CGGC TEAM

Led by Center Director and Duke Professor of Sociology Gary Gereffi, 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, & Competitiveness at Duke University, where he teaches courses in economic 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 numerous books and articles on globalization, industrial upgrading, and social and economic development in various parts of the world. 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); The New Offshoring of Jobs and Global Development (International Institute of Labor Studies, 2006); Manufacturing Climate Solutions: Carbon-Reducing Technologies and U.S. Jobs (Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, Duke University, 2008); and Global Value Chains in a Postcrisis World: A Development Perspective (The World Bank, 2010). Gereffi's research interests deal with the competitive strategies of global firms, the governance of global value chains, economic and social upgrading, and the emerging global knowledge economy. Current CV More Info

	MICHAEL HENSEN Assistant Director \| mike.hensen@duke.edu Mike manages the daily operations of CGGC, serves as the principal liaison with other Duke offices and departments and is a lead point of contact for foundations, government agencies, international organizations, industry groups or other potential sponsors of CGGC research, as well as for students or international scholars interested in working at the Center. Mike is a native of Burlington, Wisconsin and spent his early years after completing his undergraduate degree in Spanish as a high school teacher and then as Resource Developer in the Hispanic migrant services sector working primarily on workforce training and community advocacy. He subsequently completed graduate work in Spanish and Latin American Studies at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and during this same period worked as Outreach Coordinator for The Center for Latin American Studies and Assistant Director of the Office of International Studies and Programs at UWM. Mike worked subsequently for over 20 years in the world of international business, first as Regional Manager for Latin America and Africa for Jacobsen Division of Textron, and then as the founding Vice President and General Manager of KISCO, the international distribution arm of The Kilpatrick Company based in Boynton Beach, Florida which distributed turf maintenance machinery and irrigation products throughout south Florida, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Mike and his wife, Pauli, moved to Durham in late 2006 and he has been with CGGC since January 2007.

	KARINA FERNANDEZ-STARK Senior Research Analyst \| karina.stark@duke.edu Karina Fernandez-Stark's research applies global value chain analysis to understand economic and social development. At CGGC she has led several research projects related to economic development and competitiveness in Latin America and other regions of the world. She has published several research reports and articles on industrial upgrading and social and economic development. Publications include Chapter 9, "The Offshore Services Value Chain: Developing Countries and the Crisis," in Global Value Chains in a Post-crisis World: A Development Perspective (The World Bank, 2010) a journal article “The Prospects for Mexico in the North American Automotive Industry: A Global Value Chain Perspective” Actes du GERPISA, No. 42 (March 2010), and the forthcoming journal article "The Offshore Services Value Chain:Upgrading Trajectories in Developing Countries" in the International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development. Karina 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. Prior to joining the Center, Karina spent several years working as a journalist in Chile and volunteering in different NGOs in the United States. Her research focus is economic development in Latin America and workforce education. More Info

	LUKAS BRUN Senior Research Analyst \| lukas.brun@duke.edu Lukas Brun’s research at CGGC uses global value chain analysis to understand corporate and regional competitiveness. Recent projects led by Lukas analyzed the global value chains of shipbuilding, underwater marine vehicles (ROV/AUV), and underwater sensors. He has published in peer-reviewed academic journals and industry trade journals. Articles by Lukas appear in the Economic Development Quarterly, the Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, and the Marine Technology Reporter, among others. Prior to joining CGGC, he was a senior research associate at the UNC Center for Competitive Economies working on state and local area economic development projects, and as an economist for a Los Angeles-based economic consulting firm. Lukas holds master’s degrees with concentrations in economic development and international political economy from UNC-Chapel Hill, and bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science from Texas Christian University. He lives in Chapel Hill with his wife, Erin, and daughter, Audrey. More Info

	STACEY FREDERICK Research Scientist \| stacey.frederick@duke.edu Stacey received both her B.S. in Textile Management and her Ph.D. in Textile Technology Management from North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles. Stacey started at CGGC in 2006 as a student intern working on the NC in the Global Economy and Nanotechnology projects, which are still her two main project areas. Stacey’s research includes applied value chain analysis and developing new ways to conduct value chain studies and visual results. Her main subject areas include economic development, the textile and apparel industry, and nanotechnology. More Info

