RESPICIO A. ESPIRITO SANTO JR., D.Sc.

President of the Brazilian Institute for Strategic Studies and Public Policies in Air Transport – CEPTA (to be launched in the 3 rd quarter of 2006).

Consultant for the Brazilian Ministry of Finance/Economics (SEAE/MF) since 2000.

Consultant for the Vice-Presidency for Latin America & the Caribbean of Shell Aviation since 2004.

Consultant for the Assistant to the Brazilian Ministry of Defense (SEORI-MD) for the National Committee for Civil Aviation Policies in 2003.

Member of the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) Networking Committee and the official ATRS representative in Brazil since 2002.

Member of the International Panel of Reviewers of the Journal of Air Transportation since 2000.

Member of the International Panel of Reviewers of the World Congress on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) since 2004.

Member of the Brazilian National Association of Teaching and Research in Transportation (ANPET) and Member of its Scientific Committee since 2001.

Member of the International Panel of the International Aviation Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, United States.

Chairman and Technical Coordinator of the 5th Brazilian Congress on Tourism Activities (V CBRATUR), November 2003, Brasilia, Brazil.

Chairman and Local Coordinator of the 9 th Air Transport Research Society World Conference (9 th ATRS ANNUAL WORLD CONFERENCE), 3–6 July 2005, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Guest Editor for the ATRS/2005 Special Issues of the Journal of Air Transport Management (2006), Journal of Air Transportation (2006), Transport Policy (2006), and Transportation Research Part–E (2007).

Winner of the 1 st National Contest for Dissertations and Case Studies in Tourism, organized by the Brazilian Institute for Tourism (EMBRATUR/Ministry of Tourism) and the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), in January, 2004.