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1 MARIA SOPHIA AGUIRRE, Ph.D. School of Business and Economics The Catholic University of America Washington, DC Phone: TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C Director of Economics Programs, School of Business and Economics THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C Present Academic Chair, Integral Economic Development Programs, School of Business and Economics THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C Present Ordinary Professor of Economics, School of Business and Economics THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Business and Economics THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Business and Economics UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL, AREGENTINA. Fall 2001 Visiting Professor, Instituto de Altos Estudios Empresariales (IAEE) UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. CHICAGO, IL Visiting Professor, Department of Economics NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. CHICAGO, IL Lecturer EDUCATION Visiting Scholar, September June 1994 University of Chicago Ph.D., ECONOMICS, January 1992 University of Notre Dame Area of Concentration: Public Policy: Monetary and Fiscal Policies. Secondary Concentration: Development: International Financial Markets. M.A. ECONOMICS, November 1988

2 University of Notre Dame CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, March 1985 Argentine Catholic University Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires Graduated summa cum laude MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, March 1985 Argentine Catholic University Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires Graduated summa cum laude BACHELOR OF ARTS, Business and Accounting, March 1983 Argentine Catholic University Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellowship (Years ) Zaham Travel Research Grant (Summer 1990) CUA Research Grant (Summer 1994) CUA Research Grant (Summer 1996) The Heritage Foundation (Summer 1999) Vollmer Foundation (Summer 1999) Population Research Institute (Summer 1999) Human Rights Institute (Summer 1999) Hartman Foundation (Summer 2000) Vollmer Foundation (Summer ) Hartman Foundation (2004) Desarrollo Informatico SRL (2005) K&B Underwriters, LLC ( ) Rosemoor Foundation (2008) The Doha International Institute for Family Studies & Development ( ) Fulbright Senior Scholar (2012) MacCarthur Foundaion ( ) Koch Foundation (2014) AWARDS Selected for the inclusion in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, March 1996 and Citation of Excellence, Paper published in Journal of Economic Studies, 25:6, ANBAR Electronic Intelligence, 1999 Selected to the inclusion in Who s Who in Social Sciences Higher Education, April Awarded, Magister en Gestión Educativa Award, Consejo Iberoamericano, Lima, Peru, 2004 Selected as part of the World Family Scholars Database, Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development, Dubai, October Present. Cardinal Service Commitment Award, Outstanding Service Commitment Award, CUA, 2012

3 PUBLICATIONS Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Cairo from an Economic Perspective", National Institute of Womanhood Studies, September, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Kelly Kaczka, "The Influence of School Schedules on Working Women with Children", Annual Review, Instituto per la Coperacione Universitaria, May Maria Sophia Aguirre and Alberto Martinez Piedra, "Social Summit 1995 Draft Declaration and Program of Action: An Economic Perspective", National Institute of Womanhood Studies, February Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Comments on the World Conference of Women Programme of Action: An Economic Perspective", National Institute of Womanhood Studies, August Maria Sophia Aguirre, "EU, Pacific and North American Integration: Lessons from Their Degree of Financial Integration", in Dev Gupta, Globalization and Development, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Balance of Payments: Keynesian and Monetarist Approaches", Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Multiculturalism in a World Moving Towards Economic Integration", in Enrique Banus (ed), Razon Practica y Multiculturalismo, Centro de Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Navarra, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Paul Kroopkin, "Exchange Rate Dynamics in Integrated Market", International Advances in Economic Research, 3:3, Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Multiculturalism in a Labor Market with Integrated Economies", Management Decision, 35:7, Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Working Mothers and the Supervision of Their Children: A Value Chain Approach to Schooling", Logistics Information Management, 11:1, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Evidence of Forward Discounts Determinants and Volatility Behavior". Journal of Economic Studies, 25:6, Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Forward Discount Dynamics in Integrated Markets", International Review of Economic and Finance, 8:1, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Book Review, Cravero, Jose, "El Tomismo en la Filosofia Contemporanea de la Economia", The Review of Metaphysics, 52:3, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Feedback Trading in Exchange Rate Markets: Evidence from within and Across Blocks", Journal of Economics and Finance, 23:1, 1999.

