Robyn Kravit

Robyn S. Kravit is an international trade consultant with 25 years of experience in management, planning, marketing, and venture development. She is president of ParCon, Inc., a trade and business advisory firm specializing in China and Far East markets. She is also the co-founder and CEO of Tethys Research, a biotechnology start-up company.

Kravit's business experience in China and Southeast Asia has ranged from private negotiations to government tenders, including trade agreements and joint ventures. During her career, she has negotiated more than $1 billion in trade contracts. Kravit has experience in devising marketing plans that adapt to evolving political and economic environments, and has managed every aspect of foreign trade transactions. She has also established and managed profitable new business operations both in the U.S. and abroad.

Kravit is president of the board for the Friends of the National Zoo and serves on the board of governors of the Washington Foreign Law Society. She also serves on the selection committee for Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows under the J. William Fulbright Program, and has been a member of the National Cancer Institute's Progress Review Group.

A graduate of Vassar College, Kravit attended Stanford University's Program for Chinese Language Studies in Taiwan and earned her master's degree at Harvard University. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.