Nadia Crisan
Managing Director
Emerging European Markets
Nadia Crisan is the managing director for McGuireWoods Consulting Romania. She joined the McGuireWoods team in February 2007 to help open the firm’s newest office in Bucharest. With a unique combination of skills in diplomacy and international and media relations, Nadia focuses her practice primarily on business development, government relations and strategic communications.
Prior to joining MWC, Nadia served as First Secretary at the Embassy of Romania in Washington. In that capacity, she was responsible for promoting Romania’s policies and interests before the United States Senate; strengthening relations with American investors in Romania; and articulating the Romanian perspective on international security to various Washington think tanks. Nadia is also an accomplished journalist having worked for two newspapers and as a correspondent for the Romanian National Television. She has written extensively on foreign policy related to the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.
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Education
- Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, M.A., 2003
- Editor in chief, Fletcher Ledger
- Recipient, HB Earhart Fellowship
- Illinois State University, B.A., Political Science, Spanish and International Relations, Science, summa cum laude, 2001
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Taxco, Guerrero 2000
- Babes –Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 1997-1998
Past Positions
- First Secretary, Political Section, Embassy of Romania in Washington, 2003-2007
- Consultant for International Olympic Truce Center, Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001
- Program Assistant, International Center for Journalists, Washington DC, 2001
- Assistant Editor, Ziarul de Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1998
- Correspondent, Romanian National Television, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1996-1998
- Reporter, Ziua de Nord-Vest, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 1996-1998
Professional Affiliations
- Board of Directors, Ford Romania, 2009-present
- Economic Incentives Negotiation
- Executive and Legislative Affairs
- Regulatory Solutions
- Strategic Communications & Grassroots
- Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility
- Trade & International Affairs
- Emerging European Markets
- Economic Development
- Education
- Energy
- Healthcare
- Information Technology & Telecom
- Insurance and Financial
- Land Use & Environmental
- Local Government
- Manufacturing
- Transportation