4 Maria Sophia Aguirre, Family: The Family Strikes Back, News Weekly, Issue 26, 26 February, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", Applied Financial Economics, 25:1, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Volatility Behavior of Exchange Rate Future Contracts", Atlantic Economic Journal, 28:4, Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Implementation of the European Monetary Union and its Sustainability During : Recommendations from a Dynamic Game", Journal of Economic Integration, 15:1, Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Family, Economics, and the Information Society. How are They Affecting each Other?", International Journal of Social Economics, 28:3, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Cecilia Hadley, "The Ideology of Population Assistance", The Family in America, 15:2, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Cecilia Hadley, "Population Assistance and the Need for True Development", The Family in America, 15:2, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, "United Nations's Policy and the Family in the Context of Population Control", Veritas, 34:1, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, "Human Rights and the Family within United Nation s Policy", Veritas, 34:1, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, "United Nations Policy and the Family: Redefining the Ties that Bind", Journal of Public Law, Winter Issue, 20:2, Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population", International Journal of Social Economics, 29:12, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Malthus and Becker: Who Was Right?, Population Research Institute Review, 12:6, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, Population, Resources, and Environment: A Survey of the Debate, in Population Bomb- Myth or Reality?, ed. Laura Huggins and Hanna Skandera, Hoover Institute, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, Japanese Banks Liability Management Before and During The Banking Crises and Macroeconomic Fundamentals, Journal of Asian Economics, 15:2, 2004.

5 Maria Sophia Aguirre, The Family and Economic Development, Legatus Magazine, December, Maria Sophia Aguirre, The Relevance of the Family for Economic Development, Women and Development, proceedings of Conference in Migration, Microfinancing, and Education: The Role of Women in the Arab World, September Maria Sophia Aguirre, Socioeconomic Implications of the Family, Legatus Magazine, February Maria Sophia Aguirre and Cecilia Hadley, "Hindered Growth: The Ideology and Implications of Population Assistance", International Journal of Social Economics, 32:9, 2005 Maria Sophia Aguirre, The Value of Water and Theories of Economic Growth, in Water Crisis: Myth or Reality?, ed. Peter Rogers and Ramon Llamas, London: Taylor and Francis, Maria Sophia Aguirre, The Family and Economic Development: Socioeconomic Relevance and Policy Design, in The Family in the New Millennium, ed. Scott Love and Thomas Holman, London: Praeger Perspectives, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Working Mothers Contributions to Family Income: Proportions and Effects, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, 20:2, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Marriage and the Family in Economic Theory and Policy, Ave Maria Law Journal, 4:2, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Comidas Familiares, Dietas, y Distribución de Alimentos: Plantando las Semillas del Crecimiento Económico, Dirección en la Industria de la Hospitalidad, 11:1, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Family and Economics, in Michael L. Coulter, Krason, Stephen, Richard S. Myers, and Joseph A. Varacalli (ed), Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy, Scarecrow Press, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Determinants of Economic Growth: The Case of Guatemala, Guatemala: FADEP, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Family, Economics, and Sustainable Development, The Family, Paradigm of Social Change, Proceedings of Conference Family and Society, Barcelona: International University of Cataluny Press, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Family and Economic Development, La Familia Ante las Crisis del Mundo Contemporáneo, Proceedings of IV Congreso Internacional de la Familia, Bogota: Universidad de la Sabana Press, 2008.

