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Contributors Diana K. Powell, Esq. is Senior Legal Advisor with over x years of experience. She was a sole practitioner who advised educational organizations, government bodies and private corporations. Diana was responsible for negotiating agreements for high-tech software corporations and contracts involving Intellectual Property issues. Diana is a graduate of the University of Rochester with a B.A. in Political Science and Albany Law School of Union University, J.D. She holds a Certificate of International Law from the University of Notre Dame, London Law Center and has studied negotiations, mediation and arbitration at the University of Cornell’s School of Industrial Labor Relations, as well as Statistics and International Studies, specializing in the Republic of China, and Educational Policy and Research Methods at the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester. Gabriel is a Senior Investment Research Associate of Westminster Consulting where he designs strategic asset allocations and conducts