Dr. Raymond Robertson
Director
robertson@tamu.edu | (979) 458-1069
Dr. Raymond Robertson, Professor, and holder of the Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government in the Department of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, became Director of the Mosbacher Institute in January 2019. He is a recognized expert on international and labor economics.
Dr. Robertson’s research interests in the economics and policy implications of international trade, labor, and global development are well aligned with the interests and mission of the Institute.
Read Dr. Robertson’s full biography.
Dr. Kaleb Girma Abreha
Assistant Research Scientist
Dr. Kaleb Abreha holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Business Economics from Aarhus University in Denmark, a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. Since earning his Ph.D., he has completed several research projects and peer-reviewed publications as a research fellow at Aarhus University and as a consultant at The World Bank. He was also a World Bank Africa fellow. Besides research, he lectured and assisted several undergraduate and graduate courses in economics, international business, and strategic management. His research interests are in the areas of international trade and investment, global value chains, firm and industry dynamics, industrialization, and economic growth and transformation.
Jennifer Moore
Assistant Director
jennmoore@tamu.edu | (979) 845-1532
Since 2013, Jennifer Hartman Moore has served as the assistant director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy. A 1992 Texas A&M University graduate in political science, Moore spent more than ten years in the legislative and political arena, during which time she worked for state and federal legislators, including US Congressmen Joe Barton (TX) and Jay Dickey (AR), as well as Texas State Senator Florence Shapiro. Moore also worked in the White House during the administration of President George H.W. Bush.
As a legislative consultant for the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association in Austin, Moore educated members on legislative issues and monitored and analyzed legislation. Her responsibilities as Senator Shapiro’s chief-of-staff included supervising the capitol and all district offices, administering the senator’s legislative agenda, and developing district outreach and press strategies. While working for US Representative Dickey as legislative director, she supervised legislative staff, coordinated the legislative agendas, and served as Congressman Dickey’s aide to the House Appropriations Committee. Moore also assisted in representing clients on telecommunications issues at the Washington, DC lobbying and government relations firm, The Dutko Group.
Jill Steco
Program Coordinator
jill.steco@tamu.edu | (979) 862-8832
Jill Steco holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary and Special Education from Northern Illinois University. Steco has over 26 years of experience in program coordination. Prior to joining the team at the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Steco was the director of wellness and engagement across the continuum of care for Parc at Traditions retirement community. Steco’s accomplishments include defining and developing all educational, emotional, physical, social, spiritual, environmental, and vocational programming within the seven dimensions of wellness. Her programming has been the recipient of the NuStep Pinnacle Award and the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) Innovator Award.
Steco has served as a board member for the LeadingAge IL Cabinet, the ICAA Visioning Board, and the Harper College Lifelong Learning Institute; a member of the ICAA/ProMatura Wellness Benchmarks Committee and the ICAA Engaging Group; and a cabinet member of the LeadingAge Continuing Care Retirement Community Cabinet. She has had the privilege to speak at international and national conferences, including the ICCA Conventions, the Life Service Network Annual Meetings & Conventions, the American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging conventions, and the LeadingAge IL Conference.
Cynthia Gause
Administrative Coordinator – Bush School DC
cgause@tamu.edu | (202) 773-0024
Cynthia Gause is a graduate of Amherst College with a BA in physics. She spent her early career in the fledgling field of computer science, starting as a computer programmer and software designer on various government contracting projects around Boston and Washington, DC. She then worked for several years as an Information Systems Manager at The Bank of New York in New York City. Before moving to Texas and joining the Mosbacher Institute, she spent 19 years as the Administrative Assistant to the principals of the Williston School District in Williston, Vermont. In that position, she was responsible for the schools’ data management and reporting, personnel coordination, community and school communications, and general organizational support.
James M. Griffin
Founding Director
James M. Griffin is a Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist in economics and mathematics. Griffin’s research on energy policy and the effects of technological change on various industries has been published in numerous scholarly articles and books, he co-authored the leading textbook in his field, wrote A Smart Energy Policy: An Economist’s Rx for Balancing Cheap, Clean, and Secure Energy published by Yale University Press. Griffin also has considerable experience as a consultant on antitrust and regulatory matters. His current research interests are in groundwater and surface water regulation in Texas.
