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CCAA 38th Annual Conference Participant List Page 1

38th Annual Conference on the Caribbean & Central America Participant List

Hosted by: Caribbean Central American Action November 19-21, 2014

JW Marriott Marquis Miami | Miami, Florida

José Adán Aguerri President Superior Council of Private Businesses (COSEP) Nicaragua Claudy Alie Vice-president ICFC Marisela Alvarenga de Jacoby Lead Investment Officer- Financial Markets Officer Inter-American Development Bank Juan Carlos Amador Executive Director Nicaraguan Chamber of Industry David Anon VP of Marketing eMerge Americas Isaac Anthony Chief Executive Officer Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Erick Aponte Trade Commissioner Trade Commission of Peru in Miami Carlos Arguello President Studio C Mediaworks Carl Baker Director of Planning and Development Port of Palm Beach District Pedro Diaz Ballester Director El Mundo De Los Negocios Multimedios

J.C. Barona Regional Sales Manager Caribbean and Central America Bromma Americas Ivan Barrios Vice President, Trade Development Enterprise Florida Inc Walter P. Bastian Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere, US Department of Commerce Jean Philippe Baussan President Agemar Oscar Bazoberry President World Data Transactions Tricia Beckles Sector Development Officer Tobago House of Assembly Uhriel Bedoya Banking and Finance Strategy Consultant Abraham Bennaton President FECAICA Matthew Bennett Education & Training Manager FIBA Chris Bennett Deputy Managing Director The Caribbean Council Ambassador Richard Bernal Sir Baltron Bethel Senior Policy Adviser Office of the Prime Minister Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Eduardo Bhatia Senate President Senate of Puerto Rico Reuven Bigio CEO GB Group Laurence Bigio Executive Vice President Marketing GB Group Robert Wayne Bowen Committee Member The Shipping Association of Barbados Ancile Brewster Advisor AB Consulting Okama Brook Senior Policy Advisor Government of St. Maarten Jose Burgos Director U.S. Commercial Service-Puerto Rico/USVI U.S. Department of Commerce Byron Busby President Transportation Services Inc. Juan Antonio Busto Past President FECAICA Walkiria Caamano External Affairs Director GB Group Rodrigo Caldera President Cámara de Industrias de Nicaragua Rafael Cardozo President Tambourine

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Maria Carrion Executive Director COSEP Paul Carter Head, Caribbean Team British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Enrique Castillo Head of Structured & Project Finance, Investment Finance, Banco Sabadell Lia Castillo Executive Projects & Marketing GB Group Alix Celestin General Director National Port Authority of Haiti Jacqueline Charles Caribbean Correspondent Miami Herald Camille Chee-Awai Managing Partner CBEP Management Advisors LLC Perry Christie Prime Minister The Commonwealth of the Bahamas Shelly Dass Clarke Senior Advisor Organization of American States Percival E. Clouden Chief Executive Officer Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority Andrew Clutz Marketing Representative Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority Philippe Coles Owner Cimex S.A. Antonio “Tito” Colorado Former Secretary of State; Advisor Government of Puerto Rico

Jerry Cook VP Government & Trade Relations Hanesbrands Inc Luiz Carlos Couto Managing Director / GTS LATAM Financial Institutions Bank of America Marguerite Cremin Head of Corporate Relations, Diageo Jeffrey d'Adesky COO ENMARCOLDA S.A. Stephanie De La Cruz Project Manager Taiwan Trade Center Miami Jennifer DeCesaro Director, Technology-to-Market U.S. Department of Energy Enel Diamond Reporter Thehaitipost.com Jose “Pepe” Diaz Miami- Dade Commissioner for District 12 John Dinkelman Director, Office of Caribbean Affairs Department of State Art Diskin VP & Global Chief Medical Officer Royal Caribbean Cruises Roberto Dorneval Reporter Thehaitipost.com Robert Steven Douglas Regional Account Manager World Trade Division 84 Lumber John B. Drew US Distribution Manager DEDON Inc. Maria Dreyfus-Ulvert Senior Trade Specialist Miami-Dade County

Francisco Durán Regional Manager Nippon Koei LAC Manuel Echeverría Trade Commissioner of Ecuador, Southern East – United States of America Pro Ecuador - Miami Anton Edmunds Managing Director The Edmunds Group International, LLC Diane Edwards President Jamaica Promotions Corporation Enrique Egloff Presidente Cámara de Industrias de Costa Rica Hasani Ellis Policy Advisor Government of Sint Maarten Adolfo Facusse Presidente ANDI Eric Farnsworth Vice President Council of the Americas Selma Fates Manager, Team Florida & Special Projects Enterprise Florida Inc Chuck Faulkner Director, Programs Efficiency Nova Scotia Shannon Feeley Asst. Director Cargo Business Development Port Canaveral Lenny Feldman Manager Member - Miami Office Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. Sarah Fox Commercial Officer U.S. Department of Commerce

