Jarod Baker, Co-Founder
Jake Hamstra, Co-Founder
Jake Hamstra, Co-Founder
Jarod is co-founder of Pacific Economics. He has focused on Asia and the Pacific economy since 1998 when he started studying Mandarin Chinese and International Economics. His experience ranges from US federal agencies to leading technology and risk offices in Hawaii. Jarod specializes in market research, competitive intelligence, investment vetting, and international economic development.
Jake Hamstra, Co-Founder
Jake Hamstra, Co-Founder
Jake Hamstra, Co-Founder
Jake is co-founder of Pacific Economics. His extensive experience in the Pacific Islands includes working as a Senior Policy Adviser for the North Pacific for New Zealand MFAT, where he employed his expertise in political-economy analysis, policy evaluation, sector profiles, financial forecasting, and risk assessment. In that role, he d
Jake is co-founder of Pacific Economics. His extensive experience in the Pacific Islands includes working as a Senior Policy Adviser for the North Pacific for New Zealand MFAT, where he employed his expertise in political-economy analysis, policy evaluation, sector profiles, financial forecasting, and risk assessment. In that role, he developed relationships with key leaders across FSM, Palau, and RMI.
Jim Potenza, Project Manager
Diliaur Tellei, Data Scientist
Diliaur Tellei, Data Scientist
Jim specializes in managing projects that partner with Pacific governments, international NGOs, independent media, and community organizations for economic development and good governance. Before joining Pacific Economics, he served for five years at the East-West Center in Honolulu’s Pacific Islands Development Program, and for seven at
Jim specializes in managing projects that partner with Pacific governments, international NGOs, independent media, and community organizations for economic development and good governance. Before joining Pacific Economics, he served for five years at the East-West Center in Honolulu’s Pacific Islands Development Program, and for seven at the US Defense Department’s Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
Diliaur Tellei, Data Scientist
Diliaur Tellei, Data Scientist
Diliaur Tellei, Data Scientist
Diliaur is a data practitioner based in Honolulu. Before joining Pacific Economics, she worked on data analytics and visualization at the East-West Center, and prior to that was responsible for digital communications at the University of Hawaii Center for Southeast Asian Studies. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Ivy Li, Research Associate
Diliaur Tellei, Data Scientist
Ivy Li, Research Associate
Ivy is an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California (USC) obtaining a B.A. in International Relations and a graduate candidate under the Progressive Degree Program in the M.A. Global Security Studies Program at USC’s Spatial Science Institute on the Intelligence and Security track. She is an Intelligence Analysis Inte
Ivy is an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California (USC) obtaining a B.A. in International Relations and a graduate candidate under the Progressive Degree Program in the M.A. Global Security Studies Program at USC’s Spatial Science Institute on the Intelligence and Security track. She is an Intelligence Analysis Intern currently with Pacific Economics where she conducts research, collects data, and analyzes the gaps in the geopolitical and economic vectors of different Pacific Island nations. She is interested in Indo-Pacific geopolitical and malign influence research, United States national security and intelligence, as well as international peace organizations.