6 Maria Sophia Aguirre, China s Demographic Doom, MercatorNet:, November 26 th, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Thomas Lee, and Themis Pantos, Universal Versus Functional Banking Regimes: The Structure Performance Hypothesis Revisited, Journal of Banking Regulations, 10:1, Maria Sophia Aguirre, The Feminine Vocation and the Economy, Ave Maria Law Journal, 8:1, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Requirements of the Family that Forms: Some Economic Considerations, Familia et Vita, Vatican: Pontificio Consiglio per las Famiglia, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Achieving Sustainable Development: An Integral Approach to an Economics Perspective, in The Ethics of Sustainable Development, Luis G. Franceschi (ed), Strathmore University Press, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Molly Thompson, The Understanding of Service and the Work of the Home: A Review of Sociology Literature, Working Papers Series, Home Renaissance Foundation, Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, Family Structure and Wealth in the Muslim World, Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development, Dubai, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Aporte de la Familia al Desarrollo Económico, Guia de Buenas Practicas, Centro Standard Bank CONFYE del IAE Business School, Maria Sophia Aguirre, An Integral Approach to an Economic Perspective: Consequences for Measuring Impact, IEDP Working Reports #1, 2013 Maria Sophia Aguirre, An Integral Approach to an Economic Perspective: Consequences for Measuring Impact, Journal of Market and Morality, 16:1, pp , Maria Sophia Aguirre, An Impact Evaluation of the Educational Program on Civic Values in Nqatoqi : An Integral Approach, IEDP Evaluation Reports #1, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Martha Cruz Zuniga, and Eleni Papakosta, An Impact Evaluation of Enlace Guatemala: An Integral Approach, IEDP Evaluation Reports #2, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Martha Cruz Zuniga, and Patricia Pintado, Tien-Hao Lee, An Impact Evaluation of Aprender Juntas-ASEPUENTE: An Integral Approach, IEDP Evaluation Reports #3, Maria Sophia Aguirre, Socioeconomic Impact of the Work of the Home, in Ana Marta González and Craig Iffland (ed), Care Professions and Globalization: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives, Pelgrave- McMillan, 2014.

7 PRESENTATIONS Conference Presentations (selected sample) Presented paper "The Wealth of Nations, Sympathy and Economic Behavior" at the University of Navarra Philosophy and Economics Congress: Person, Society and Economics, Spain, March Presented paper "Parallel Exchange Rates and Their Behavior", at the American Economic Association Meetings, Anaheim, Ca., January Presented paper "Determinants of Capital Flight: The Case of Argentina ", at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., March Presented paper "EU, Asian Ring and NAFTA: Lessons from Their Degrees of Integration", at the American Economic Association Meetings, Boston, Ma., January Presented paper "Forward Discount Dynamics in Integrated Markets", at the International Atlantic Economic Meetings, Washington, D.C., September Presented paper "Sudden Changes on Unconditional Variance and Balance of Payments Behavior in Countries of Integrated Markets", at the Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., November Presented paper "Multiculturalism in a World Moving Towards Economic Integration", at the America Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, La., January Presented paper "Determinants of Forward Discounts in Integrated Markets: The Case of Germany", at the Western Economic Association Meetings, Seattle, Wa., July Presented paper "Feedback Trading in Exchange Rate Markets: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at the Canadian Economic Association Meetings, Ontario, Canada, May Presented paper "Feedback Trading in Exchange Rate Markets: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at the Multinational Finance Society Meetings, Helsinki, Finland, June Presented paper "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at the Financial Management Association Meetings, Chicago, Il., October Presented paper "Volatility Behavior of Future Exchange Rate Contracts", at the International Atlantic Economic Society Meetings, Boston, Ma., October Presented paper "Volatility Behavior of Future Exchange Rate Contracts", at FMA Annual meeting, Orlando, FL, October 1999.

