BLUFER & ASSOCIATES JOINS U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)
Strategic international consulting group formulating & implementing strategies for their clients
U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
Wash, D.C., Wed, May 20, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Blufer & Associates, Washington, D.C., has been approved for membership in the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), according to the USUBC executive committee, in an announcement on behalf of the entire USUBC membership of over 100 companies and organizations.
Blufer & Associates is a strategic consulting group composed of former high-ranking and very knowledgeable U.S. intelligence, government, state department and trade officials with global contacts and extensive knowledge in their geographic areas of expertise. Their expertise and networks translate into effective results.
The client services offered by Blufer & Associates focus on affecting policy and business decisions. They focus on formulating strategies for their clients objectives and oversee tactical services to implement those strategies. These services include contacting influential policymakers, building political and business alliances and coalitions, providing media services, providing access to government officials, tracking contract developments and conducting due-diligence.
BARRY BLUFER, PRESIDENT
Barry Blufer is President of Blufer & Associates. He will represent them on the USUBC board of directors. Barry has been active on the Ukraine business scene for many years. He served for over three years in Ukraine as the Corporate Affairs and Security Director for the Coca Cola Amatil and Coca Cola Beverages, from 1996 through 2000. Barry was very active in USUBC a few years ago. USUBC is very pleased, once again, to have Barry as an active member. Blufer & Associates clients include U.S. construction companies interested in the Ukrainian market.
MEMBERSHIP CONTINUES TO GROW DURING FINANCIAL CRISIS
"USUBC is very pleased to have the opportunity to announce Blufer & Associates as a new member," said Morgan Williams, Director, Government Affairs, Washington Office, SigmaBleyzer Emerging Markets Private Equity Investment Group, www.SigmaBleyzer.com, who serves as President/CEO of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC).
"USUBC has increased its membership four times over the past two and one-half years and now has a membership base of over 100 companies and organizations which allows USUBC to provide its new members such as Blufer & Associates, with a full-time operation and a significantly expanded program of work," according to USUBC membership director Iryna Teluk.
The latest group of new USUBC members has included: 3M Ukraine; AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines; AGCO Corporation; Aitken Berlin LLP/ASIA; AnaCom, Inc; Asters law firm; CEC Government Relations; ContourGlobal Ukraine; Defense Technology, Inc.; Dunwoodie Travel Bureau, Ltd.; Edelman; Foyil Securities; IBM Ukraine; KPMG Ukraine; Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America (KMF); Mars Ukraine; Microsoft; Pratt & Whitney - Paton; R & J Trading International; RZB Finance (Raiffeisen Group); SE Raelin/Cajo , Inc.; and SoftServe, Inc.
The new member list also includes The Washington Group(TWG); Ukraine International Airlines (UIA); Vasil Kisil & Partners law firm; Winner Imports Ukraine (Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, Porsche); Zurich Surety, Credit, & Political Risk; DRS Technologies, Inc., International Services Corporation (ISC), Broad Street Capital Group, The State of Maryland’s International Investment and Trade Division of the Department of Business and Economic Development, Ukrainian American Coordinating Council (UACC) and Blufer & Associates.
USUBC MEMBERSHIP NOW OVER 100 AND STILL GROWING
Over One-Hundred Members, May, 2009, Membership in January of 2007 was 22.
