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卡伦·格维茨，总统 & 丹佛世界贸易中心首席执行官 

凯伦Gerwitz has over 35 years’ international business experience in the private, 公营及非牟利机构. 她作为总统的地位 & CEO for the World Trade Center Denver the past 14 years is a culmination of her various roles in furthering international business connections and working with diverse audiences worldwide. Her enthusiastic vision for how Denver can become a more globally-conscious city is what is driving the organization to be the namesake tenant in the new 41-acre development in the Globeville neighborhood near downtown Denver. 随着业务的发展, strategic growth and marketing as her core expertise, Karen ran a sawmill in Ghana right out of college through the AIESEC program and supported the international public relations of a science institute in Vienna, 奥地利. 在科罗拉多州, she worked in multiple sectors including: IT, 航空航天, Business Services and Government. Her protocol and international cultural expertise prepared her well to plan the official visits of the Emperor and Empress of Japan, 八国峰会, the Western Hemisphere Ministerial Summit, and hundreds of other delegations. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in International Business from the 利兹商学院 at the University of 科罗拉多州 at 博尔德. 晚些时候, she earned her Masters of Public Administration, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary dialogue and deliberation, from the School of Public Affairs at the University of 科罗拉多州 at Denver, where she currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Advisors. Karen was also elected among her peers worldwide to serve on the global board of directors of the World Trade 中心 Association and chairs the North American Regional Council of World Trade 中心. 她嫁给了她的丈夫, Elie Mardiros, for the past 20 years and enjoys traveling, being a grandmother and walking through City Park in Denver.