Thomas Riley

• Utilize variety of research tools to develop compelling, intellectually solid program topics that possess audience interest • Identify, contact and sign speakers to address program topics • Manage all booking, hotel and travel arrangement for speakers and manage all on-site logistics for the program itself • Develop program schedule that is fiscally responsible, while presenting the most dynamic emerging and establish Asian and Asian American business and policy speakers

• Managed more than 100 events a year • Coordinated a Young Professionals Network with more than 1200 members • Coordinated and managed all logistics for a program or an event • Researched speakers, program ideas and program formats • Wrote numerous articles and managed website content

• Assisted in project doing critical computer conversion of data from analog to digital

• Assisted in all aspects of the organization and implementation of AMBEX 2008, the largest emergency health care conference and exhibition in Europe • Managed numerous projects relating to AMBEX such as developing marketing and promotional materials, finalizing the speakers program, and organizing social events within strict deadlines • Primary contact for all the speakers and delegates attending the conference

• Wrote articles for website that were regularly published • Assisted in the routine planning of events being held at the Foreign Press Association such as press conferences and public speaking events • Maintained contact with 700 foreign correspondents based in London. Provided membership information and assisted with special projects • Introduced new interns to the Foreign Press Association and was in charge of their training

• International Organizations, Research Methods, Human Rights, International Law, International Political Economy, Area Studies – Japan and Northeast Asia, Globalization • My thesis focused on the social, political, and economic impacts that large influxes of refugees have on developing countries

• Relevant Coursework – Economic Geography, Land Use Planning, Land and Water Environments, Geography of Latin America, Statistics, Human Diversity in the United States