8 Presented paper "Family and Economic Activity: Their Impact on Human Capital", at American Economic Association Meetings, Boston, MA., January Presented paper "Does the Family Have a Place in Habitat?", International Conference on "Urbanizing World and UN Habitat II", School of International and Public Policy Affairs, Columbia University, June Presented paper A Reevaluation of the Market Structure Performance Relationship for Banks under Different Regimes, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política XXXVI Annual meeting, Buenos Aires, November Presented paper Japanese Banking Crisis and the Balance of Payments, at FMA Annual meeting, Denver, CO, October Presented paper, The Value of Water: Some Comments on the Water Crisis, Seminar on Water Crisis: Myth or Reality?, Santander, June, Spain, Presented paper, Family and Economic Development: Socieconomic Relevance and Policy Design, European Regional Dialogue Conference for the Family, Geneva, August Presented paper, The Relevance of the Family for Economic Development, Conference in Migration, Microfinancing, and Education: The Role of Women in the Arab World, Spain, September Presented paper, The Role of Family Dinners in Economic Development, Excellence in the Home, London, May Presented paper, The Family in Economic Development, World Family Forum, Brigham Young University, July Presented paper at Food Distribution and Economic Growth, at 2 nd Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Family Harmony and Economic Growth, Beijing University, Beijing, China, May th, Presented Paper Family and Economic Development, Catholic University of Madagascar, June 14th, Presented Paper The Cost of Family Decline in Lost Social Capital and Increased Poverty, 2007 World Family Policy Forum: Achieving Development without Losing our Families, BYU, July 9-11, Presented paper, "Family and Economic Development: Harvesting the Seeds of Economic Growth", Cuarto Congreso Internacional de la Familia, Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá, May 25-26, 2008.

9 Presented paper, the Family: Human and Social Capital Investment, Third International congress on Innovation, Investment, and Leadership: Challenges to Today s Education, in Lima, Peru, September 11-13, Presented paper, Family Wellbeing and Poverty Eradication, at Empowerment of the Family in the Modern World: Challenges and Promises Ahead, The Doha International Institute for Family Studies & Development, Doha, Qatar, January 27-28, Presented paper, Family Wellbeing and Poverty Eradication, at James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, March 17, Presented paper, "Integral Development: the Interplay of family, Population, and technology", Moscow Demographic Summit, State Social University, Moscow, June 29-30, Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: An Integral Approach", Latin American Congress on Sustainability, Universidad de la Sabana, October 12-13, Presented paper, The Family and Its Contribution to Society, International Congress Life and Family, Guatemala, September, Invited Presentations (selected sample) Presented paper "EU, Asian Ring and NAFTA: Modeling Degrees of Integration", at the Symposium on International Modeling, European Centre for International Finance and World Bank, Washington, D.C., June Presented paper "Population and Development: The Family as a Production Function", at the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development 1994, Cairo, Egypt, September Presented paper "Family and Economics", at the National Institute of Womanhood 5th. Annual Conference Meetings, Washington, D.C., October Presented paper "Integrated Markets and Exchange Rate Dynamics", at The University of Notre Dame, Economic Theory Seminar, Notre Dame, In., October Presented paper "The Influence of School Schedules on Working Women with Children", at the United Nations World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, September Presented paper "EU, Pacific and North American Integration: Modeling Their Degree of Financial Integration", at Harvard University, Business School International Economics Workshop, Boston, Ma., July 1995.

10 Presented lecture "The New Cultural Imperialism: The Cairo Conference, Its Origins and Aftermath" at: University of Notre Dame (October 1994), The Catholic University of America (October, 1994), Georgetown University (November, 1994), University of Maryland (November, 1994). Presented paper "The World Conference on Women Programme of Action: An Economic Perspective", at the National Institute of Womanhood 6th. Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., October Presented lecture "World Conference on Women 1995: A Women and Economic Perspective" at: Harvard University (December, 1995), Georgetown University (October, 1995), University of Maryland (October, 1995), and The Catholic University of America (November, 1995). Presented paper "Integrated Markets and Exchange Rate Dynamics", at Boston College, Economics Department Workshop, Boston, Ma., December Presented paper "Fundamentals of Forward Discount Dynamics in Integrated Markets", at Harvard University, Business School International Economics Workshop, Boston, Ma., October Presented paper "Multiculturalism in a World Moving Towards Economic Integration", at the Symposium on Razon Practica y Multiculturalismo, Centro de Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Navarra, Spain, November Presented paper "Implementation of the European Monetary Union and Its Sustainability, : Recommendations from a Dynamic Game", at Harvard University, Business School, International Economics Workshop, Boston, Ma., October Presented paper "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at The University of Notre Dame, Development Workshop, Notre Dame, In., March Presented paper "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at The University of Chicago, International Economics Workshop, Chicago, Il., March Presented paper "Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development", at the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, Round Table of Experts, Uganda, June Presented paper "Predictions of Bank Credibility: The Case of Japan", at American University, Economics Workshop, Washington, D.C., October Presented paper "The Case of Grameen Bank: Solidarity and Citizenship?", at UNIV Conference: Solidarity and Citizenship, Boston, February, Presented paper "Pollution, Environment, and Sustainable Resources: Why the focus on

