Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy Announces Fellows for 2009-2010...

Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy Announces Fellows for
2009-2010 Academic Year

Research Center Expands Program to Incorporate New Policy Expertise

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Georgetown Center for
Business and Public Policy (GCBPP) today announced its Senior Fellows for the
2009-2010 academic year. New members include Senior Policy Fellows Robert Hahn
and Jodi Short, as well as Senior Industry and Innovation Fellow Carolyn
Brandon. They bring their expertise in issue areas spanning
telecommunications, technology and innovation policy, Internet policy,
industrial organization, regulation and deregulation, law and economics, and
antitrust.

At the core of GCBPP is an active group of Fellows whose research interests
center on vital economic issues facing the global economy, competition and
innovation. Over the academic year, the Fellows develop seminars and programs,
craft Economic Policy Vignettes, and participate in a variety of activities.
The Fellows are a key element to the Center's mission of engaging leading
scholars, business people and policymakers in meaningful dialog regarding
issues that lie at the nexus of business and public policy.

Returning Senior Policy Fellows for 2009-2010 include the following:

T. Christopher Borek, Analysis Group
Antonio Fatas, INSEAD
J. Bradford Jensen, McDonough School of Business
Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School
Thomas P. Lyon, University of Michigan
Jeffrey T. Macher, McDonough School of Business
Robert J. Shapiro, Sonecon, LLC
Scott Wallsten, Technology Policy Institute
Catherine Wolfram, UC Berkeley

"This year we have a truly impressive group that continues our ongoing efforts
to expand our policy knowledge," said John Mayo, Executive Director of the
GCBPP. "We are working to broaden our capabilities, incorporating a wider
array of issue expertise into the program, in turn leading to a larger
dialogue."

For additional information on each individual Fellow, visit the Center's Web
site at http://cbpp.georgetown.edu/staff/.

About the Center for Business and Public Policy
The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy is a non-partisan
research center designed to engage scholars, business people and policymakers
in relevant inquiries and dialogue to impact key business, economic and
ethical public policy issues confronting American and international businesses
today. The Center is one of three research centers at Georgetown University's
McDonough School of Business. For more information, visit
http://cbpp.georgetown.edu/.

SOURCE Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy

Andrea Salvatore of Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy,
+1-202-687-3686, ams287@georgetown.edu