Wayne Smith, Senior Fellow and Director, Cuba program: Smith is a CIP Senior Fellow and directs the Cuba Program and is a contributor to the National Security Program. He is a visiting professor of Latin American Studies and Director of the University of Havana exchange Program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. He is a former Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. During his twenty-five years with the State Department (1957-82), he served as executive secretary of President Kennedy's Latin American Task Force and chief of mission at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana. In addition, he served in Argentina, Brazil and the Soviet Union.Read More. Read articles by Wayne S. Smith [more...]

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Jennifer Schuett , Associate, Cuba Program: Schuett has worked with the Cuba program for over a year in which time she has organized several conferences on international cooperation and she has participated and led delegations to Cuba. Schuett has studied, worked and lived in Poland, Guatemala, Argentina, Venezuela and Cuba among other places. Schuett is currently pursuing her master's degree in Latin American Studies with a focus in government and international security at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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Kimberly Silvi , Intern, Cuba Program: Kimberly graduated with a Cum Laude degree in History and International Studies from St. Mary's College of Maryland in 2007.  Kimberly has studied in Costa Rica and worked as a journalism intern for the Institute for Central American Studies in San Jose, Costa Rica.  Kimberly also worked as a production associate for Hayes and Associates in McLean Virginia and as a canvass organizer for Working America.  Kimberly was a member of her college's club crew team and also coached the novice women's team of the St. Mary's Crew Club.

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