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Anita Anacabe-Franzoia Anita Anacabe is owner-operator of Anacabe’s Elko General Merchandise and is part-time faculty at Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada, teaching Spanish and Basque. She has been a past GBC Foundation member and current Nursing Advisory Board Member. She is a graduate of Boise State University. Michonne R. Ascuaga Michonne Ascuaga is Chief Executive Officer of John Ascuaga’s Nugget Hotel and Casino, Sparks, Nevada. She is a graduate of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, and earned an MBA degree from Stanford University. She sits on several boards, including the Santa Clara University Board of Regents, Sierra Arts Foundation, Nevada Women’s Fund, and the Forum for a Common Agenda. José María Basagoiti José M. Basagoiti received degrees in Law and in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Madrid. He is the former president of several companies and organizations, including COPARMEX (Confederation of the Mexican Republic’s Companies), USEM (Social Union of Mexican Companies), Cigarros la Tabacalera Mexicana, S.A., Discos Gamma, S.A., and Mexican Tobaccos, S.A. He has also served as a board member of numerous organizations, including the World Business Organization, the Social and Economic Council of the United Nations, and the National Bank of Mexico. Michael J. Bidart Michael J. Bidart is a name partner of Shernoff Bidart & Darras, and leads the firm’s HMO and Property and Casualty Departments. A prominent consumer attorney with more than 25 years of experience representing individual and business consumers, he is a frequent lecturer and keynote speaker on HMO litigation and bad faith insurance practices. He received his B.S. degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and his J.D. from Pepperdine University. Pete T. Cenarrusa Pete T. Cenarrusa is the Secretary of State of Idaho, an office he has held since 1967. A native of Carey, Idaho, Cenarrusa graduated from the University of Idaho with a BS in Agriculture. He was a high school educator, and served as a Marine Naval aviator in World War II, a Corsair fighter pilot, retiring as a major. He served as State Representative to the Idaho Legislature for nine terms, before assuming his current position. José Ramón Cengotitabengoa A native of Zaldibar, Bizkaia, José Ramón Cengotitabengoa is president of Whale Steel of Chicago. He received a degree in engineering at Liege, Belgium, then worked as an engineer for several years before coming to the U.S. to pursue a career in the steel industry. He has been a leader in promoting Basque arts and cultural activities, including erection of the Monument to the Basque Sheepherder in Reno, financed by Basques and friends of Basques in the U.S. and in the Basque Country. William A. Douglass William Douglass helped establish the Basque Studies Program (now called the Center for Basque Studies) and served as its director for thirty-three years until his retirement in 1999. He also has edited the Basque Book Series of the University of Nevada Press for thirty years. His many publications on Basque topics have all been groundbreaking in the various fields of Basque studies. A native of Reno, he attended the University of Nevada, Reno, majoring in Spanish literature, and received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. Emilia Doyaga Emilia Doyaga, a native of Brooklyn, New York, retired as a Distinguished Professor from State University of New York, where she also served as Academic Vice President. She was also on the faculties of St. John’s University, Brooklyn College and York College of City University College of New York, where she was also a Dean. She received a Ph.D. at New York University; IEM (Institute of Educational Management) at Harvard. Jeronima Echeverria Jeronima Echeverria is currently the Asst. Provost at California State University, Fresno, where she has also been a professor and chair of the Department of History. She earned her BA in history and humanities at the University of California, Irvine and completed a teaching credential. After teaching social studies at the secondary school level for twelve years, she earned her doctorate in history at University of North Texas, with research focusing on Basque-related topics. John Echeverria John Echeverria was born and educated in Reno, Nevada. After serving in the United States Air Force, he attended Hastings College of Law where he received his Juris Doctorate degree. He is a named partner in the prestigious San Francisco law firm of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Echeverria, specializing in personal injury litigation throughout the Western United States. Echeverria was selected for membership in both the American Board of Trial Advocates and the American College of Trial Lawyers. Roy Lewis Eiguren Roy Lewis Eiguren is a senior partner in one of Idaho’s largest law firms, and regularly represents clients in a wide variety of administrative, regulatory and legislative matters before the federal, state and local governments. He also maintains an extensive business, environmental and public utility law practice, serving as lead counsel for all of Idaho’s electric utility mergers and sales and as Executive Director and Counsel for the Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association. Eiguren also plays a significant role in civic affairs involving the region of his ethnic heritage, the Basque Country of northern Spain. Felipe E. Muguerza Felipe Muguerza of Necochea, province of Buenos Aires, obtained a degree in law at the University of Mar del Plata. He is currently a professor of Natural Resources at the University of Mar del Plata and at the Catholic University of Salta. He has served as Director of Tourism and as President of the Cooperative of Public Services in Necochea. Muguerza is a past President of the Federación de Entidades Vasco Argentinas (FEVA). Pello Salaburu Pello Salaburu served as President of the University of the Basque Country during the years 1996-2000 and as Vice President from 1992-1996. He has a Ph.D. in Basque Philology from the University of the Basque Country, and also studied at the universities of MIT, Cornell, and New Mexico. Presently he is a visiting scholar with the Center for Basque Studies at UNR, on sabbatical as a professor of Basque Philology at the University of the Basque Country. Carmelo Urza Carmelo Urza received a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and taught at the Universities of Richmond (Virginia), Iowa, Boise State, and UNR. In 1982, he established the University Studies Abroad Consortium at the University of Nevada, Reno and has been its only director. The Consortium currently comprises 24 U.S. universities, and offers study programs located in 17 countries. John Ysursa John Ysursa teaches history at University of Redlands and San Diego State University. He received a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Riverside. He is a member of several Basque clubs and the Society of Basque Studies, and has also been actively involved with the North American Basque Organizations, Inc. since 1988. As the NABO representative for the Advisory Board, he will work on strengthening ties between the Center for Basque Studies and the various Basque communities. Joseba Zulaika Joseba Zulaika, a native Basque, received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Princeton University. He joined the faculty of the Center for Basque Studies in 1990 after several years at the University of the Basque Country. During his career he has received many fellowships and honors, including a grant from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. A prolific researcher and writer, he has published several books and numerous articles on his research interests which include the Bilbao Guggenheim Museoa and the ethnography of Bilbao, Basque culture and politics, and the international discourse of terrorism. He is presently the Director of the Center for Basque Studies. |
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