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TOP ECONOMISTS
KIM ATTEBERRY
SCOTT BARNHART
VERMILION CONSULTING
Kimberly Atteberry is the president of
Vermilion Consulting LLC . Vermilion helps varied organizations leverage the benefits of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program . Vermilion Consulting provides expert advice on project feasibility , EB-5 compliant business plans , job creation analyses , and targeted employment area analyses . Prior to Vermilion , Atteberry was the chief economist of U . S . Citizenship and Immigration Services . In 2000 and 2002 , she taught economics and marketing at the United States Air Force Academy as one of a select group of civilian instructors .
BARNHART ECONOMIC SERVICES
Scott W . Barnhart is president of
Barnhart Economic Services LLC , a consulting firm specializing in EB-5 and non- EB-5 economic job creation studies , business plans , TEA designations and legal consulting services . He is also an associate professor of finance and the program director of the Certified Financial Planner program at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton , Florida . The firm has analyzed a wide variety of projects , from destination resort hotels to large strategic infrastructure projects , with capital expenditures of more than $ 20 billion with associated gross revenues of $ 14 billion and job creation estimates of over 450,000 jobs .
JEFFREY CARR
ISMAEL FERNANDEZ
ECONOMIC & POLICY RESOURCES , INC .
Jeffrey Carr is president and senior economist of Economic & Policy Resources , Inc . ( EPR ). EPR professionals have worked extensively in the EB-5 industry as economists and business plan writers for over 20 years . In addition to EPR ’ s national economics and business plan writing practice , Carr has lectured on the EB-5 program throughout the U . S . and internationally and has completed more than 325 assignments under the program including impact studies , business plans , TEA analysis , and regional center business plans . Carr also has served on various committees pertaining to key EB-5 issues as part of the IIUSA Public Policy Committee since 2013 .
GREENGATE CONSULTING
Ismael Fernández , originally from
Madrid , Spain , is the founder and president of Greengate Consulting , an Atlantabased consultancy firm . A published author in the field of technology valuation with a PhD and MBA from Georgia Institute of Technology , Fernández extended his career into start-up consulting , as well as real estate planning and financing given his experience in financial and economic modeling and forecasting . Prior to funding Greengate , Fernández was a senior manager at GE Power . Since 2010 , he has assisted hundreds of clients getting established in the U . S . and is also the executive vice president of World Trade Center Atlanta .
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