Instructors & Course Advisors
The ILI’s unique high-level training is made possible by utilizing an adjunct faculty composed of talented and broadly experienced practitioners. These lawyers, engineers, bankers, and officials from government and international organizations have extensive experience in the problems faced by developing countries.
The faculty members are practitioners who come from the private sector, government, universities, and international organizations, from within the United States and abroad. In addition to being extraordinarily accomplished in their fields, they share an ability to convey both a theoretical foundation and effective real-world skills.
ILI programs are taught by more than 500 adjunct faculty members.
Each seminar is directed by Course Advisors, appointed for their broad experience and knowledge of the topic. A typical seminar is taught by a number of lecturers – each chosen for their contributions to the field and professional accomplishments. Because the seminar is conducted by several faculty members, participants benefit from a deeper and broader array of experience than would be possible in a course taught entirely by a single person.
Faculty Members
Grant Aldonas
Armando Araujo
Michael Bednarek
Francoise Bentchikou
Lorraine Brennan
Former Director of Arbitration & ADR,
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Lee Bucheit
J.D. Program,
University of Miami School of Law
Charles Buderi
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Esteban Buljevich
Allan Burman
Former Administrator, U.S. Federal Procurement Policy
Alex Chartove
Javade M. Chaudhri
Richard Chovanec
Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Rudy Clark
Prof. Stuart Cohn
Dorianne Lambelet Coleman
Sharon Cromer
Tom Davis
Gordon Elicker
Deborah Enix-Ross
Alejandro Escobar
Peter O. Evenson
Nabil Fawaz
Jesse Feder
James Feinerman
David Frederick
Judge Paul Friedman
Jonathan Fried
Judge William Froehlich
Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Judge Bohdan Futey
Samuel Goekjian
Alexandre de Gramont
Spencer Griffith
Ken Hansen
John Holsen
Howard Howe
Martin Jacobson,
Kelly Johnston
Former Secretary of the U.S. Senate
David Jones
Jean Kalicki
Former Partner, Arnold & Porter, LLP
Mark Kantor
Georgetown University Law Center
Meg Kinnear
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Daniel Levin
Luis Martinez
Tadeo Martinez
Marshall Mays
Asia Alpha Systems Limited
John Murphy
Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
Govindan Nair
John Nellis
Adebayo Ogunlesi
Judith O'Neil
Kojo Osae-Addo
Aileen Piscoitta
Joe Profaizer
Lucy Reed
Timothy Reif
Alfanos Revollo
Mark Rossell
Victoria Rostow
Miguel Rubio
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Arthur Rynearson
Jeswald Salacuse
Judge Daniel Skoler
David Smith
Former, Vice Dean Harvard Law School
William Uchimoto
Former General Counsel of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Anne Marie Whitesell
Former Secretary General, ICC
Jane Willems
Susan Wilson
Don Zarin
In addition to our course advisors, a sample list of faculty members include:
Grant Aldonas
Armando Araujo
Michael Bednarek
Francoise Bentchikou
Lorraine Brennan
Former Director of Arbitration & ADR,
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Lee Bucheit
J.D. Program,
University of Miami School of Law
Charles Buderi
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Esteban Buljevich
Allan Burman
Former Administrator, U.S. Federal Procurement Policy
Alex Chartove
Javade M. Chaudhri
Richard Chovanec
Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Rudy Clark
Prof. Stuart Cohn
Dorianne Lambelet Coleman
Sharon Cromer
Tom Davis
Gordon Elicker
Deborah Enix-Ross
Alejandro Escobar
Peter O. Evenson
Nabil Fawaz
Jesse Feder
James Feinerman
David Frederick
Jonathan Fried
Judge Paul Friedman
Judge William Froehlich
Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Judge Bohdan Futey
Samuel Goekjian
Alexandre de Gramont
Spencer Griffith
Ken Hansen
John Holsen
Howard Howe
Martin Jacobson
Kelly Johnston
Former Secretary of the U.S. Senate
David Jones
Jean Kalicki
Former Partner, Arnold & Porter, LLP
Mark Kantor
Georgetown University Law Center
Meg Kinnear
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Daniel Levin
Luis Martinez
Marshall Mays
Asia Alpha Systems Limited
John Murphy
Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
Govindan Nair
John Nellis
Adebayo Ogunlesi
Judith O'Neil
Kojo Osae-Addo
Aileen Piscoitta
Joe Profaizer
Lucy Reed
Timothy Reif
Alfanos Revollo
Mark Rossell
Victoria Rostow
Miguel Rubio
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Arthur Rynearson
Jeswald Salacuse
Judge Daniel Skoler
David Smith
Former, Vice Dean Harvard Law School
William Uchimoto
Former General Counsel of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Tadeo Martinez
Jane Willems
Susan Wilson
Don Zarin
Course Advisors
Michael Bednarek is a recognized expert in Global IP strategy, Michael has represented some of the world’s largest technology and financial services companies in patent and intellectual property litigation in the United States.