	GHADA AHMED Senior Research Analyst \| ghada.ahmed@duke.edu Ghada is a 2010 graduate of the Master in International Development Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Ms. Ahmed has over 18 years' experience working in the Middle East and the United States. Her experience includes international project management, human resources talent management and international development. Her research interests have been in green technologies, job creation, and development strategies. Ms. Ahmed is fluent in spoken and written Arabic. Her country experience includes the U.S.A., Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Ethiopia. She provided home office support for proposals and programs in Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Morocco, Sudan, Uganda, D.R.C., and Bosnia for RTI International from 2005-2009. More Info

	Penny Bamber Research Associate \| penny.bamber@duke.edu Penny Bamber is a Research Associate with the Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness at Duke University. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters degree in Public Policy from the University of Chile. She also holds a Diploma in Public Policy from the Harris School at the University of Chicago. Penny has been a member of the CGGC research team since the beginning of 2009, with a research focus on economic development and competitiveness in Latin America, workforce development, the offshore services industry and the role of small producers in global agrifood value chains. Prior to joining CGGC, Penny worked in the leadership development training field, facilitating programs for business students and executives at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. Relevant publications include: The Chilean Offshore Services Global Value Chain (CGGC, Duke University, 2010), The Offshore Services Global Value Chain: Workforce Development and Economic Upgrading (CGGC, Duke University, 2011) and The Offshore Services Value Chain: Upgrading Trajectories in Developing Countries (International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2011). In addition, in 2012, she will publish the chapter “Regional Competitiveness in the Latin American Offshore Services Value Chain” in The Oxford Handbook of Offshoring and Global Employment. More Info

	Ajmal Abdulsamad Research Analyst \| ajmal.abdulsamad@duke.edu Ajmal received his M.A. in International Development Policy from the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University. He has over nine years of international development experience working for various International Development Organizations and the United Nations. His experience includes extensive work in program management and research in international development. Ajmal’s research interest is the interface of institutions, industry competitiveness, and economic development strategies. His current research at the CGGC focuses on the value chains of energy in the U.S. and food security in the Middle East and North Africa. More Info
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.

	SISSI SCHULMEISTER-ANTONA Dept. Web Administrator \| sissi.schulmeister@duke.edu Sissi joined Duke University's Social Science Research Institute as part of the Data Services Core group in June of 2012. She serves as Web Administrator for DSC, with part of her time dedicated to CGGC for managing the Center’s multiple websites and providing overall web support to the research staff.


	GARY GEREFFI Director \| ggere@soc.duke.edu Gary Gereffi is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness at Duke University, where he teaches courses in economic 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 numerous books and articles on globalization, industrial upgrading, and social and economic development in various parts of the world. 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); The New Offshoring of Jobs and Global Development (International Institute of Labor Studies, 2006); Manufacturing Climate Solutions: Carbon-Reducing Technologies and U.S. Jobs (Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, Duke University, 2008); and Global Value Chains in a Postcrisis World: A Development Perspective (The World Bank, 2010). Gereffi's research interests deal with the competitive strategies of global firms, the governance of global value chains, economic and social upgrading, and the emerging global knowledge economy. Current CV More Info

	MICHAEL HENSEN Assistant Director \| mike.hensen@duke.edu Mike manages the daily operations of CGGC, serves as the principal liaison with other Duke offices and departments and is a lead point of contact for foundations, government agencies, international organizations, industry groups or other potential sponsors of CGGC research, as well as for students or international scholars interested in working at the Center. Mike is a native of Burlington, Wisconsin and spent his early years after completing his undergraduate degree in Spanish as a high school teacher and then as Resource Developer in the Hispanic migrant services sector working primarily on workforce training and community advocacy. He subsequently completed graduate work in Spanish and Latin American Studies at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and during this same period worked as Outreach Coordinator for The Center for Latin American Studies and Assistant Director of the Office of International Studies and Programs at UWM. Mike worked subsequently for over 20 years in the world of international business, first as Regional Manager for Latin America and Africa for Jacobsen Division of Textron, and then as the founding Vice President and General Manager of KISCO, the international distribution arm of The Kilpatrick Company based in Boynton Beach, Florida which distributed turf maintenance machinery and irrigation products throughout south Florida, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Mike and his wife, Pauli, moved to Durham in late 2006 and he has been with CGGC since January 2007.

