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Kit Barron

B.A.from Middlebury College (05), Pursuing MBA from Tufts University, Working as Program Development and Communications Associate/Regional and Area Programs Coordinator at Harvard University since 2008, Analyst at Navstar Advisors (04-06).

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Full-Time Student
Skills: Business, Design, English, Languages, Management, Spanish
Groups: Tufts Business Plan Competition
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup
Schools: Middlebury College, Tufts University

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: HARVARD UNIVERSITY, DAVID ROCKEFELLER CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Position: Program Development and Communications Associate/Regional and Area Programs Coordinator
Time period: January 2006 - Present
Description: Developed key relationships with Latin American institutions during frequent outreach trips to the region.
Partnered with rural development projects across Mexico and identified five projects for inclusion in pilot program.
Projects included entrepreneurship incubators in Mexican prisons, promotion of pulque industry, establishing agricultural and eco-tourism projects, and crafts industry using agricultural waste.
Created, secured funding for, and led Harvard’s first summer program on Sustainable Development in Mexico, with project sites in Chiapas, Michoacán, Morelos and Puebla.
Directed the overhaul of a database on Latin America at Harvard, building and leading a team to develop a proprietary technology to accommodate over 15,000 data entries in integrated data pools.
Hiring and management responsibilities.
Coordinated a team of academics, educators and policy makers for Un Buen Comienzo, a major early education and public health initiative in Chile, in conjunction with the Chilean Ministries of Health and Education, Harvard Schools of Education and Medicine, UNICEF, the IDB, and the World Bank. (Santiago, Chile)
Managed Faculty Committees on Mexican Studies, Andean Studies, Sciences and Social Policy in Latin America.

Employer: EDITORIAL NORDAN / ECOSUR
Position: Intern
Time period: January 2004 - Present
Description: Provided support for ECOSUR initiatives promoting income generation in Montevideo’s marginal communities.

Employer: NAVSTAR ADVISORS
Position: Analyst
Time period: January 2004 - December 2006
Description: Performed due diligence research for an equity acquisition consulting firm.
Analyzed political risk and financial potential in both industry-wide and company-specific contexts.
Sized markets, conducted valuations, and presented recommendations in comprehensive strategy reports.

EDUCATION

University: Tufts University
Time period: 2009 - 2011
Degree: International Consultancy; Agricultural Development, MBA

University: Middlebury College
Time period: 2001 - 2005
Degree: Latin American Studies/ Economics, BA

INFORMATION

Clubs:
NET IMPACT, FLETCHER CHAPTER – Organized events promoting global change through business. Co-President, 2010
FLETCHER FOR HAITI – Built website and raised over $12,000 for medical relief in Haiti. Co-Founder, 2010
BEARD UNCLE BOOKS – Purveyor of antiquarian and rare Latin American Literature. Owner, 2007-2010
NEW ENGLAND LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL – Prepared press releases. Research Assistant, 2003
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