SEAN M. MULLINS is the Director, Trade Services. He is responsible for all trade and market research. In that capacity, he manages a staff of research interns and maintains the center’s research databases. Mr. Mullins previously worked at the World Affairs Council of St. Louis. There he served as Program Director organizing activities involving foreign officials such as Ambassadors and Consul Generals. Mr. Mullins also performed research to ensure the timeliness and relevance of the Council’s activities. His other employers have also included U.S. Senators Kit Bond and John Ashcroft for whom he worked as a field representative answering constituent concerns on federal issues. Mr. Mullins earned his B.A. in Political Science from Creighton University and an Executive Master of International Business from Saint Louis University. He has also studied in Lithuania at the University of Vilnius and in the Dominican Republic at the Institute for Latin American Concern. Mr. Mullins speaks intermediate Spanish.