Subject: Kuwait: 6/17 Breakfast in Washington with Ms. Isabella Cascarano, NEW Senior Commercial Officer to Kuwait
From: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
To: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:10:36 -0400

The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) is pleased to announce a breakfast discussion with

Ms. Isabella Cascarano
NEW Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Kuwait City

Friday, June 17, 2011
Washington, D.C.

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Member Cost: $35
Non-Member Cost: $70

For more information on hosting or participation, please contact Meghan Hagberg via email or at 212-490-0460.

Biographical Information

Isabella Cascarano is a member of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, and has been with the U.S. Department of Commerce since 1993.  She is the newly assigned Senior Commercial Officer to the U.S. Embassy Kuwait City, Kuwait as of June 2011, having recently served as the Deputy Senior Commercial Officer in Cairo, Egypt.  Her previous assignments include Principal Commercial Officer in Munich, Germany; Principal Commercial Officer in Guadalajara, Mexico; and International Trade Specialist/Director at the Denver US Export Assistance Center.

Before becoming a Foreign Commercial Service Officer, Ms. Cascarano worked at US&FCS Office of Domestic Operations as Project Manager of the U.S. Rural Export Initiative, and as Italy and Benelux Desk Officer in the International Trade Administration's Market Access and Compliance division.

Ms. Cascarano has a Masters Degree in Economics and Management from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and a Bachelors Degree in International Economics from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.  She speaks German and Spanish, and studied Arabic at FSI.

Meghan Hagberg
Senior Program Officer
Business Council for International Understanding
1212 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Office: 212-490-0460
Mobile: 917-443-2966
Fax: 212-697-8526
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