Patrick J. DeSouza is a banker with Violy, Byorum & Partners Holdings LLC - an investment bank focused on Latin America. During 1997-98, he served in the White House as a Director for Inter-American Affairs on President Clinton's National Security Council. He is a graduate of Columbia College, Yale Law School and Stanford Graduate School. He has been a senior editor on the Yale Law Journal and editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of International Law. In addition, Dr. DeSouza has been a term member, international affairs fellow and the inaugural "Next Generation" fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of several articles on foreign economic policy and law.