Lynn is an agricultural economist and marketing systems specialist with a particular interest in the interaction of policy, economics, and market factors.  He has considerable experience in managing the analysis of large sets of data and has supervised many sample surveys.  He is particularly interested in the impact of various welfare programs on food consumption and markets.  He has more than 25 years of experience in conducting economic research in farm policy, economic development, dairy markets and domestic food programs.

Lynn also has wide farm and food policy experience, having served at a senior position in the Carter White House, and he has also worked in the Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture.  He has been appointed to several national commissions studying food marketing and rural poverty. 

Lynn has a BS in agricultural economics from Ohio State University, a MA from the University of Massachusetts, and a PhD from Michigan State University.

Maru heads Promar's office in Mexico City and has worked on dozens of research projects in Mexico and throughout Latin America. She has completed multiple studies on various food and agricultural products and has undertaken many studies on distribution and market entry issues, particularly for high value food products.

Maru is a graduate of the Monterrey Institute of Technology, where she completed her degree in Business Administration/Finance. She earned her MBA in Marketing from Anahuac University. Maru speaks fluent English in addition to her native Spanish.

 Justin is Promar's technical/statistics guru, managing several data-driven projects, including the statistical analysis and management of Promar's current School Food Purchase Study.  He also researches industry trends, production inputs, and market access for agricultural and food products, and monitors agricultural developments for a dozen major markets.

Justin's areas of expertise are statistics, econometrics and decision analysis modeling.  He programs in SAS/SPSS/SHAZAM and is SQL certified.

Justin earned his BS in Economics/Data Analysis from George Mason University.

Michelle's work at Promar involves researching industry trends, production inputs, market access, and market opportunities for agricultural and food products. She works on projects involving market research analysis, evaluation and market development strategies. 

Prior to joining Promar International, Michelle worked in a non-profit organization and at the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. She also has proven skills with social media and with technical research and writing. 

She holds a BS in Animal Sciences from the University of Maryland.

A senior consultant with a decade's experience in strategic market analysis, André has managed over 50 market studies for Promar International.

André's years of detailed market survey work - covering Latin America in particular - include research on grains and oilseeds, commodity hedging, crop protection, coffee, dairy production and markets, dry beans, food processing machinery, food safety, food distribution, livestock, and branded food and beverages, among others. His clients have ranged from agricultural associations to the world's largest food and beverage multinationals.

An American/Brazilian dual national, André earned his MBA from the University of Maryland, as well as Masters degrees from both Georgetown University's Department of Economics and its School of Foreign Service. His undergraduate degree was awarded by Princeton. André speaks Spanish as well as fluent Portuguese.

Tom, an economist and trade policy specialist, is responsible for ongoing analysis of food markets and of national and international food and agricultural policies and programs.  His work has focused on understanding the strategic implications of macro-economic forces and farm and trade policies.

As an expert on commodity and food processing industries, he has worked closely with a broad spectrum of organizations to undertake global strategic studies of agri-food issues.  These include studies on the crop protection sector, biotechnology, international sweetener industries and markets, bio-fuel and meat markets.  Previously, Tom was vice-president of Abel, Daft & Earley and senior staff economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisers.  He is a graduate of Yale and the London School of Economics.

Salli is a strategic marketing specialist with extensive experience analyzing the operation of many agricultural and food product markets.  She jointly developed Promar's Results-Oriented Management process and has applied it to the work of many clients.  

Before joining Promar in 1995, Salli led a Central European consulting company examining transition issues.  She holds a doctorate in engineering from Bulgaria, and an MBA from the George Washington University with a focus on strategic marketing and international business development.

Nick has more than 30 years of experience of directing and undertaking economic and marketing research and consulting projects.  These projects have covered a wide range of issues, commodities and countries, and have been undertaken on behalf of organizations from the private and public sector throughout Western Europe and the United States. 

A marketing strategy specialist, Nick developed Promar's Results-Oriented Management, an evaluative management process to help clients develop market development strategies and plans.  He received degrees from Reading and Newcastle Universities in the UK.   

Nick is a regular contributor to agri-food conferences and seminars and closely follows value chain developments and policy and marketing interactions.