Seminars
Adapting Legal Strategy To Change in a Rapidly Changing World/Business Environment
Mehdi Al-Bazzaz has decades of experience as an economic practitioner, and instructor on development issues and practices, including the design and analysis of programs in many developing countries.
Akin Alcitepe concentrates his practice on complex commercial and construction litigation matters before international and domestic dispute resolution tribunals such as ICSID, ICC and the AAA as well as U.S. state and federal courts.
Seminars
Don De Amicis is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches international business transactions, and a Senior Advisor at the International Law Institute.
Bernard Becq is the World Bank’s former Chief Procurement Policy Officer, Head of the Procurement Policy and Services Sectors Board.
Gerhard Botha is Director of Programs at ILI. Previously, he worked for the World Bank as a senior sector specialist in legal and judicial reform and private and financial sector development. He has over 25 years experience in legal and labour relations practice, and in international development.
Dr. Allan V. Burman is President of Jefferson Solutions. He advises firms, Congressional committees, federal and state agencies and international bodies on acquisition matters. Dr. Burman was the longest serving Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, serving under 4 U.S. Presidents.
Seminars
Procurement for Policy Makers
Tom Caulfield was formerly the Executive Director of Training for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.
Professor Reid Click is an Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington D.C.
Seminars
Finance in International Development
Timothy L. Dickinson is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Paul, Hastings LLP. His practice is devoted primarily to international commercial matters, including counseling on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and the design and implementation of special investigations and compliance programs.
Seminars
Governance & Anticorruption Methods: Effective Policy & Enforcement
Sabine Engelhard is a lawyer specialized in procurement whose career focus has been in international development, capacity building and governance-related issues. She held various senior positions at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). She also worked at the World Bank, with a prominent international law firm, and headed the Washington office of an international consulting firm.
Seminars
International Procurement of Consulting Services
e-Government Procurement
Country Procurement Systems
Procurement Audit
James English is a Partner in the Houston, TX office of Lewis Brisbois, one of the ten largest law firms in the world with over 50 offices around the United States. Previously Mr. English worked for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and has worked on natural gas projects on six continents.
Howard W. Fogt has practiced antitrust and competition law for more than 40 years as a partner in the Washington, DC and Brussels Belgium offices of Foley & Lardner LLP.
Paul Freedman is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at the AES Corporation, a global energy company. Over his 14 years at AES he has advanced numerous transformative initiatives to position AES as a global leader in the acceleration of a cleaner energy future. Paul leads the global legal team, serves as a principal advisor to the Board and oversees our ethics and compliance functions. He previously served as Chief of Staff to the CEO and in several positions in AES’ legal group, working on M&A, joint ventures, project development and regulatory matters. Prior to AES, Paul spent five years as the chief legal advisor of the US Agency for International Development worldwide credit guaranty program, driving the portfolio from $100M to $1B to foster sustainable development and stimulate the economy in developing countries. He began his career working as a project finance lawyer at the law firms of White & Case and Freshfields. Paul earned his bachelor’s degree at Columbia University and Juris Doctor at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Danielle de Garcia is the Director of Performance Evaluation, Innovation, and Learning at Social Impact (SI). She has 12 years’ experience with monitoring and evaluation (M&E), organizational capacity building, and participatory methodologies in more than 25 countries.
