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Participant BiographiesMaciej Duszczyk, Deputy Director, Institute of Social Policy, Department of Journalismand Political Sciences, Warsaw University (Poland)Dr. Maciej Duszczyk is deputy director at the Warsaw University Institute of Social Policy, Department of Journalismand Political Sciences, where he is responsible for research programs and teaches courses on the social and economicimplications of migration and migration’s impact on the labor markets of sending and receiving countries. He is alsocoordinator of a research project on immigration policy financed by EU structural funds that determines immigration policyrecommendations for the Polish government.Dr. Duszczyk is also a member of the Board of Strategic Advisers to the Prime Minister of Poland, where he focuses on theissue of return migration to Poland, and a member of the Board of Centre of Migration Research, Warsaw University.He received his PhD in political science from the Institute of Social Policy, Warsaw University for his thesis, “Free Movementof Workers in Connection with Poland’s Accession to the European Union.” During the negotiations on Polish membership inthe European Union, he was an adviser to the chief of negotiators, Jan Kułakowski. He was also employed as deputy directorin Department of Economic and Social Analyses in the Polish Ministry of European Affairs. He received scholarships grantedby the Jean Monnet Project, Carl Duisburg Gesellschaft, and the Polish Committee for Scientific Research.Selected current work projects include:• The socioeconomic consequences of foreign student’s immigration to Poland.• The integration of foreigners in Poland.• Immigration to Poland in the context of labor market needs.Brahim El Mouaatamid (Italy/Morocco)Brahim El Mouaatamid previously served as research assistant at the Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for AppliedResearch on International Migration (CARIM), where he was in charge of the demographic and economic modules fromJune 2006 to September 2009. At CARIM, he contributed to the development of the Mediterranean migration database,the coordination of the project network and the elaboration of the research programs related to migration in the southernand eastern Mediterranean countries. Prior to joining CARIM, Mr. El Mouaatamid worked at the Demographic ResearchCenter of Morocco (1999-2006), where he contributed to the conduction of empirical research activities in the field ofMoroccan demography and migration from a sending country perspective. His research activities range from field surveysand methodologies to essays on demographic change, migrants’ integration, and the link between migration and povertyreduction. Mr. El Mouaatamid holds a degree in statistics and demography from the Institute of Statistics of Rabat.Currently, Mr. El Mouaatamid is broadly interested in migration demographic, social, and political causes and impacts onsending countries, with a special focus on North Africa and the Middle East.Suzi Emmerling, Press Aide, Center for American Progress (United States)Suzi Emmerling is a press aide at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a progressive policy think tank in Washington,DC. Working through various communications mediums, she develops media strategies with the immigration, energy,national security, education policy, and lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender issues teams to drive news on their studies,reports, and writings. Previously, Emmerling served on CAP’s communications team as special events coordinator, andprovided research for the center’s immigrant integration studies, including the report “Learning From Each Other: TheIntegration of Immigrant and Minority Groups in the United States and Europe.” She came to American Progress fromEnvision, EMI, and Congressional Youth Leadership Council, where she developed leadership and civics conferences acrossthe United States. She has a Bachelor of the Arts degrees in French and political science from the University of California-LosAngeles. She has also earned a certificate in political science studies from the Sciences Po-Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France.Suzi’s current work with the immigration team at American Progress focuses on:• Supporting the passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill.• Responding to various immigration-related issues as they arise — such as Arizona’s recently passed immigration law.Julian Escutia-Rodriguez, Consul for Community and Economic Affairs,Consulate General of Mexico in Houston (United States/Mexico)Julian Escutia-Rodriguez is a career diplomat posted to the Consulate General of Mexico in Houston, where he is the consulfor community and economic affairs. Since August 2008 he has been in charge of designing and implementing programs forMexican migrants living in the Houston area. His main areas of work are education, health, and community organization. Hehas a bachelor’s degree in international relations from El Colegio de México, and a master’s degree in public policy from theUniversity Victoria of Wellington, New Zealand.Selected current work projects include:• Health issues: Health Directory for Hispanic Migrants; Binational Health Week 2010.• Education issues: Adult education program for migrants (Plazas Comunitarias); financial education week and mini fairs.• Community organization: Workshop for Mexican and Mexican-American Emerging Leaders; talent network; basicbusiness training for hometown association leaders.30 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n