Mari Pangestu was until recently the executive director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta, a private non-profit and multi-disciplinary research institute focusing on policy studies; and lecturer in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia. She is currently on leave from her positions in Jakarta and residing in Houston, Texas for the next year. Her fields of specialization are international and monetary economics. She has published widely on a range of subjects including matters pertaining to Indonesia as well as regional (i.e. Asian and Asia Pacific) and global issues. From 1991 to 1998, Dr. Pangestu was the coordinator of the Trade Policy Forum of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, a private non-profit organization that is the only non-government observer at APEC meetings. She serves on the Board of the Overseas Development Council; World Gold Council; and the Board of Editors of the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies from Australian National University, and Asian Journal of Business from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Pangestu is also a Forum Fellow at the DAVOS, World Economic Forum. She earned her B.A. and M.A. in economics from Australian National University, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Davis.