H. Stephen Halloway is the Director of ILI’s Center for Comparative Legislative Management. He has over 35 years of experience in senior legal and policy positions in the U.S. Government, the U.S. Senate, the United Nations and the Inter-American Development Bank. He was Chief Regulatory Officer for the U.S. Department of Commerce and a civil rights attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice.
Seminars
Legislative Strategic Management
Governance & Anticorruption Methods: Effective Policy & Enforcement in a Time Crisis
Seminars
Understanding, Drafting, and Negotiating Contracts
Ian A. Laird is co-chair of the Crowell & Moring LLP’s International Dispute Resolution Group and an adjunct professor at Columbia University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center.
Seminars
Fundamentals of Investor-State Arbitration
International Investment Treaties and Investor-State Arbitration
Robert Lesnick is an Executive Advisor to businesses and governments seeking to develop projects which expand development and use of natural gas.
Patrick Macrory is Director of ILI’s International Trade Law Center. He was a senior partner in two of Washington’s largest law firms, and has practiced trade law for more than forty years.
John M. Niehuss is Director of ILI’s Private Investment in Infrastructure Center. He has been involved in international financial and investment transactions for over 40 years as a practicing lawyer, World Bank staff member, US Treasury Department official, investment banker, and General Counsel of the Inter-American Development Bank and the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
Carol Mates is an attorney specializing in business transactions, international development finance, and project finance with three decades experience at International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector financing arm of the World Bank Group, as well as prior experience at US law firms and the legal department of US-based multinational bank and, post-retirement from IFC, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Hernando Otero is an international arbitration and mediation attorney with experience as an arbitrator, mediator and counsel record in domestic and international proceedings.
Gopi Puri After working in the Indian Steel industry for 17 years, Gopi Puri joined the World Bank, where he directed seminars at the World Bank Institute.
Cesar Queiroz is an international consultant on roads and transport infrastructure. His main expertise is in public-private partnerships in infrastructure and road management and development.
Warren Burke is a senior counsel in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the United States House of Representatives, where he drafts legislation on a nonpartisan basis.
Kimberly K. Faith is formerly assistant counsel for the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the United States House of Representatives, where she drafted over 500 pieces of legislation for elected Members of Congress.
Dr. Borzu Sabahi is a Partner in the International Arbitration group of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP in Washington, DC. He represents governments in international arbitration matters in a variety of sectors.
Seminars
Fundamentals of Investor-State Arbitration
International Investment Treaties and Investor- State Arbitration
Guly Sabahi is Senior Advisor, Climate Finance, at the NDC Partnership (co-hosted by UN Climate Change and WRI), where she provides strategic advice and thought leadership to facilitate the mobilization of private sector investment for implementation of NDCs in 80+ EMDEs. Prior to her current role, Guly has worked for 20 years (including as a law firm partner and C-suite executive), with both private and public sector stakeholders, on energy and infrastructure projects in EMDEs, as well as ESG, governance and compliance issues.
Veljko Sikirica has more than 40 years’ experience in Engineering and Procurement, working at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as well as the Inter-American Development Bank.
Seminars
Sheryl Goodman was formerly the Inspector General for Palm Beach County and the Department of Children & Families, State of Florida.
Seminars
Procurement Integrity: Prevention, Investigation, and Prosecution of Fraud
Anne Marie Whitesell is a Professor and Faculty Director of the Program on International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at Georgetown University Law Center and Director of the ILI Center on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
