CGGC TEAM

Led by Center Director and Duke Professor of Sociology Gary Gereffi, the CGGC has brought together a team of full-time professional researchers, adjunct faculty, outside consultants and a group of enormously talented graduate and undergraduate students to engage in its research projects."Everything we do," says Gereffi, "is a product of the team approach." We invite you to meet our growing team.

Core Research Group
	GARY GEREFFI Director \| ggere@soc.duke.edu Gary Gereffi is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Globalization, Governance, and Competitiveness at Duke University. He teaches courses in economics sociology, globalization and comparative development, and international competitiveness. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. Gereffi has published extensively on globalization, industrial upgrading, and social and development. His books include: Manufacturing Miracles: Paths of Industrialization in Latin America and East Asia (Princeton University Press, 1990); Commodity Chains and Global Capitalism (Praeger Publishers, 1994); Free Trade and Uneven Development: The North American Apparel Industry after NAFTA (Temple University Press, 2002); and Latin America in the 21st Century: Toward a New Sociopolitical Matrix (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003). His major ongoing research projects are: 1) industrial upgrading, global production networks, and decent work in East Asia, North America, and Eastern Europe; (2) analyzing the competitiveness of North Carolina industries in the global economy, utilizing a value chain perspective; (3) engineering outsourcing and workforce development in the United States, China, and India; (4) a global value chain perspective on food safety and quality standards; and (5) collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and other co-sponsors on clean (low-carbon) technologies and U.S. jobs. Current CV
	MICHAEL HENSEN Senior Program Coordinator \| mike.hensen@duke.edu Mike received his M.A. in Spanish and Latin American History from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, spent 8 years in international program administration at that University and worked subsequently for over 20 years in the world of international business. He was Regional Manager for Latin America and Africa for a machinery division of a Fortune 500 manufacturer and subsequently was Vice President and General Manager of a Florida-based multi-line, international distribution company. Mike joined the Center in January 2007, works as a full-time administrator of the Center’s programs and is a principal liaison with the larger University community and external agencies.
	MARCY LOWE Research Associate \| marcy.lowe@duke.edu Marcy Lowe’s research applies a value chain framework to selected technologies and industries with a focus on environmental impact, especially reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. In a series of reports analyzing the structure and dynamics of several industries, she identifies the major players and how they affect each other, which activities drive the chain, and where the points of leverage are for encouraging environmental best practices. Her analyses also seek to provide a useful starting point to explore opportunities for U.S. job growth and technology leadership in the new, carbon-constrained global economy. As a Senior Researcher at the Washington, D.C.-based Worldwatch Institute, Lowe co-authored nine books and published articles in the Washington Post, Technology Review, and others. She received her M.S. from the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. She speaks five languages.
	KARINA FERNANDEZ-STARK Research Associate \| karina.stark@duke.edu Karina Fernandez-Stark is a Chilean who holds a BA in Journalism and Political Science from the Universidad Gabriela Mistral in Santiago, Chile and a MA in International Development Policy from Duke University. During her Master’s program she interned at the International Labor Organization in Geneva- Switzerland. Prior to joining the Center, Karina spent several years working as a journalist in Chile and volunteering in different NGO’s in the United States. Her research focus is on economic development and workforce education.
	KRISTEN DUBAY Research Associate \| kristen.dubay@duke.edu Kristie received an M.P.P. from the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University and a BS from Georgetown University. Prior to joining the Center she was managing editor of the North Carolina Medical Journal and worked on a wide range of health policy issues at the North Carolina Institute of Medicine. During her Master’s program, Kristie interned at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and prior to that she worked with the Duke Center for Environmental Solutions. Her CGGC research foci are health and environmental policy.
	LUKAS BRUN Research Associate \| lukas.brun@duke.edu Lukas Brun received his M.P.A. and M.A. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science from Texas Christian University. Prior to joining the Center, he was a senior research associate at the UNC Center for Competitive Economies working on local area economic development projects. Prior to graduate school, Lukas worked as an economist for a Los Angeles-based economic consulting firm. His research interests include low carbon competitiveness, cluster analysis and economic development.
	SAORI TOKUOKA \| saori.tokuoka@duke.edu Saori Tokuoka graduated from the Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy at Duke University with a Master’s degree in international development policy in May 2009. She has a Bachelor and Master's degree in inorganic chemical engineering from Niigata University in Japan. Prior to coming to Duke, she worked as a lithium ion battery research engineer for Sony for three and a half years. At CGGC, Saori’s studies are focused on value chain evaluation of emerging energy and transportation technologies in the U.S.
Data Services Support
	GARY THOMPSON Associate Director, DSC \| garyt@duke.edu Gary Thompson is the Associate Director of the Data Services Core (DSC) at Duke's Social Science Research Institute. He received his B.A. in Statistical Science and Aquatic Biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Besides managing the DSC, Gary's work focuses on providing statistical, database, mapping and web services to the Social Science community at Duke.
	JOY STUTTS Web Designer \| joy.stutts@duke.edu Joy joined Duke University's Social Science Research Institute as part of the Data Services Core group in January 2008. She serves as lead web designer for DSC, with part of her time dedicated to CGGC for managing the Center’s multiple websites and providing overall design support to the research staff. She received her B.S. degree in Visual Communications from Mount Olive College.
	ALEXANDRA FOX Database Analyst \| alexandra.fox@duke.edu Alex received her M.S. in Information Science from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2007. As an employee of Duke University’s Social Science Research Institute, she provides consulting services to CGGC for its database and web programming needs. She also holds a B.A. in History with minors in Spanish and German.