LINK: http://www.usubc.org/members.php
1. 3M Ukraine
2. AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines
3. AES Corporation
4. AGCO Corporation
5. Air Tractor, Inc.
6. Aitken-Berlin, LLP/ASIA
7. ALICO/AIG Ukraine
8. American Continental Group
9. American Councils for International Education
10. AnaCom, Inc.
11. Anemone Group
12. Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
13. Asters law firm
14. Atlantic Group
15. Baker & McKenzie law firm
16. Baker Tilly Ukraine
17. Blufer & Associates
18. The Boeing Company
19. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP law firm
20. Broad Street Capital Group
21. Bunge North America
22. Cargill
23. Case New Holland
24. CEC Government Relations
25. Chadbourne & Parke LLP law firm
26. Charles H. Camp, Law Offices of Charles H. Camp
27. Cisco Systems, Inc.
28. The Coca-Cola Company
29. Commonwealth Energy Partners (CEP)
30. ContourGlobal Ukraine\
31. Crumpton Group
32. Deere & Company
33. Defense Technology, Inc. (DTI)
34. DHL International Ukraine
35. Dipol Chemical International Inc.
36. DLA Piper LLC law firm
37. DRS Technologies, Inc.
38. Dunwoodie Travel Bureau, Ltd.
39. Edelman Europe
40. EPAM Systems
41. Ernst & Young
42. The Eurasia Foundation
43. First International Resources
44. Foundation for International Arts & Education (FIAE)
45. Foyil Securities
46. General Dynamics
47. Halliburton
48. Heller & Rosenblatt law firm
49. Holtec International
50. Horizon Capital Advisors, LLC-
Emerging Europe Growth Fund
51. IBM Ukraine
52. IMTC-MEI
53. International Services Corporation (ISC)
54. International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC)
55. Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars
56. KPMG - Ukraine
57. Kraft Foods Ukraina
58. Kyiv Atlantic Group of Companies
59. Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America (KMF)
60. Magisters law firm
61. Marks, Sokolov & Burd, LLC law firm
62. Mars Ukraine
63. Maryland's Division of International Investment & Trade;
Department of Business and Economic Development
64. MaxWell
65. Microsoft
66. Nationwide Equipment Company
67. Northrop Grumman
68. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group
69. Open World Leadership Center at the
U.S. Library of Congress
70. The PBN Company
71. Pratt & Whitney - Paton
72. Procter & Gamble (P&G)
73. R & J Trading International Inc.
74. RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group law firm
75. RZB Finance (Raiffeisen Group)
76. Salans law firm
77. SE Raelin/Cajo, Inc.
78. Shell Oil Company
79. SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Group
80. Siguler Guff & Co, LLC
81. Softline Company
82. SoftServe, Inc.
83. Squire, Sanders and Dempsey LLP law firm
84. Sweet Analysis Services, Inc. (SASI)
85. TD International, LLC
86. The State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine
87. The Washington Group (TWG)
88. TNK-BP Commerce LLC
89. Ukraine International Airlines (UIA)
90. Ukrainian American Bar Association (UABA)
91. Ukrainian American Coordinating Council (UACC)
92. Ukrainian-American Environmental Association (UAEA)
93. Ukrainian Development Company (UDC)
94. Ukrainian Federation of America (UFA)
95. Umbra, LLC
96 UPS International Ukraine
97. U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)
98. U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF)
99. Vanco Energy Company
100. Vasil Kisil & Partners law firm
101. Vision TV LLC
102. Westinghouse Electric Company
103. Winner Imports Ukraine (Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, Porsche)
104. WJ Agricultural Group
105. Zurich Surety, Credit & Political Risk
USUBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
For Year 2009 (http://www.usubc.org/excommittee.php)
Margarita Karpenko
Managing Partner
DLA Piper Ukraine LLC
Kyiv, Ukraine
Michael E. Kirst
Regional Vice President
Central/Eastern Europe and Russia
Westinghouse Electric Company
Brussels, Belgium
Paul Nathanson
Principal
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Irina Paliashvili
President and Senior Counsel
RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.
Washington, D.C./Kyiv, Ukraine
Andrew A. Pidgirsky
Chairman
Board of Governors
Ukrainian American Bar Association (UABA)
Houston, TX
Mara L. Sovey
Director, International Affairs
John Deere Public Affairs Worldwide
Deere & Co.
Washington, D.C.
Samir B. Sahgal
Director, International Operations
Washington, D.C. Operations
The Boeing Company
Arlington, VA
Treasurer, USUBC
Patrick H. Sweet
President
Sweet Analysis Services, Inc. (SASI)
Alexandria, VA
Arnold F. Wellman
Vice President
Corporate Public Affairs
Domestic/International
UPS
Washington, D.C.
E. Morgan Williams
Director, Government Affairs
Washington Office
SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Group
Washington, D.C.
Chairman, Executive Committee, USUBC
President/CEO, USUBC
Van A. Yeutter
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Cargill
Washington, D.C.
Jack I. Heller
Attorney at Law
Heller & Rosenblatt
Washington, D.C.
Legal Counsel, USUBC
SENIOR ADVISORS TO USUBC- 2009
Dr. Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Washington, D.C.
Andy Bihun, President
Global Trade Development, Inc.
Director, Business Development Forum
The Washington Group (TWG)
Washington, D.C.
Ariel Cohen, Ph.D, Senior Research Fellow
Allison Center for International Studies,
Davis Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation
Washington, D.C.
Keith Crane, Senior Economist
Rand Corporation
Washington, D.C.
Leonid Kozachenko, President
Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation (UAC)
Kyiv, Ukraine
William Green Miller
Woodrow Wilson Center Senior Policy Scholar
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
Steven Pifer, Visiting Fellow
The Brookings Institution
Senior Advisor, Russia & Eurasia Program, CSIS
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Edilberto Segura, Partner, Chief Economist
SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Group
Chair of the Advisory Board of The Bleyzer Foundation
Kyiv, Ukraine
Keith Smith, Senior Associate
Europe Program, CSIS
Former U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania
Washington, D.C.