11 Population?", at Washington Semester and World Capital Programs, American University, March, Presented paper "Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in America: A Response. Solidarity in America: The Church, the Poor, and Social Reform", Symposium on Strengthening the Bonds of Solidarity and Communion, Sponsored by the School of Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America", March 23-24, Presented paper, "The Dignity of Older People and Their Mission in the Church and in the World: Some Considerations", at Closing of the UN Year of the Elderly, Baltimore, October Presented key note speech, "The Cost of the Family Breakdown in Developed Economies: What Could We Learn?", Conference on Solutions for the Modern Family, at the UN, October Presented key note speech, "The Role of the Family in Economic Development", at Conference on the Family, University College Dublin, November Presented paper, "Family, Economics, and the Information Society: How are They Affecting each Other?", World Congress of Families II, Geneva, November Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", Harvard-MIT Conference on International Health, Harvard, Boston, March Presented paper, "Paises en Vias de Desarrollo en una Economia Global Creciente: Maercado Financiero, Privatizacion, y Politica de Integracion vrs. Politica de Proteccion", Conference at the Foro Nacional de Convergencia (FONAC) and Consejo Hondureno de Empresa Privada (COHEP), Tegucigalpa, September, Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", Universidad Tecnica de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, September, Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", Universidad Americana and Consejo Superior de la Empresa Privada (COSEP), Managua, September, Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", Camara de Comercio e Industria de El Salvador, San Salvador, September, Presented paper, "How to Manage Human Resources for Sustainable Development", Comite por la Defensa de la Vida y la Dignidad de la Persona, San Salvador, September, Presented paper, "Population Growth: Threat or Strength?", Centro Escolar Lamatepec, San Salvador, September, Presented Paper, "Sustainable Development and Two Side Effects", at Yale University, Trumbull College, January 2001.

12 Presented Paper, "La Mujer, Clave Para el Desarrollo", at Centro para la Mujer ILAMA, Tegucigalpa, March Presented Paper, "UN and the Family: Redefining the Ties that Bind", at World Family Policy Forum, Brigham Young University, July Presented paper, La Familia: Clave para el Desarrollo, Fundación Bank Boston, November, Presented paper, Un Modelo de Sociedad Elegido por Nosotros o Impuesto?, Biblioteca Popular de San Isidro, November Presented paper, La Mujer: Clave para el Desarrollo, Key Note Speaker UNIV Conference, Montevideo, Uruguay, November Presented paper, La Familia: Clave para el Desarrollo, Club 20 de Febrero, Promoción de la Mujer Salteña (PROMUS), Salta, November Presented paper, UN Economic Recommendations and Real Economic Development, Consejo Profesional de Ciencias Económicas, Rosario, Santa Fé, Noviembre Presented paper, La Familia: Clave para el Desarrollo, Universidad Católica de La Plata, December Presented paper, Family and Economic Development, World Congress of Families, Special Session, New York, March Presented paper, Family and Economics, Inauguration International Year of the Family+10, United Nations, December Presented paper, Family and Human Capital: Their Relevance for Policy Design, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, September, Presented paper, Socieconomic Relevance of the Family, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, September, Presented paper, Socieconomic Relevance of the Family, UN 49 th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, on the occasion of Beijing+10, March, Presented paper, The Family and Economy Development, International Conference on Social Justice, Heritage Foundation, September Presented paper, "Cognitive Complexity of Decision Making: A Sustainable Development Economic Perspective", UNESCO International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus, February, 2006, Buenos Aires.

