WASHINGTON, D.C. - CIME, a U.S. not-for-profit organization offering practical management education, especially for young top managers and entrepreneurs in developing regions of the world, based in Connecticut, has been approved for membership in the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), the USUBC executive committee announced today on behalf of the entire USUBC membership of over 150 companies and organizations who have business operations, investments or other development programs in Ukraine.

CIME began work in Ukraine in 1990 by providing the core teaching staff for the first year of the first western-style MBA-granting institution in the Soviet Union; CIME provided teaching staff in marketing, banking, finance, merchandising, trade, and investment for IMI-Kyiv’s charter class of 31 students, mostly from Ukraine, but also from Russia, Belarus, and Uzbekistan.  

CIME’s teaching staff, consisting entirely of practitioners, included Hon. Douglas Costle, former Secretary of the US Environmental Protection Agency and Dean of the University of Vermont Law School; Mrs. Elizabeth Costle, former Banking Commissioner, State of Vermont;  Mr. James S. Schoff, former President of Bloomingdale’s Department Store in New York City; and Mr. Richard H. Shriver, founder of several businesses in the US, and current Chairman of CIME, and formerly Assistant Secretary, US Treasury and senior vice president, Chase Manhattan Bank.

LEGAL REFORM IN ESTONIA
CIME has worked throughout Central and Eastern Europe.  In Estonia, CIME was the central agent in what is considered by many to be the most successful legal reform program in any emerging democracy; this program lasted for ten tears, from 1991 until 2001. CIME established the Estonian Law Center in Tartu, Estonia for training lawyers, judges and other court personnel.   CIME’s president, John Russell Deane III, was awarded the Order of the White Star, Estonia’s highest honor for a foreigner, by Estonia’s late President, Lennart Meri.

PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE
Under CIME, Dick Shriver established a private sector consultancy and merchant banking group (L’viv Consulting Group) in L’viv, Ukraine, in 1995, where he and his wife, Barbara, lived until 2002.  Dick was the only non-Ukrainian member of the L’viv Oblast Governor’s Consultative Council on Foreign Investment. 

The L’viv Consulting Group helped international investors place millions of dollars in worthwhile projects in Ukraine.  That investment led to the creation of thousands of new jobs, especially in western Ukraine, in nearly every important economic sector including agriculture, restaurant development and franchising, textiles, bottled water, wet sauces, telecommunications, and tourism. 

A former partner of the L’viv Consulting Group, Natalie Bardyn, will be director of CIME’s training efforts in Ukraine; Andrew Bihun, former US Commercial Attache to Ukraine, will be among CIME’s Board of Advisors for the Ukraine effort.   For details, contact Natalie Bardyn at natalka.bardyn@gmail.com, or Dick Shriver at rhsusa@thecime.org  

CIME RETURNS TO UKRAINE TO ASSIST NEZHIN MECHANICAL PLANT & CITY OF NEZHIN
CIME has been asked by American investors in the Nezhin Mechanical Plant, Nezhin, Ukraine, to assist in a broad array of management and other matters related to the welfare of the plant and the city of Nezhin. 

The Nezhin Mechanical Plant (NMZ) is one of the largest food machinery plants in Ukraine, with specialized equipment for fish meal processing (both aboard fishing vessels and on-shore in fishing villages), alcohol manufacturing, and bakeries, to mention a few; the factory also does  custom machining of castings and other job-shop machine work.  CIME’s project leader for this effort is Dick Shriver. 

Using the latest technology for training, and emphasizing practical training over theoretical, Shriver will bring CIME’s management training programs to plants such as NMZ that are located in remote areas, as well as conduct programs and classes for middle managers and business leaders, especially entrepreneurs, in conjunction with established business schools throughout Ukraine.   

CIME, DICK SHRIVER AND USUBC
"Dick Shriver's pioneering work in Ukraine from 1990 through 2002 is well-known.  The CIME program was a very early one that produced real private  sector results in Ukraine," said Morgan Williams, Director, Government Affairs, Washington Office, for the SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Management Group, who serves as President of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC). 

