1. Amcham NEWs
Networking is our business
MAY 26, 2009
ODHC Committee AmCham Events and AmCham Director of Communications visits US
Committee Meetings
CSR Committee, 7:30
AM, Tuesday June 2 at
AmCham.
Tourism Committee,
12:00 noon, Wednesday
June 3 at AmCham. The
meeting will have 2
presentations: “Pearl
Island Sustainable Tour-
ism” and “The New
Summit Radisson Hotel”
Reactivation of the Leg-
islation & Taxation Photo: María Florencia Suárez with Annie LaFolie (Team Leader), Nixia
The ODHC committee Regulations for Preven- Committee, 7:30 AM, Guerra (Lawyer), Diana Falcon (Account Executive, Advertising Agency).
met on May 21 to hear tion of Labor & Profes- Thursday June 4 at Am-
the presentation from sional Risks, hygiene and Last month María Floren- Denver Tech, Littleton,
Cham.
María Teresa Mendoza Security in the Work- cia Suárez, AmCham Di- Summit County, Castle
about “New General place.” Hydrocarbons Commit- rector of Communications Rock and Colorado
tee, 8:00 AM, Friday and Membership Support, Springs. While there, they
June 19 at AmCham. visited the US state of made twenty vocational
Colorado as a Goodwill visits, offered twelve lec-
Billingual Employee Candidates: Tourism Committee, Ambassador under a schol- tures about Panama and
AmCham member Mi returned to Panama. They 12:00 noon, Wednesday arship from the Rotary doing business in Panama,
Oportunidad is a sub- are bilingual and available International Foundation and talked about the activi-
contractor for a U.S. State for interviews at no cost to and the sponsorship of the ties that each performs in
D ep a rt m en t -ap p r o ve d AmCham members. Their Panama South Rotary Club. her daily work, all in Eng-
cultural program that résumés are available at Ms Suárez traveled with lish!
sends young Panamanians amcham@panamcham.com AMCHAM two other young profes- The Rotary Foundation
to the US for up to two All of the candidates are PERSONALITY sionals from Panama and Scholarship covered travel
years to work and study looking for permanent, visited different business expenses, while Rotary
while living with an full-time daytime posi- and rotary clubs in Boul- members in each city pro-
American family. The tions. Those currently der, Northglenn/Thornton, vided food and lodging.
following candidates have taking university courses Written by: Jilma Batista.
successfully completed in Panama City are in
their USA work-study evening programs that will
programs and have not affect a day job. Environmental Committee
Antonio Hector Guelfi Sánchez: Second Trimester of
Procedural Law (Master’s), Universidad Interamerica- Jennifer Simpson is the
chair of the Environmental
na; B.S. in Law and Political Science, ULACIT.
Committee.
Evelyn E. McNulty Guerra:B.S. in Law and Political She is the co-founder of
Science, University of Panama. Simpson Furones Interna-
Rosseline Morales: Courses in Medicine and Maritime tional and a member of the
at Universities in Chiriqui. American Society of Inte-
Karla Him Petrocelli : BS in Tourism (Hotels), Uni- rior Designers.
versidad Latina de Panamá; working on a degree in She has been a professional
Public Relations at the University of Panamá. designer for over 30 years,
Shantall Barnett: BA in Marketing and Publicity, Uni- working primarily on large-
scale projects. A third- The AmCham Environ- May monthly meeting.
versidad Interamericana.
generation designer, she has
Isseneth Corrales: Studying English (finished 3 d se- mental Committee invited Twenty-four people came
worked in Saudi Arabia,
mester) at Universidad de Panamá. Africa, Asia and the Pacific Ms. JuliAnne Murphy, to hear about the topic “A
Jeimy Domínguez: B.A. in Economics, Universidad de Islands. Marketing Director of new city is born in the old
Panamá. She is also a member of the Panamá Pacífico to its Howard”.
Colorado Chapter of the
U.S Green Building Coun-
Member relative interested in Intership cil and is in the process of CLASIFIED
Daniel Arturo Ochy Ozores Administration at Suffolk obtaining her LEED AP
is the nephew of Jaime University in Boston and is certification (Leadership in AmCham is looking for a please contact
Figueroa, an AmCham interested in an internship Energy and Environmental new Chair for Transporta- David Hunt at
individual member. Mr. from June until August. Design Professional Ac- tion & Logistics Commit- dhunt@panamcham.com
Ochy is in his third year in Curriculum available in creditation). tee. Anyone interested or 301-3881.
International Business AmCham’s office.
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