13 Presented paper, "Creating Effective and Sustainable Links: Addressing the Health and Social Needs in Developing Countries", UNESCO International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus, February, 2006, Buenos Aires. Presented paper Family Structure, Wealth, and Economic Growth, at World Conference of Families IV, Warsaw, Poland, May 11-13th, 2007 Presented paper Family, Economics, and Sustainable Development, Conference on Family and Society, International University of Catalunya, May 15-17, Presented paper Family and Economics, University of Alaca, Spain, May Presented paper, Family and Economic Growth, Conference, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago de Chile, August 22, Presented paper, "Requirements of the Family that Forms: Some Economic Considerations", IV World Meetings of Families, Pontifical Council on the Family, Mexico City, Mexico, January 14 th -18th, Presented paper, A vision of Research on the Work of the Home, Home Renaissance Foundation International Seminar, IESE, University of Navarre, Barcelona, May 18 th -19 th, Presented paper, Family and Sustainable Development, Universidad del Itsmo, Guatemala, May 29 th, Presented paper, Family and Sustainable Development, Quezaltenango, Guatemala, May 27 th, Presented paper, Private Property, Liberalism, and Economic Sustainability, Summer Lerhman American Studies Center Summer Institute, Princeton University, June 25 th & 26 th, Presented paper, Private Property and Economic Sustainability, Summer Lerhman American Studies Center Summer Institute, Princeton University, June 24 th & 25 th, Presented paper, The Potential of Populations: How Investing in the Human Person Can Lead to Economic Growth, International Solidarity Forum, United Nations, March 21-24, 2011 Presented paper, Liberty and Economic Development, James Madison Program, Princeton University, June Presented paper, "Integral Development: The Interplay of Family and Sustainable Development", Duke University School of Public Policy, May 2012 Presented paper, "Desarrollo Sostenible: Una Acercamiento Integral al Crecimiento Económico", Business School, University of Istmo, August 2012

14 Presented paper, La Familia, Paradigma del Cambio Social, Centro Conciliación Familia y Empresa del IAE, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, June Presented, Where to look for Mexico s growth?: Institutional, Human Capital, Investment and Technology Opportunities and Where is the Zip Code of the Future?, IPADE, Mexico, May In Media (selected samples) Deseret News, Adherence to Moral Principles Fosters Traditional Family Life, Salt Lake City, UT, November 27, NewsWeekly, Family: The Family Strikes Back, Australia, February 27, La Nación, Mi Desacuerdo, newspaper of Argentina, December 5, El Tribuno, newspaper of Salta, Argentina: El Centro de la Economía es la Familia y no el Individuo, November 22, El Observador, newspaper of Montevideo, Uruguay, Section Café y Economía, December 3, La Gaceta, newspaper of Tucuman, Argentina: Economia y Estabilidad Politica, December 27, Invited to a TV Program: Haciendo Familia, Interviewed by Olga Munoz, two programs one on Family and Economic Development and another on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Economic Development. Buenos Aires, Channel 12, Invited to a TV Program: Las Cosas Claras, Interviewed by Clara Marino, on the Argentinean Situation and its Effects on the Family, December 14, Life Issues, Malthus or Becker, Who is Write?, November-December, 2002, Japan. LifeNews.com European Group Asks Bush to Recall Pro-Life Mexico City Policy, by Paul Nowak, October 4, Zwerver's dagboek, Council of Europe, Planned Parenthood Attack US Pro-Life Foreign Policy, October 5, Life Site News, Council of Europe, Planned Parenthood Attack US Pro-Life Foreign Policy, New York, October 2, Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin, The Promotion of the Homosexual Agenda: Including the Assault on the Boy Scouts and Family Values, December 31, Berlin-Insitut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung, Wer Unterläuft Den Konsens Von Kairo Und Warum, 2004.

