Marilyn Yakowitz Over several decades at OECD, Marilyn led emerging market country and regional programs for South America, the Baltics, Africa and the Middle East and managed the Global Relations program of work and budget, one of the OECD’s largest. She created OECD’s high level regulatory reform initiative; headed sustainable development, coordinating OECD countries joint efforts for the Rio Earth Summit and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification; and consulted on foreign direct investment & multilateral enterprises. She is president of a 501 (c) (3) charity. In the US, she held positions at the Wharton School, the US Department of Commerce, and the Smithsonian. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania, GWU, University of Maryland and Yale, she holds a PhD, MBA, MPhil and BA. A former Alumni Board Director for GWU, in France, she launched the alumni clubs for GWU and Penn, is secretary to the Yale Club, and serves on the Board of the international American Aid Society. For the past 7 years, Marilyn has served as the Assistant Treasurer responsible for the budget.