Carlos Azzoni was recently selected as At Large Councilor of the RSAI. Azzoni has been professor of economics at the University of Sao Paulo for 33 years. He is presently dean of the faculty of economics, administration and accounting of USP. Previously he was chairman of the department of economics, and director of the graduate program in regional economics. He helped organize the Brazilian Regional Science Association (ABER) and was its first president. He presently is the president of its Council. Azzoni has been participating in RSAI meetings since 1979, both in the US, Europe and Asia. He is on the editorial board of the International Regional Science Review and of Investigaciones Regionales (Spanish section of RSSAI), as well as on other international academic journals in economics. He has published extensively in Brazilian and international academic journals on topics related to regional science. He has received two of the most important prizes for academic performance in Brazil.