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Teresa Foxx Director & General Manager Barclays Mike Fralix President & CEO [TC]2 Milena Garces Senior Graphic Communicator GB Group Herby Garcia Digital Marketing Manager eMerge Americas Christiaan Gischler Senior Energy Specialist Inter-American Development Bank Recia Gomez Graduate Student, Industrial/Organizational Psychology Florida International University Reena Gopaul-Panchorie Senior Trade & Investment Officer UK Trade & Investment Felix Govin Director of Operations Earth's Creation USA Carlos Gimenez Mayor of Miami-Dade Shay Grinfeld CEO FLiNG Energy Nicholas Gunia President K.G. International, Inc. Javier Gutierrez Counsellor - Office of the Secretary General SIECA Doris Guzman Business Initiatives Port Miami Geoffrey Handal General Manager Ets J.B. Vital S.A.

Liesl Harewood Trade Development Executive Nova Scotia Business Inc. Julian Herencia Executive Director Renewable Energy Producers Association of Puerto Rico (APER) Johanna Hill Director of Trade Industry Association of El Salvador Maurice Hogarth Operations Manager Antoine Hogarth S.A. Joseph Hunte CONSUL Consulate General of Barbados Andy Ingraham President/CEO NABHOOD Donville Inniss Minister of Industry International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development Barbados H.E. Dr. Len Ishmael Ambassador Embassies of the Eastern Caribbean States, Brussels Chesron Isidora Managing Director Korpodeko Negot Jean Louis Staff writter Haiti Press Network Joseph-François Jeanty Assistant Port Director National Port Authority of Haiti Darrell Jones Business Development Earth's Creations USA Dav Kowlessar Management Consultant Caribbean Association of Industry & Commerce

Juan Kuryla Port Director PortMiami Juan Jose Lagos Presidente Ejecutivo Fundacion Covelo Bianca Lagrutta Saenz Program Manager Caribbean Central American Action Archer Lebron President TRANXCEND Inc. Wilhelm Lemke CEO ENMARCOLDA S.A. David Lewis Vice President Manchester Trade Ltd Inc Pierre Liautaud Port Diretor Port Lafito Fernando López President Guatemalan Chamber of Industry Fernando López Presidente Cámara de Industria de Guatemala Rick Lunn Vice President Corpsec Group Sergio Maltez Director COMASA Melissa Marchand Chief Strategy Officer Global News Matters Colin Mayers Consul General Consulate General of Barbados KimberlyMcCollum Principal Island Services Group DeeAnn McMillen Director, Vessel Services

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T&T Salvage, LLC Dora Mejia Vice President of Sales NewCom International Carlos Mejiá Executive Director Port of Ponce Vinicio Mella Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce Dominican Republic Manuel Mencia Sr. Vice President Enterprise Florida Maria Mendez Director - Latin American Trade and Development Alabama State Port Authority Shadson Merzius Journalism Reporter Radio Tele 2004 Pasquale Minicucci Owner Minicucci Coaching & Consulting Bernard Mitchell CEO Cove Eco-Industrial Estate and Business Park Bruno Mondat Treasurer ICFC Humphrey Mongen Board Secretary Korpodeko Frank Mora Director, Latin American and Caribbean Center Florida International University Ana Morales Directora Ejecutiva FECAICA Ken A. Morton Emergency Preparedness Manager Baptist Health South Florida Ralph Moss

Senior Vice President, Government Affairs Seaboard Corporation Andrea Munoz Sales Operations Coordinator NewCom International Daniela Munoz Business Development Manager, Communications & Marketing Pro Ecuador - Miami Rick Murrell CEO Tropical Shipping Thornley Myers Chief Executive Officer St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited Violet Nicholas Managing Director Document Agency Curaçao Richard Nixon Chairman and CEO Natcom International Group Richard Noritake EVP Capital Markets GB Group Jennifer Nugent-Hill ACEO & Chief Operating Officer Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority Diego Ocampo Strategic Director, Sales ANIXTER Eric Olafson Manager PortMiami Victor Pabon Project Manager NewCom International Alyson Papkin Information Specialist Lafito Global Neil Parsan Ambassador Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago

