David Leishman

EXPERIENCE:

• 2002 - present U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Washington, DC
  Agricultural Economist
  Agricultural Attaché to the European Union (August 2005 – August 2009)
  Senior Attaché to India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (August 2009-August 2013)
  International Trade Specialist (August 2013 – August 2016)
  Director, Agricultural Trade Office Russia (August 2016 – Present)

• 1999 - 2002 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA St. Paul, MN
  Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Applied Economics

• 2000 - 2001 ADDISON WESLEY LONGMAN, INC St. Paul, MN
  Research Assistant Journal on Economic Perspectives

• 1997 - 1999 UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING Laramie, WY
  Research Assistant, Department of Applied Economics

• 1998 WYOMING STATE LEGISLATURE Cheyenne, WY
  Research Assistant

• 1992 - 1996 CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (CSIS) Washington, DC
  Assistant Director, New Italy Project
  Research Assistant to Edward N. Luttwak, CSIS Senior Fellow
  Project Coordinator, CSIS Turkish High Level Group
  Financial Analyst, Office of Strategic Planning
  Research Assistant, Office of Development

EDUCATION:

• 2014 UNIVERSITA’ DI BOLOGNA Bologna, Italia
  Dottorato di Ricerca

• 1999 - 2002 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA St. Paul, MN
  Ph.D. Candidate

• 1999 UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING Laramie, WY
  Masters of Science, Agricultural and Applied Economics
  · 1998 National Dean’s List
  · Gamma Sigma Delta
  · 1998 Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities

• 1991 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE London, England
  General Course Diploma, Department of International Relations

• 1990 GORDON COLLEGE Wenham, MA
  Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
  · Phi Sigma Iota Foreign Language Honor Society
  · Harvard Model United Nations, 1990
  · American Studies Program, 1989

• 1987 BLACK FOREST ACADEMY Kandern, Germany
  Canadian High School Diploma
  

LANGUAGES:

•  Italian, French, Russian and German
•  Extensive computer skills and literacy; experience with SAS, SPSS, GAMS, GAUSS, STATA, MATLAB and MATHEMATICA

PERSONAL:

• Born in Milan, Italy; American and British citizen
• Member of the American Agricultural Economics Association and the Western Agricultural Economics Association since 1998