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Annual Meeting 2008
44th Annual Meeting
June 1-3, 2008

"Innovative Public-Private Partnerships that Promote
International Agricultural and Rural Development"
Speakers and Panelists

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Dr. Lee Babcock currently works as a Technical Managing Director for a Washington DC based international firm, ACDI/VOCA, that designs and implements long term multi-year economic development projects, at national and regional levels, for developing countries worldwide. He was also an independent contractor for 13+ years, advising the governments and/or private sectors throughout the Former Soviet Union, Former Yugoslavia, and Southeast Asia on privatization, corporate turnarounds of state owned enterprises, small and medium enterprise development, and bank restructuring. 

He authored two books for entrepreneurs on business planning and commercial credit that were distributed in Russian and Latvian languages for the Former Soviet Union marketplace. His international work was preceded by professional consulting experience with (then) Big Eight firms and a position as a senior financial executive with a $200 million semiconductor company in Silicon Valley. In addition, he started a management consulting firm with two partners and ten staff in Eastern Europe and was a business intermediary in California that deal structured more than six middle market transactions.
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  • About AIARD
    • About AIARD
    • Mission & Objectives
    • Officers and Committee Chairs
    • Constitution & Bylaws
    • Committees >
      • Education & Advocacy Committee
      • Membership Committee
      • Communications Committee
      • Finance Committee
      • Awards Committee
      • Future Leaders Forum Committee
      • Events Commitee
  • Members
    • Members
    • Reasons to Join AIARD
    • Join AIARD
    • Past Award Recipients
    • Career Networking
  • Communications
    • Communications
    • AIARD Blog
    • AIARD Publications
    • Email Subscription
    • Partner Publications
  • Events
    • 2025 Annual Conference
    • AIARD FLF Webinar Series
    • Previous Events >
      • Virtual AIARD Week 2021 >
        • 2021 Sessions
        • 2021 Sponsors
      • Virtual AIARD Week 2020 >
        • 2020 Sponsors
        • 2020 Speakers and Moderators
      • AIARD Side Event at the World Food Prize
      • 2019 Annual Conference >
        • 2019 Photo Gallery
        • Conference agenda
  • Future Leaders
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    • AIARD Scholarship Fund
    • Future Leaders Alumni Testimonials
    • Previous Forums >
      • 2021 Future Leaders Forum
      • 2020 Future Leaders Forum