15 US Newswire, Presidential Commission Releases Annual Report, September 28, National Review, De Solenni, Pia, The New Radical Feminism, Going beyond Reproductive Health, March 10, Interviewed by CNM News Story on the occasion of the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, February 24 th, El Universal, Persiste la Inequalidad para la Mujer en el Trabajo, Mexico City, February 17 th, The Voice Today, Parents Supply Food for Thought, London, May 6, Interviewed BBC News TV, London, May 9, Interviewed PBS Show On the Contrary, June 2, Aceprensa, M. Angeles Burguesa, Iniciativas para profesionalizar y redescubrir el valor del espacio doméstico: Gestionar hogares inteligentes, June 7, La Republica, Familia Nuclear, Condición Necesaria Para Desarrollo Sostenible, Bogota, Colombia, June 7, Assist Social Capital, The Economy Begins in the Kitchen, July 23, 2006, Scotland. LifeSiteNews, Sington, Samantha, Provo Conference Urges UN to Put Families at Forefront of Development, Friday July 13, Fundus, Fachmazin fur die Hauswirtschaft, Excellence in the Home, September 3, La Prensa Grafica, Granados, Karina, El Gobierno debe apoyar con leyes laborales, February 1, Familie ist Solidaritätsgemeinschaft, "Families at Forefront of Development, July 13, 2007 Prensa Libre, Presentaran Resultados de Estudio, Guatemala, November 9, Prensa Libre, Relacionan Familia con Crecimiento Económico, Guatemala, November 12, Siglo 21, Hay que crear mas oportunidades, Guatemala, November 12, Siglo 21, Crecimiento Económico, Población, y Desarrollo, Guatemala, November 10, El Periodico, La población como determinante del Crecimiento Económico, Guatemala, November 18, 2007

16 Interviewed Radio FM, Program Contravía, Pedro Zapeta Program (host), Guatemala, Guatemala, November 9, Interviewed Radio Samora, Program A Primera Hora,Beatriz Colmenares, Luis Felipe Valenzuela and Juan Luis Font (hosts), Guatemala November 11, Interviewed Radio Samora, Program Good Morning Guatemala, Carlisle Jhonson (host), Guatemala, November 12, Interviewed, Emisoras Unidas, Interview with Felipe Venzuela, November 7, 2007 Interviewed TV Guatevision, Program Libre Encuentro, Haroldo Sanchez (host), Guatemala, November 9, Interviewed TV Canal Antigua, Program Este o Oeste, Alfred Kaltschmitt (host), Guatemala, November 10, Meridian Magazine, Council of Europe, Planned Parenthood Attack US Pro-Life Foreign Policy, February 2, Included as one of the Scholars Feature in Documentary Demographic Winter; the Decline of the Human Family, released in February Other authors include Noble Prize Gary Becker and Philip Longman. Interview in Newspaper, NewsUIC, Tal Como Estan las Cosas, Espana no ase puede Sostener, Interview, July 4, 2008, Barcelona, Spain. Feature, Noticias-Universitarias- Universidad del Desarrollo, Rol de la familia es Esencial para el Desarrollo Económico, August 29, Interview in Newspaper El Mercurio, Importa el Tipo de Familia, Section Punto Mujer, September 5, Interview in Newspaper El Mercurio, Economics and Business Section, Santiago de Chile, September 8, El Mercurio, Chile Debe Entender que si se Destruye la Familia, Se Destruye el Crecimineto, (Chile must Understand that if the Family Breakdown, a Sustainable Growth Process also Breakdown ), August 9, Excelcior, Lilian Hernández, Piden Atesorar la Convivencia Familiar, March 3, Zenit, Families That Eat Together, Stay Together, June 16, 2009 Interview at Universidad Marroquin, Guatemala, June, 2009.

