Chuck Marvin graduated from the University of Texas (Austin) with a BS in business and is now at work on a masters degree at NYU's Business and Economic Reporting program. While in Texas, Marvin was the acquisitions analyst and project manager for Buffington Capital Holdings (2003-2004), where he constructed a satellite-based computer database that monitored the real estate industry in real time. Prior to that, he worked as an oil-and-gas financial analyst for Houston's Whitmar Exploration (2001-2003), as well as a manager and equity partner of a ranchland development project outside Austin. In 1997, as a foreign relations intern for U.S. Senator Hank Brown, Marvin analyzed European economic data and election results, which aided in the drafting of a Senate bill that admitted three Eastern European countires into NATO. He also organized and managed a hearing on the Afghanistan civil war for a Senate subcommittee.

* Chuck Marvin is a Project Klebnikov reporter-intern

contact: cmarvin@spontaneo.net