Alan Cordova currently writes for National Public Radio's "Planet Money" program, which explains the intricacies of the financial crisis to ordinary Americans in plain English. He received a BA in Political Science and Astronomy from Williams College in 2006 and a MBA with concentrations in Finance and Management at Columbia Business School in 2008. His publications include policy analysis for a Washington, DC think tank, reporting in Mexico City for Newsweek International, a sociological study of the Muslim community of Granada, Spain and a thesis on democracy promotion programs in Central Asia. He served as president of the community service council and member of the honor society at Williams and as a cluster leader, peer advisor and tutor at Columbia. Since 2006, he has provided strategy consulting to clients ranging from new media entrepreneurs to a frontier market venture capital firm. An avid distance runner, backpacker and trumpeter, he is currently a member of Net Impact, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs and the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York.

Jan 2007 - May 2008
MBA in Finance & Management

Sep 2002 - Jun 2006
BA in Political Science (International Relations)

Nov 2008 - Present
http://www.npr.org
An Internship as a Writer

Jun 2004 - Aug 2004
http://www.newsweek.com
An Internship as a Mexico City Bureau Intern

Jun 2003 - Aug 2003
http://www.coha.org
An Internship as a Research Associate

Research: Scope of work, interviewing, document analysis, Internet research, database research (Lexis-Nexis, Factiva, Bloomberg)
Financial Analysis: Discounted cash flow valuation, comparables analysis, multiples analysis, binomial valuation, First