17 Catholic News Service, Video segment about the world s population reaching seven billion, November CNN Español, discussion on financial problems affecting the European Union, several times from October- December CNN en Español to discuss financial problems affecting the European Union and Latin America several times from Janaury-December Radio Emisoras Unidas, Interview Betariz Comenares, Guatemala, August-January PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Testified (selected sample) Congress of Uganda, "Reproductive Health and Sustainable Development", Kampala, June, Congreso of Honduras, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", Tegucigalpa, September, Parlamento Centro Americano, "Women: A Key to Development", Guatemala, March, U.S. Senate, Foreign Relations Committee, "Mexico City Policy", July 19, Canadian Parliament, Family and Foreign Policy, May 1, 2003 Peruvian Congress, Family and Economics Policy, September Economic Advisor Advisor to Several US Congressmen and other countries' Permanent Missions to the UN and UN Delegates on economic aspects of UN Documents. Advisor to several African and Latin American Countries and Legislators as well as US Congress members on women's education, health, and family policy. Independent Advisory Group for the Global Evaluation of the Millennium Development Goals Fund (MDGF), a Department within the UNDP, Chair Sessions at Conferences International Atlantic Economic Meeting, Washington, D.C., September Symposium on Razon Practica y Multiculturalismo, Centro de Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Navarra, November Western Economic Association, Seattle, Wa., July, Paper Discussant at Conferences Eastern Economic Association Meeting, Washington, D.C., March International Atlantic Economic Meeting, Washington, D.C., September Southern Economic Association, Washington, D.C., November Western Economic Association, Seattle, Wa., July International Atlantic Economic Conference, Boston, September Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, October American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, January 2000.

18 Editorial Boards and Ad hoc Reviewer Member of the Advisory Board, Index of Economic Freedom, The Heritage Foundation, Present Member of the Advisory Board, Institute of Family Science, Universidad Austral, 2009 Present Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Markets & Morality, Present. Ad hoc Reviewer for European Economic Review Ad hoc Reviewer for Journal of International Economics Ad hoc Reviewer for Applied Financial Economics Ad hoc Reviewer for The Review of Metaphysics Ad hoc Reviewer for International Journal of Business Ad hoc Reviewer for The Financial Review APPOINTMENTS Commission on the Status of Women, American Economic Association, Present Home Renaissance Foundation, Board Member and Trustee, 2006-Present Lexington College, Member of the Board of Directors, Philosophy Educational Society, Member of the Board of Directors, 1995-Present Philosophy Educational Society, Board Member, 1995-Present Member of Honors Program Faculty, CUA, 1993 Present Yuma Cultural Center, Trustee, Foundation for Cultural and Social Advancement (SCA), Trustee, Board of Directors, and President of the Board, Present Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Board Member, Member of Undergraduate Academic Board, CUA, Member of the Academic Senate, CUA, National Institute of Womanhood, International Advisory Board, The International Population and Family Association, Board Member, Oakcrest Preparatory School, Board Member, Program for Academic and Leadership Skills, Board President, Youth Leadership Foundation, Board Member, Yuma Cultural Center, Board Member, US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, Commissioner, Holy See Delegation, CSW, January 2013 OTHER APPOINTMENTS Delegate National Institute of Womanhood (a Non-Governmental Organization) to the following UN Conferences: International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt, September Preparatory Committee, World Summit for Social Development, New York, NY., January Preparatory Committee, IV World Conference on Women, New York, NY., February World Summit for Social Development. Copenhagen, Denmark, March IV World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, September Preparatory Committee, Conference on Human Settlements: Habitat II, New York, N.Y., February Preparatory Committee, Conference on Population and Development: ICPD+5, New York, N.Y., March 1999.

19 Preparatory Committee, Beijing+5, New York, N.Y., March 2000 and June Special Session of the General Assembly "Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development, and Peace for the Twenty-First Century" (Beijing+5), June PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Economic Association, Present International Economic Association, Present Notre Dame Alumni Association, Present Pi Gamma Mu 1994 Academy of Economics and Finance, 1994 Present Commission on the Status of Women, Present Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Present International Atlantic Economic Society, Present European Economic Association, Present Western Economic Association International, 1996-Present Society of Catholic Social Scientists, 2000-Present