"We have known Dick for many years and are very pleased he will once again be working in Ukraine assisting private businesses and promoting international investment.  USUBC welcomes CIME as a member and looks forward to working with Dick and his colleagues," Williams said.

USUBC MEMBERSHIP REACHES 150
USUBC now has over one-hundred fifty members. Membership in January of 2005 was eight, in January of 2007 was 22 and reached 100 by January of 2009.  The complete list of USUBC members can be found at: http://www.usubc.org/members.php.  For a list of the USUBC board of directors go to the following link: http://www.usubc.org/site/u-s-ukraine-business-council-board-of-directors. 
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USUBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS & OFFICERS
For Year 2011 (http://www.usubc.org/excommittee.php)

[1]  Margarita Karpenko, Managing Partner
DLA Piper Ukraine LLC, Kyiv, Ukraine

[2]  Michael E. Kirst, Regional Vice President
Central/Eastern Europe and Russia
Westinghouse Electric Company, Brussels, Belgium

[3]  Christopher J. Lombardi, Director,
International Business Development, Europe, Israel, Sub-Sahara
Raytheon International, Inc., Arlington, Virginia

[4]  Dr. Irina Paliashvili, President and Senior Counsel
RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A., Washington, D.C./Kyiv, Ukraine

[5]  Andrew A. Pidgirsky, Chairman, Board of Governors,
Ukrainian American Bar Association (UABA), Houston, TX

[6]  Samir B. Sahgal, Director, International Operations
Washington, D.C. Operations, The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA
            Treasurer, USUBC

[7]  Joseph E. Samora, Jr., Senior Vice President
Case New Holland Inc., A Fiat Group Company, Washington, D.C.

[8]  Diana Sedney, Manager, International Government Relations
Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Chevron Government Affairs
Chevron, Washington, D.C.

[9]  John F. Steele, Director, International Government Affairs
Eli Lilly and Company, Washington, D.C.

[10]  Vanessa Stiffler-Claus, Director, International Affairs
John Deere Public Affairs Worldwide, John Deere, Washington, D.C.

[11]  Patrick H. Sweet, President
Sweet Analysis Services, Inc. (SASI), Alexandria, VA

[12]  Morgan Williams, Director, Government Affairs, Washington Office
SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Group, Washington, D.C.
           Chairman, Executive Committee, USUBC, President/CEO, USUBC

[13]  Van A. Yeutter, Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Cargill, Washington, D.C.

[14]  Jack I. Heller, Attorney at Law
Heller & Rosenblatt, Washington, D.C.
           Legal Counsel, USUBC

SENIOR ADVISORS TO USUBC- 2011

[1]  Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow
Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.
 
[2]  Ariel Cohen, Ph.D, Senior Research Fellow
Allison Center for International Studies,
Davis Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
 
[3]  James Greene, President
Effective Engagement Strategies, LLC, Washington, D.C.
Former Head, NATO Liaison Office Ukraine

[4]  Anatoliy Kinakh, Head
League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine
Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

[5]  David Kramer, Executive Director,
Freedom House, Washington, D.C.
 
[6]  Leonid Kozachenko, President
Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation (UAC), Kyiv, Ukraine

[7]  William Green Miller, Senior Policy Scholar
Woodrow Wilson Center,  Washington, D.C.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine

[8]  Steven Pifer, Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution
Senior Advisor, Russia & Eurasia Program, CSIS, Washington, D.C.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine

[9] Roman Popadiuk, Executive Director,
George Bush Presidential Library Foundation
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
First U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine

[10]  Dr. Edilberto Segura, Partner, Chief Economist
SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Group
Chair of the Advisory Board of The Bleyzer Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine

[11] Oleh Shamshur, Former Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA
Senior Advisor, PBN Company, Kyiv, Ukraine
 
[12]  Keith Smith, Senior Associate
Europe Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania, Washington, D.C.  

[13]  William B. Taylor, Jr., Vice President, Peace & Stability Operations
United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine

[14]  Damon Wilson, Vice President
Atlantic Council of the United States, Washington, D.C.

[15] James Wilson, Director
EU Ukraine Business Council (EUUBC), Brussels, Belgium