Dean A. DeRosa holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington (1970) and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oregon (1975), both in economics. He has held appointments as a research economist with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and several international organizations, including the Asian Development Bank and International Monetary Fund (see Curriculum Vitae). During 1992-95, Mr. DeRosa was a research fellow in the Trade and Macroeconomics Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute where he was responsible for formulating the Institute's program of studies on regional economic integration, agricultural trade, and food security in developing countries.

Since establishing ADR International, Ltd. in 1995, Dean DeRosa has successfully completed a number of consultancies for U.S. and international clients, including the Asian Development Bank, U.S. Agency for International Development, World Bank, and private sector coalitions with vital interests in international trade and foreign investment. During 2003-2004, Mr. DeRosa was a visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC, where he assisted the Institute in organizing a major conference on free trade agreements and US trade policy, and in preparing a series of studies on US free trade agreements with selected countries.

In recent years, DeRosa has continued to serve as a Peterson Institute visiting fellow, collaborating on a number of short-term trade and related economic study projects with researchers at the Institute, and to participate in economic conferences and seminars in the United States and abroad. He has also served as an adjunct professor of economics, conducting graduate-level courses in international trade theory and policy, at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Northern Virginia Center, Falls Church, VA (2001), and the School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC (2004). 

[ Curriculum Vitae | 2002 Photo ]