-Muse is a second generation Foreign Service Officer. After working for 12 years in the private sector, Ms. Hanson-Muse began working as a consultant for the Department of Commerce in Mexico City in 1990 and joined the U.S. Department of Commerce's Commercial Service in 1993. Born in Calcutta, India, Ms. Hanson-Muse has also resided in Latin America and West Africa. Her previous assignments include Commercial Attaché in Cote d’Ivoire where she also supported the Regional Commercial Counselor, assisting with event planning and advocacy efforts in a 23-country region. In India, she began as the Commercial Attaché and was subsequently promoted to Deputy Commercial Counselor where she oversaw the heavy industry sectors, the US-Asian Environmental Partnership, started the regional program and handled the day-to-day administrative operations of one of the largest Commercial Service posts in the world. Ms. Hanson-Muse’s private sector experience includes sales, finance and marketing management positions with Sprint, General Electric and Allstate Insurance Company. Ms. Hanson-Muse is a cum laude graduate of Brandeis University with a B.A. in Spanish and Latin American Studies. She also received a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Marketing and Finance from the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University in New York. Ms. Hanson-Muse is fluent in Spanish and French.

Sponsoring Organizations

Consulate General of Costa Rica
City of New Orleans
Fowler Rodriguez & Chalos
Locke, Liddell & Sapp
Louisiana Economic Development
MetroVision Economic Development Partnership
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Port of New Orleans
Whitney National Bank
World Trade Center of New Orleans

 

In Cooperation With

Ark-La-Tex Regional Export & Technology Center

Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs

Consular Corps of New Orleans

International Freight Forwarders & Customs House Brokers Association

International Trade Council/Red River Region

Le Centre International de Lafayette

Louisiana District Export Council

Louisiana International Trade Center/SBDC

Louisiana International Trade Commission

Louisiana Tax Free Shopping

Louisiana Technology Council

New Orleans U.S. Export Assistance Center

World Trade Club of Greater New Orleans

Cost: $25 for members of the sponsoring organizations and companies. 
$30 for non-members.

If you are a WTC member, the registration fee can be charged to your account number noted on the registration form. 

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