Dr. Hugo Hervitz is an Adjunct Professor of Economics at the Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale. He has been a Professor of Economics and International Business in South Florida for over 25 years, specializing in International Trade and Finance in Europe and Latin America. He also teaches Cross Cultural Communication for the Global MBA Program at Thunderbird School of Global Management. Dr. Hervitz founded Forum-Nexus Study Abroad in 1990 and has been its Executive Director ever since, directing dozens of intensive summer and winter programs in Europe and elsewhere, with the participation of over 2,500 students from the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, Venezuela, Holland, Turkey, Indonesia, Panama and Thailand.

Dr. Hervitz was born in Argentina and has a B.A. in Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Master's degree in Management from Imperial College in London, an M.A. in Economics and Latin American Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Indiana University. He has been a visiting professor at the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico, at the Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, at the Fachhochschule Kufstein in Austria, and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. He has extensive consulting experience in the U.S., Europe and Latin America and has served as economics commentator for CNN en Español since 1998. He has pioneered the concept of measuring and developing a student's International IQ and is the author of the ground-breaking International Knowledge Assessment Test - IKAT which quantifies the level of International IQ.

Dr. Hervitz loves to travel and has a passion for learning foreign languages. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Hebrew, proficient in German and Portuguese, and has basic conversational knowledge of Arabic, Greek and Yiddish. He is very happy to live in Miami, where he enjoys the multilingual and multicultural environment, the mild weather and the ocean. He is married with three children. His wife Esther is a clinical psychologist, specializing in Neuropsychology. Their son Micky is an MBA student at Wharton specializing in Finance; their daughter Dalia graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and works in consulting for a Big Four accounting firm in New York City; and their daughter Shuli is a junior at Yale University majoring in Anthropology.

Edoardo Teodoro Brioschi Professor Brioschi is a Distinguished Professor of Advertising and Business Strategy at the Catholic University of Milan. He is considered one of Europe’s leading authorities in the field of Business Communication and was awarded the Charles H. Sandage Award for Teaching Excellence by the American Academy of Advertising. He has been the author and editor of over 70 publications, including, most recently, The Advertising Paradigm: History, Theory and Ethics; Etica e deontologia nella comunicazione d’azienda; and Total Business Communication: Profiles and Problems for the New Century.

Carlos Moslares García Dr. Carlos Moslares is a professor of Economics and Finance and Associate Dean at the IQS Business School of the Ramon Llull University in Barcelona. He was born in Barcelona where he studied Economics and Business Administration at the Universidad de Barcelona. He earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Florida International University in Miami. He has ample corporate experience in Spain, the U.S. and Algeria and has conducted numerous consulting projects in international business. He has published many articles and books and has served as a Visiting Professor at the State University of New York, at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico, at the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, and at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

Georges Rocourt Georges Rocourt is a Professor and Executive in Residence in the International Management Department of Franklin College, Switzerland. He studied Economics at Northwestern University (B.A.) and at Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D./ABD). Prof. Rocourt has had a distinguished career in banking and finance, serving as Chief Economist for Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Co. in Baltimore, Vice President for Economics and Investment Strategy at Ganz Capital Management in Miami, and as President of GRE Capital Markets Consulting Services in Switzerland. He has been a Professor of Economics and Finance at Barry University in Miami, at Towson University, and at Loyola College of Baltimore. He specializes in financial theory, multinational corporate financial strategy and corporate exchange rate hedging.

Rossella Gambetti Dr. Rossella Gambetti is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Catholic University of Milan where she specializes in Corporate Communication.

Patrick Butler Dr. Patrick Butler is a highly respected professor, writer and consultant. He is currently teaching at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Previously, he has taught at Georgetown University in Washington, at Franklin College in Switzerland, at the University of Stockholm in Sweden, at the University of Paderborn in Germany, at Florida Atlantic University and Barry University in the U.S., at the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania. He is the author of two widely recognized books: “Business Research Sources” (1999) and more recently “Cavorting with Strangers: Great Ideas and their Champions” (2007). Dr. Butler has had a multifaceted career, having served as a U.S. Navy flyer in Vietnam and as a White House official in the Nixon administration. His areas of specialization are international strategic planning, cross-cultural management, and business ethics.

Brian Butler Brian Butler is a specialist in international economic analysis, founder of the prestigious “GloboTrends“ online economics site, which has been featured as syndicated content on Nouriel Roubini’s RGE Monitor, Emerginvest.com, Business Week Exchange, Wikinvest.com, and other leading news outlets. Brian earned an MBA with distinction from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and he has taught Finance, Economics and Global Trade at Thunderbird’s Global MBA program in Miami. He worked as financial analyst for the Columbia University Business School and for NextLogics, a boutique investment and consulting firm focused on early stage endeavors with social impact. A global citizen, Brian was born in Canada, raised in Switzerland (where he attended British schools), educated in the U.S., started his career with a Japanese company, moved to New York to work as a financial analyst, married a Brazilian, and has traveled extensively in Latin America, Asia, Europe and North America.

Peter Martin Resch Peter Resch is a Visiting Professor of International Management at Franklin College in Switzerland and at the Fachhochschule Kufstein in Austria. He was born in Germany and holds a B.A. in International Marketing from Baruch College in New York and an MBA from ESADE in Barcelona. He has been a full-time professor at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico and has served as Director of ITESM USA in Miami.
Prof. Resch has broad international experience in management consulting, marketing communication and management. He has lived and worked in 12 countries and speaks three languages fluently.