	KARINA FERNANDEZ-STARK Senior Research Analyst \| karina.stark@duke.edu Karina Fernandez-Stark's research applies global value chain analysis to understand economic and social development. At CGGC she has led several research projects related to economic development and competitiveness in Latin America and other regions of the world. She has published several research reports and articles on industrial upgrading and social and economic development. Publications include Chapter 9, "The Offshore Services Value Chain: Developing Countries and the Crisis," in Global Value Chains in a Post-crisis World: A Development Perspective (The World Bank, 2010) a journal article “The Prospects for Mexico in the North American Automotive Industry: A Global Value Chain Perspective” Actes du GERPISA, No. 42 (March 2010), and the forthcoming journal article "The Offshore Services Value Chain:Upgrading Trajectories in Developing Countries" in the International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development. Karina 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. Prior to joining the Center, Karina spent several years working as a journalist in Chile and volunteering in different NGOs in the United States. Her research focus is economic development in Latin America and workforce education. More Info

	LUKAS BRUN Senior Research Analyst \| lukas.brun@duke.edu Lukas Brun’s research at CGGC uses global value chain analysis to understand corporate and regional competitiveness. Recent projects led by Lukas analyzed the global value chains of shipbuilding, underwater marine vehicles (ROV/AUV), and underwater sensors. He has published in peer-reviewed academic journals and industry trade journals. Articles by Lukas appear in the Economic Development Quarterly, the Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, and the Marine Technology Reporter, among others. Prior to joining CGGC, he was a senior research associate at the UNC Center for Competitive Economies working on state and local area economic development projects, and as an economist for a Los Angeles-based economic consulting firm. Lukas holds master’s degrees with concentrations in economic development and international political economy from UNC-Chapel Hill, and bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science from Texas Christian University. He lives in Chapel Hill with his wife, Erin, and daughter, Audrey. More Info

	STACEY FREDERICK Research Scientist \| stacey.frederick@duke.edu Stacey received both her B.S. in Textile Management and her Ph.D. in Textile Technology Management from North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles. Stacey started at CGGC in 2006 as a student intern working on the NC in the Global Economy and Nanotechnology projects, which are still her two main project areas. Stacey’s research includes applied value chain analysis and developing new ways to conduct value chain studies and visual results. Her main subject areas include economic development, the textile and apparel industry, and nanotechnology. More Info

	GHADA AHMED Senior Research Analyst \| ghada.ahmed@duke.edu Ghada is a 2010 graduate of the Master in International Development Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Ms. Ahmed has over 18 years' experience working in the Middle East and the United States. Her experience includes international project management, human resources talent management and international development. Her research interests have been in green technologies, job creation, and development strategies. Ms. Ahmed is fluent in spoken and written Arabic. Her country experience includes the U.S.A., Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Ethiopia. She provided home office support for proposals and programs in Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Morocco, Sudan, Uganda, D.R.C., and Bosnia for RTI International from 2005-2009. More Info

	Penny Bamber Research Associate \| penny.bamber@duke.edu Penny Bamber is a Research Associate with the Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness at Duke University. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters degree in Public Policy from the University of Chile. She also holds a Diploma in Public Policy from the Harris School at the University of Chicago. Penny has been a member of the CGGC research team since the beginning of 2009, with a research focus on economic development and competitiveness in Latin America, workforce development, the offshore services industry and the role of small producers in global agrifood value chains. Prior to joining CGGC, Penny worked in the leadership development training field, facilitating programs for business students and executives at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. Relevant publications include: The Chilean Offshore Services Global Value Chain (CGGC, Duke University, 2010), The Offshore Services Global Value Chain: Workforce Development and Economic Upgrading (CGGC, Duke University, 2011) and The Offshore Services Value Chain: Upgrading Trajectories in Developing Countries (International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2011). In addition, in 2012, she will publish the chapter “Regional Competitiveness in the Latin American Offshore Services Value Chain” in The Oxford Handbook of Offshoring and Global Employment. More Info

	Ajmal Abdulsamad Research Analyst \| ajmal.abdulsamad@duke.edu Ajmal received his M.A. in International Development Policy from the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University. He has over nine years of international development experience working for various International Development Organizations and the United Nations. His experience includes extensive work in program management and research in international development. Ajmal’s research interest is the interface of institutions, industry competitiveness, and economic development strategies. His current research at the CGGC focuses on the value chains of energy in the U.S. and food security in the Middle East and North Africa. More Info
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.

	SISSI SCHULMEISTER-ANTONA Dept. Web Administrator \| sissi.schulmeister@duke.edu Sissi joined Duke University's Social Science Research Institute as part of the Data Services Core group in June of 2012. She serves as Web Administrator for DSC, with part of her time dedicated to CGGC for managing the Center’s multiple websites and providing overall web support to the research staff.

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