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Lora Mwaniki-Lyman, Research Economist and Data Manager
Lora Mwaniki-Lyman is a Research Economist with the Economic and Business Research Center (EBR) at The University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management. She manages the AREMOS database that supports the economic forecasting models, research projects and publications developed by EBR research associates. Lora contributes to Arizona’s Economy and Arizona Economic Indicator Data Book and conducts research on U.S.-Mexico border region economies, cross-border flows and infrastructure projects.
Lora’s research and outreach contributions while at the University include managing and coordinating The State of Arizona Border Infrastructure Project (www.bip.arizona.edu), a strategic initiative of the Arizona-Mexico Commission endorsed by Governor Janet Napolitano in 2004. Lora worked closely with border community leaders and representatives, U.S. and Arizona Congressional delegations, and federal, state and local government officials to design and develop a web-based, searchable database that consolidates information on Arizona’s Border Infrastructure projects, tracks their progress along their delivery and funding paths, and generates printable reports. Lora is also a co-author of the Regional Economic Indicators: Arizona-Sonora Region Report (2003, 2004) and the Report Card: Arizona-Sonora Region (2003, 2004), which were presented annually to government, community and business leaders, the University of Arizona Economic and Tax Revenue Impacts FY2004 (2005) and Arizona as a Border State – Competing in the Global Economy (2005), the Eighty-Sixth Arizona Town Hall Background Report.
A graduate of The University of Arizona, Lora holds two masters’ degrees; one in the Management of Finance from the Eller College of Management, and another in Agricultural and Resource Economics. Lora’s prior professional career was with multinational agri-business companies from the Netherlands and Israel located in Kenya. She has extensive hands-on experience in the management, marketing, export, and sale of agricultural commodities, fresh-cut flowers, agro-chemicals, and agro-inputs.
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