Core Research Group
	GARY GEREFFI Director \| ggere@soc.duke.edu Gary Gereffi is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Globalization, Governance, and Competitiveness at Duke University. He teaches courses in economics sociology, globalization and comparative development, and international competitiveness. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. Gereffi has published extensively on globalization, industrial upgrading, and social and development. His books include: Manufacturing Miracles: Paths of Industrialization in Latin America and East Asia (Princeton University Press, 1990); Commodity Chains and Global Capitalism (Praeger Publishers, 1994); Free Trade and Uneven Development: The North American Apparel Industry after NAFTA (Temple University Press, 2002); and Latin America in the 21st Century: Toward a New Sociopolitical Matrix (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003). His major ongoing research projects are: 1) industrial upgrading, global production networks, and decent work in East Asia, North America, and Eastern Europe; (2) analyzing the competitiveness of North Carolina industries in the global economy, utilizing a value chain perspective; (3) engineering outsourcing and workforce development in the United States, China, and India; (4) a global value chain perspective on food safety and quality standards; and (5) collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and other co-sponsors on clean (low-carbon) technologies and U.S. jobs. Current CV
	MICHAEL HENSEN Senior Program Coordinator \| mike.hensen@duke.edu Mike received his M.A. in Spanish and Latin American History from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, spent 8 years in international program administration at that University and worked subsequently for over 20 years in the world of international business. He was Regional Manager for Latin America and Africa for a machinery division of a Fortune 500 manufacturer and subsequently was Vice President and General Manager of a Florida-based multi-line, international distribution company. Mike joined the Center in January 2007, works as a full-time administrator of the Center’s programs and is a principal liaison with the larger University community and external agencies.
	MARCY LOWE Research Associate \| marcy.lowe@duke.edu Marcy Lowe’s research applies a value chain framework to selected technologies and industries with a focus on environmental impact, especially reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. In a series of reports analyzing the structure and dynamics of several industries, she identifies the major players and how they affect each other, which activities drive the chain, and where the points of leverage are for encouraging environmental best practices. Her analyses also seek to provide a useful starting point to explore opportunities for U.S. job growth and technology leadership in the new, carbon-constrained global economy. As a Senior Researcher at the Washington, D.C.-based Worldwatch Institute, Lowe co-authored nine books and published articles in the Washington Post, Technology Review, and others. She received her M.S. from the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. She speaks five languages.
	KARINA FERNANDEZ-STARK Research Associate \| karina.stark@duke.edu Karina Fernandez-Stark is a Chilean who holds a BA in Journalism and Political Science from the Universidad Gabriela Mistral in Santiago, Chile and a MA in International Development Policy from Duke University. During her Master’s program she interned at the International Labor Organization in Geneva- Switzerland. Prior to joining the Center, Karina spent several years working as a journalist in Chile and volunteering in different NGO’s in the United States. Her research focus is on economic development and workforce education.
	KRISTEN DUBAY Research Associate \| kristen.dubay@duke.edu Kristie received an M.P.P. from the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University and a BS from Georgetown University. Prior to joining the Center she was managing editor of the North Carolina Medical Journal and worked on a wide range of health policy issues at the North Carolina Institute of Medicine. During her Master’s program, Kristie interned at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and prior to that she worked with the Duke Center for Environmental Solutions. Her CGGC research foci are health and environmental policy.
	LUKAS BRUN Research Associate \| lukas.brun@duke.edu Lukas Brun received his M.P.A. and M.A. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science from Texas Christian University. Prior to joining the Center, he was a senior research associate at the UNC Center for Competitive Economies working on local area economic development projects. Prior to graduate school, Lukas worked as an economist for a Los Angeles-based economic consulting firm. His research interests include low carbon competitiveness, cluster analysis and economic development.
	SAORI TOKUOKA \| saori.tokuoka@duke.edu Saori Tokuoka graduated from the Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy at Duke University with a Master’s degree in international development policy in May 2009. She has a Bachelor and Master's degree in inorganic chemical engineering from Niigata University in Japan. Prior to coming to Duke, she worked as a lithium ion battery research engineer for Sony for three and a half years. At CGGC, Saori’s studies are focused on value chain evaluation of emerging energy and transportation technologies in the U.S.
Data Services Support
	GARY THOMPSON Associate Director, DSC \| garyt@duke.edu Gary Thompson is the Associate Director of the Data Services Core (DSC) at Duke's Social Science Research Institute. He received his B.A. in Statistical Science and Aquatic Biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Besides managing the DSC, Gary's work focuses on providing statistical, database, mapping and web services to the Social Science community at Duke.
	JOY STUTTS Web Designer \| joy.stutts@duke.edu Joy joined Duke University's Social Science Research Institute as part of the Data Services Core group in January 2008. She serves as lead web designer for DSC, with part of her time dedicated to CGGC for managing the Center’s multiple websites and providing overall design support to the research staff. She received her B.S. degree in Visual Communications from Mount Olive College.
	ALEXANDRA FOX Database Analyst \| alexandra.fox@duke.edu Alex received her M.S. in Information Science from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2007. As an employee of Duke University’s Social Science Research Institute, she provides consulting services to CGGC for its database and web programming needs. She also holds a B.A. in History with minors in Spanish and German.

CGGC TEAM

Core Research Group

Data Services Support