Rosetta Narvaez

Rosetta is currently VP at an international financial institution in Boston and has spent that last years in the financial and banking sector. Previously, she owned a small management consulting company (5+ years) which was focused on statistical modelling, forecasting, program evaluation, and market research. Rosetta has an MA in Applied Economics (Econometrics; International Trade and Finance) from American University in Washington, D.C. She is active on a number of Subud, non-profit, and community boards. Rosetta is a former actress, coach, and surfer / bodyboarder. She was raised in Indonesia and Hawaii; has lived in California, and Washington, D.C. and is currently residing in Rhode Island, USA. Her interests include microcredit and start-up business financing, small recession-proof community businesses (eg vending, carwash, corner stores, laundry mat), elderly care facilities, and more . . . Visit SES USA at http://sesusa.ning.com/

Stuart Cooke

Stuart Cooke, a native of New York City, is a writer and urban development consultant. He is a principle at ENDEV (Environments for Development), an urban and landscape planning, business development firm based in Shanghai, where he has lived since 2006. His most recent publication "From Utopia to Reality?" takes a look at a new model for rural development in China. Previously Cooke was a marketing executive and consultant to small businesses and non-profits in the U.S. and Washington Correspondent for Asiaweek magazine. He served two terms as vice-chair of Subud USA, regional chair of Subud East Coast, and was the founder of the strategic planning group, formed to provide long-term financing for Subud in the U.S. Cooke joined Subud in 1965 and served as a local helper in New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Boston, and now Shanghai.