Ms. Harriet Mayor Fulbright
President, J. William and Harriet Fulbright Center; Fulbright Scholarship Foundation
 Harriet Mayor Fulbright is President of the J. William & Harriet Fulbright Center, a non-profit organization which serves to advance the work of Ms. Fulbright's late husband, Senator J. William Fulbright, and to continue her own lifework. The purpose of the Fulbright Center is to promote world peace and nonviolent means of resolving conflicts through international collaborations and education programs.
Ms. Fulbright has spent the majority of her adult life in the fields of education and the arts. From 1997 until 2000 she was the Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, whose mission is to encourage partnerships between the public and private sectors in order to enhance cultural life in America. Prior to this position she served as “Unofficial Ambassador” for the 50th anniversary of the Fulbright Program and in that capacity she traveled to numerous countries on all five major continents and all over the United States to speak about the importance of international education exchange and the pivotal role played by the Fulbright Program.
Ms. Fulbright has a BA from Radcliffe College and an MFA from the George Washington University. She has also received numerous Honorary Degrees. Panama presented her with its highest civilian award – El Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero - and the Republic of Hungary gave her a similar honor – the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit. Ms. Fulbright was awarded the Order of Australia by the Governor-General of Australia, for service to educational and cultural exchange between Australia and the United States. She also serves on a number of boards, including the Wendy and Emory Reves Center for International Studies, the International Child Arts Foundation, and the International Institute of Leadership and Public Affairs where she is chairman; the Academy of Educational Development and the National Foreign Language Center.
Ernesto Grijalva, Sr.
VP Legal Affairs Latin America/Caribbean, PriceSmart, Inc.
 Ernesto Grijalva is responsible for overseeing PriceSmart's international legal matters. He has over 20 years experience in the areas of international business transactions and litigation. He has taught business law at Universities in the U.S. and Mexico and is a conference speaker on international trade issues in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Grijalva is a graduate of UCSD, where he obtained a B.A. in Political Science, and of the University of San Diego School of Law, where he obtained his J.D. in 1984. |
