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Board Member
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Bio
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Chair
Tasso de Castro Lugon
Espirito Santo- West Virginia Partners
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Mr. Tasso de Castro Lugon is a retired Judge from the Brazilian State of Espirito Santo, in the state’s capitol Vitoria and a participant in the Kellogg Fellows program. During the last 30 years Tasso de Castro Lugon has been highly involved in all aspects of the Espirito Santo/West Virginia chapter. |
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Vice-Chair
Alison McKellar
Florida- Central/Eastern Colombia Partners
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Alison McKellar is a consultant and founder of the non-profit Global Opportunity Garden. She has been a member of the Florida/Northern, Eastern and Central Colombia chapter since 2003. A past recipient of the Presidential Award for over 1,000 hours of volunteer domestic and international service through Partners, she received the Kimball Award for Chapter Volunteer of the Year in 2006.
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Treasurer
Paula J. Laschober
Washington State- Chile Partners
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Dr. Laschober is an electric utility economist/financial manager & University Business Professor. She has been a member of the Washington/Chile Partners Chapter since 1989. |
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Secretary
Guillermo (Willy) Lockhart
Uruguay- Minnesota Partners
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Willy Lockhart has been a member of Partners for 23 years. For more than 35 years he was President and General Manager of a private firm dedicated to the commercialization of Veterinary Products. For twenty years, he occupied several positions in the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fishing, culminating his career as Vice President of the National Meat Institute. |
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Dr. Chris Bennett
Belize- Michigan Partners
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Dr. Christopher Bennett is a senior dental surgeon. He has been a member of Partners’ Belize Chapter for more than 20 years. He has held numerous distinctions and positions in Belize surrounding dentistry. However, he has also been involved in organizations such as the Belize City Lions Club where he has held positions such as district governor of all Belize City Lions Clubs. |
Geno Bonaventura
Illinois- Sao Paulo Partners |
Currently, serves as N.P.I (New product Introduction) for Supply Chain Mechanical Engineering, Black Belt 6 Sigma and SME (Subject Matter Expert). Manages and leads a variety of projects with resource and development and suppliers in North America, Europe and Asia. First volunteered with Partners in 1994. |
Jose Mario Corona
Jalisco- Oklahoma Partners |
Mr. Jose Mario Corona is a business owner and administrator who lives in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is one of the founding members of the Jalisco Chapter and has been a member of Partners for the last 30 years. Mr. Corona has a degree in Business Administration and has completed a number of training courses in a number of areas, including Administration of Public Municipalities and Transnational Analysis.
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Betty Galvez de Reyes
El Salvador- Louisiana Partners
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Mrs. Betty Gálvez de Reyes is the Executive Director of the Committee for the Integration & Reconstruction of El Salvador-CIRES. Sra. Galvez de Reyes joined Partners of the Americas in 1998 and has been an active member of the El Salvador/ Louisiana chapter. She has also been involved in numerous organizations in El Salvador with focuses ranging from health system reform to displaced women and refugees.
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Antonio Marcos Carvalho Machado
Espirito Santo- West Virginia Partners |
Member of the Espirito Santo-West Virginia Chapter since 2004. Trained in Economics (UFES), and received an M.A. in Management (UFMG). Is a consultant to companies, government and is a university professor at Centro Universitario Vila Velha in his home state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. |
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Yraima Méndez de Delgado
Venezuela- Tennessee Partners
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| Member of the Venezuela-Tennessee Chapter since 1989 and has served Vice-President and President of the Chapter. Yraima is an Economist with post graduate studies in Tax Administration, Municipal Administration and Tourism. Vice-President of DM Turismo Académico, C.A., and Secretary of Institutional Relations of the Association of Retired Professors of the Colegio Universitario de Caracas. |
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Tibério de Paula Pedrosa Monteiro
Pernambuco- Georgia Partners |
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Member of the Pernambuco-Georgia Chapter since 2003. Over the last 10 years he has devoted his work as an attorney to issues related to non profit institutions in Brazil. He made an outstanding effort in 2008 to coordinate the event “40 years of Partnership” that included a trip to Pernambuco by 23 Georgians.
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Maurice A. Sterns
District of Columbia- Brasilia Partners |
Mr. Maurice A. Sterns is the Founder and Executive Director of QSD International- consulting for the international development community. He joined the DC/Brasilia Chapter of Partners in early 2005. He has extensive experience in conducting training programs in most countries in Latin America, and has achieved the World Bank’s Presidential Award for Excellence. |
Francis Wardle
Colorado- Minas Gerais Partners
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Dr. Francis Wardle is a writer and a professor at Red Rocks Community College and University of Phoenix where he teaches education and psychology classes. Dr. Wardle’s academic background is in education. He joined Partners of the Americas Colorado/Minas Gerais Chapter in 1996 and has been active ever since. |
Legal Counsel
Alan J. Berkeley, Esq. |
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