50 Years Creating a Hemisphere of Opportunity for All

Board of Trustees

Board Officers and Trustees

Officers of the Board

José Miguel Insulza
Chairman

Secretary General
Organization of American States
Washington, D.C.

Albert R. Ramdin
Vice Chairman

Assistant Secretary General
Organization of American States
Washington, D.C.

Frank Gomez
President

Marketing and Public Affairs
Educational Testing Services
Princeton, New Jersey

Frank Kanayet Yépes
1st Vice President

Chairman and CEO
Grupo GPC Holding
Bogotá, Colombia

Reginald Boulos, M.D.
2nd Vice President

President
Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Haiti
Chairman and CEO
Boulos Investment Group
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Gladys Coupet
Treasurer
Citi Country Officer

Citibank N.A. Haiti Branch 
 Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Ruth Espey-Romero
Secretary Past PADF President
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Washington, D.C.

Board Members

Marilyn Blanco-Reyes
Vice President
Legal and Regulatory Affairs - Latin America and Caribbean Division
FedEx Express Corporation
Miami, Florida

Jesús J. Canahuati
Executive Vice President, ELCATEX
Elásticos Centroamericanos y Textiles, S.A. de C.V.
Choloma Cortés, Honduras

Juan Manuel Carreón
Vice President
Public Affairs, Union Pacific
Spring, Texas

Pedro T. Esteva
Chairman and CEO
Implementos y Maquinarias C por A (IMCA)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Ivelisse Estrada
Senior Vice President,
Corporate and Community Relations
Univisión Communications Inc.
Los Angeles, California

William D. Gambrel
Past President, AACCLA
Past President
BankBoston, Colombia
La Romana, Dominican Republic

Craig Kelly
Vice President

The Cohen Group
Washington, D.C.

Paul G. Knollmaier
Marketing & Operations
Support Director
Caterpillar, Inc.
Americas Distribution Services Division
Miami, Florida

William Irwin
Manager – International Government Affairs
CHEVRON
Washington, D.C

José Orive
President,
AACCLA
Executive Director,
Central American Sugar Association (AICA)

Ryan Krogmeier
Vice President
Chevron Products
Americas East and Latin America
Houston, Texas

Robert M. McGee
Past PADF President
Past President
Occidental International Corporation
Chevy Chase, Maryland

Armando R. Pérez   
ExxonMobil Corporation (Ret.)
Vice President, Board of Directors
COANIQUEM
Burned Children Foundation
Miami, Florida

Michael Ronan
Vice President
Government Relations - Caribbean, Latin America & Asia
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Ltd.
Miami, Florida