Alumnus John Hewko '79, vice president at The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), will present "U.S. Foreign Aid: New Approaches to Old Questions" at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, in the Red Pit in Kirner-Johnson. MCC is a U.S. Government corporation designed to work with some of the poorest countries in the world. Its mission is to reduce global poverty through the promotion of sustainable economic development. The corporation is based on the principle that aid is most effective when it reinforces good governance, economic freedom and investments in people.
Hewko is vice president for compact development and has responsibility for managing and coordinating MCC's activities for all phases of investment program development with eligible countries, including proposal development, due diligence and design, compact negotiation and compact entry-into-force. President Bush has recently announced his intent to nominate Hewko to be Assistant Secretary (Aviation and International Affairs) at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Prior to joining MCC, Hewko was an international partner with the law firm Baker & McKenzie (B&M), specializing in international corporate transactions in emerging markets. He worked in the firm's central and eastern European offices. After an assignment in Moscow, he founded and served as managing partner of the Kiev office, followed by almost six years managing the Prague office. From 1991-92, he was executive secretary to the International Advisory Council to the Ukrainian parliament where he advised various Ukrainian parliamentary commissions in drafting the initial Ukrainian laws on foreign investment, anti-competition and corporations. He also assisted the working group which prepared the initial draft of the Ukrainian constitution.
From 2001-02, he was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and was for several years an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. He speaks Ukrainian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Czech. Hewko received his B.A. from Hamilton, master's degree from Oxford University and a law degree from Harvard University.
The program, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Dean of Faculty's Speaker Fund, the Career Center, and the government department. For additional information call 859-4450.
Hewko is vice president for compact development and has responsibility for managing and coordinating MCC's activities for all phases of investment program development with eligible countries, including proposal development, due diligence and design, compact negotiation and compact entry-into-force. President Bush has recently announced his intent to nominate Hewko to be Assistant Secretary (Aviation and International Affairs) at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Prior to joining MCC, Hewko was an international partner with the law firm Baker & McKenzie (B&M), specializing in international corporate transactions in emerging markets. He worked in the firm's central and eastern European offices. After an assignment in Moscow, he founded and served as managing partner of the Kiev office, followed by almost six years managing the Prague office. From 1991-92, he was executive secretary to the International Advisory Council to the Ukrainian parliament where he advised various Ukrainian parliamentary commissions in drafting the initial Ukrainian laws on foreign investment, anti-competition and corporations. He also assisted the working group which prepared the initial draft of the Ukrainian constitution.
From 2001-02, he was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and was for several years an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. He speaks Ukrainian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Czech. Hewko received his B.A. from Hamilton, master's degree from Oxford University and a law degree from Harvard University.
The program, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Dean of Faculty's Speaker Fund, the Career Center, and the government department. For additional information call 859-4450.