Jean Marie Pascal National Port Authority of Haiti Rafael Patiño U.S. Commercial Attaché – Caribbean U.S. Commercial Service – Dominican Republic Stephanie Pavolini Manager, Latin America & Caribbean Enterprise Florida Inc Glen Penney Manager, International Projects and Consultancies Memorial University of Newfoundland Jansen Pennock Sales Manager eMerge Americas Jose Raul Perales Assistant Secretary for Private Sector US Department of Homeland Security Luis Perez-Codina Manager, International Logistics & Supply Chain Enterprise Florida Inc Joseph E. Perez-Jones Sr. Vice President Seaboard Marine Ltd. Pablo Portes Executive Vice President GB Energy Shawn Powell Chief, Business Engagement U.S. Southern Command Kevin Powers VP Sales and Marketing FLiNG Energy Chris Principe VP Transaction Banking Trade Solutions Group Cornelius B. Prior, Jr. Chairman Atlantic Tele-Network Isabel de Quesada

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Manager eMerge Americas Jose Quirce Director Trade Office Washington DC Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica Albert Ramdin Assistant Secretary General Organization of American States Aida Ramirez Project Manager Taiwan Trade Center Miami Thelma Ramsook Director, International External & Regulatory Affairs For Latin America and the Caribbean AT&T Mark Reginelli Director of World Trade 84 Lumber Jorge Riano Trade Manager Enterprise Florida Inc Godwyn Richardson Director Cove Eco-Industrial Estate and Business Park Auguste E. Rimpel, Jr. Senior Partner Boston Global Partners Waleska Rivera President Puerto Rico Manufacturing Association Carlos Enrique Rivera Ortiz Secretario General FECAICA Claire Robert Marketing eMerge Americas John Rodriguez Director, Banks and Multilateral Agencies- Americas Group, Latin America & Caribbean Barclays Bank PLC

Roy Rojas Institutional Affairs Manager Bridgestone de Costa Rica Khaalis Rolle Minister of State for Investments Bahamas Investments Authority Matthew Rooney Senior Fellow – Americas US Chamber of Commerce Robert Rothbaum President, CEO and Owner Valdor Apparel Mario Sacasa Senior Vice President, Int. Economic Development Beacon Council Gema Sacristan Division Chief Financial Markets Division IADB Bryant Salter Director, African Trade Enterprise Florida Inc Debra Samson Franchise Director NABHOOD Margarita Sanchez Partner DISAN LLP Steve Sarno President SPS Industrial Inc Jean-Phillippe Sassine Manager Agemar S.A. George Sassine Consultant GB Group Rick Schiappacasse Director, Latin America/Forest Products JAXPORT Wayne Shah Senior Vice President Wells Fargo

Adam Siegel Specialist - Office of the Assistant Secretary General Organization of American States Gwendolyn Siegel Deputy Executive Director Caribbean-Central American Action Laura Sinclair Business Development Manager Efficiency Nova Scotia Michael Singh CEO Ministry of Trade, Investment Promotion, Private Sector Development and Consumer Protection Belize Denelle Smith Manager, Strategic Business Development Tobago House of Assembly Ricardo Solera Vice Presidente Cámara de Industrias de Costa Rica Eduardo Torres Director, South Florida U.S. Export Assistance Center U.S. Department of Commerce Nathan Tuebner Senior Program Director Caribbean Central American Action Kevin Tynes Chairman Nippon Koei LAC Carlos Urriolla Senior Vice President – Carrix SSA Marine Susan Valera Director, Web & Digital Development eMerge Americas Christina Van der Biezen Head of Economic Permits, Business Services Division Ministry of Economic

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Development Netherlands Antilles Jeffrey Vasser Director General & CEO Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Carlos Vazquez Director of Marketing Innovair Ilona Vega Director, International Trade Development Enterprise Florida Inc Scott Veira Vice-President The Shipping Association of Barbados Carmen Gisela Vergara General Secretary SIECA Jean Marie Vorbe President and CEO Groupe Jean Vorbe Major General Ricky Waddell Deputy Commander for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs US Southern Command Philip T. Y. Wang Director General Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami Linda Wellstein Chair, Global Technology, Telecom & Media Practice Wellstein Mora Rodriguez International, PC Obediah Wilchcombe Minister of Tourism The Government of the Bahamas Sally Yearwood Executive Director Caribbean Central American Action Jeff Yen Project Manager Taiwan Trade Center Miami

Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia Consul General in Miami Ministry of Foreign Relations MEXICO Javier Zepeda Executive Director Guatemalan Chamber of Industry Karina Zurita Operations Manager & Marketing Support FIBA