Thunder Lake Management Inc. maintains trade policy consultant affiliations with professional associates offering technical trade assistance for agriculture, economics, environment, and conference management located in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic.

United States

Established in 1978, The Wright Organization, Inc. is a multiple management company specializing in association, conference, and exhibition management for Fortune 100 firms and trade and professional associations in the United States, Canada, and around the world.

Mrs. Wright is a past Chairman of the International Association for Exposition Management, a member of the Professional Convention Management Association, Meeting Professionals International, American Society of Association Executives, and the Chairman of the Convention Liaison Council. Wright has published in the field of meeting and exposition management, and designed a university degree program in exposition management for Roosevelt University.

United Kingdom

Our UK associate (Ph.D. International Economic Relations, London School of Economics; M.Sc. International Political Economy, with a Mark of Distinction, London School of Economics) brings relevant strengths to assignments:

Policy Experience: analysis and advice on reform of European agricultural policy, international trade policy developments, World Trade Organisation obligations, disputes and strategies, and expansion of the European Union; economic analysis and advice on the negotiation and implementation of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, and various GATT negotiations and disputes; represented government in delegations to trade policy negotiations with the European Commission, and in GATT trade disputes.

macroeconomic research and forecasting; developing competitiveness strategies for British and European agriculture, and facilitating structural adjustment in the rural economy.

Development Experience: advised on, and assisted with, European investment and trade development issues and strategies, both regarding economic sectors and individual firms; monitored and advised on all aspects of European Community, GATT, and OECD trade and investment policy developments.

Conference Services: organised and managed national and international meetings, workshops and conferences of sector producers.

Czech Republic

Our associate in the Czech Republic (Findhorn Conference on Building Sustainable Communities, Findhorn Community, Forres, Scotland; Bachelor of Arts, Economics with Business Administration, Acadia University, Canada) is Visiting Lecturer, Department of Environmental Economics, University of Economics, Prague.

Other qualifications:

Development Experience: representative/consultant for various non-profit organizations, including National Transplant Society, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Burn Association, and Chicago Surgical Society.

liaison, on behalf of Sandoz AG (Switzerland) and Morgan Stanley (NY) in the sale of Sandoz Agra (Chicago).

Policy Experience: development of digital economy concepts; environmental economy frameworks; co-wrote speech with Michael Reed, President, National Transplant Society, United States of America, Congressional Hearings, December 11-13, 1996, Washington, D.C..

Conference Services: planning and organisation responsibilities including registration management, public relations, and media relations for ABA Annual Meeting New York, NY. Responsible for registration of 3,000 participants, from approximately 150 corporations. Supervised staff of twenty. Assisted co-ordination of New York City Mayor Rudolf Giulliani's attendance/speech at Annual Banquet.

Other Experience: excellent spoken and written French; extensive travel through North America, North Africa, Eastern and Western Europe.