1. AMCHAM NEWS
Networking is our business
JULY 21, 2009
Phone: 301-3881 Fax: 301-3882
amcham@panamcham.com
Aquilino de la Guardia Ave and 47 St, Ocean Business Plaza Bldg, 17 floor.
Welcome New Members
Photo: Tabatha Siu (Rimola Medios), Irina Sylya ( Fundación Ópera
Panamá), Thomas Kenna (AmCham President), Alex Donkersloot (Hotel
DeVille).
Each month, several
companies and individu-
als join AmCham in or-
der to receive the bene-
fits of this organization.
We will be introducing
them to you by means of
this section of AmCham
News. From left to right
above are:
Rimola Medios, S.A.:
represented here by Ta-
batha Siu. It’s a small
company that provides
information with their
weekly Newspaper in
English called Panama
Post.
F u n d a c i ó n Ó p e r a
Panamá: represented
here by Irina Sylya. It’s a
foundation that grants
scholarships for opera
singers and producers.
Hotel Deville: repre-
sented here by Alex
Donkersloot. It’s a bou-
tique hotel in the center
of the city.
Most banks, including
ours, are now rejecting
acronyms on checks.
Consequently, they are
not accepting checks
m a d e o u t t o
“ P A N A M C H A M , ”
“ A m C h a m , ” o r
“AmCham Panama.”
Please let you accoun-
ting office make checks
out to:
Please make checks out to
“American Chamber of Commerce.”
“American Chamber of Commerce.”
AmCham Events and
Committee Meetings
Reactivation of Trade &
Investment Committee,
7:30 AM, Wednesday,
July 22 at AmCham.
Hydrocarbons Commit-
tee, 8:00 AM, Friday,
July 24 at AmCham.
Tourism Committee,
12:00 noon, Wednesday,
July 29 at AmCham.
Reactivation of Informa-
tion & Technology Com-
mittee, 12:00 noon, Fri-
day, July 31 at AmCham.
Legislation & Taxation
Committee, 7:30 AM,
Thursday, August 6 at
AmCham.
AMCHAM
PERSONALITY
Annette Cárdenas is a
member of the AmCham
Board of Directors.
Cárdenas is also the Mar-
keting & Sales Director of
the Panama Marriott Hotel.
She graduated with a De-
gree in Marketing from
Universidad de las Ameri-
cas.
She began her career in the
tourism area, with Air Pa-
nama International, where
she worked for 10 years.
After that she worked at
the Panama Holiday Inn as
the Marketing Director.
In 1988, Cárdenas worked
with the Marriott Hotels,
starting in the Dadeland
Marriott in Miami. Overall
she has 34 years of Tour-
ism experience.
She is currently the Presi-
dent of USPA.
Member Discount
Program
There have been several
new additions and a few
updates (with increased
discounts) to the Members
Discount Program.
Check out the new offers
at www.panamcham.com/
members/discount.asp
Billingual Employee Candidates:
AmCham member Mi
Oportunidad is a
subcontractor for a
U.S.State Department-
ap p ro v ed cu l t u r al
program that sends young
Panamanians to the US
for up to two years to
work and study while
living with an American
family. The following
c a n d i d a t e s h a v e
successfully completed
their USA work-study
programs and have
returned to Panama. They
are bilingual and
available for interviews at
no cost to AmCham
members. Their résumés
a r e a v a i l a b l e a t
amcham@panamcham.com.
All of the candidates are
looking for permanent,
f u l l - t i m e d a yt i m e
positions. Those currently
taking university courses
in Panama City are in
evening programs that
will not affect a day job.
Melissa Pineda: Currently studying International
Business at Universidad de Panamá.
Gina Robletto, B.A. in Law and politics Science from
Universidad de Panamá.
Antonio Hector Guelfi Sánchez: Second Trimester of
Procedural Law (Master’s), Universidad
Interamericana; B.S. in Law and Political Science,
ULACIT.
Evelyn E. McNulty Guerra: B.S. in Law and political
Science, University of Panama.
Rosseline Morales: Courses in Medicine and Maritime
at Universidad in Chiriqui.
Karla Him Petroccelli: B.S. in Tourism (Hotels),
Univerisdad Latina de Panamá; working on a Degree
in Public Relations at the University of Panamá.
HUMOR TIME
Main Vice President
Tom was so excited about
his promotion to Vice
President of the company
he worked for and kept
bragging about it to his
wife for weeks on end.
Finally she couldn't take
it any longer, and told
him, "Listen, it means
nothing, they even have a
vice president of peas at
the grocery store!"
"Really?" he said. Not
sure if this was true or
not, Tom decided to call
the grocery store.
A clerk answers and Tom
says "Can I please talk to
the Vice President of
peas?"
The clerk replies "Canned
or frozen?"
in July, 1984, represented
by George McDonald;
Bienes Raíces y Seguros
Carles that joined Am-
Cham in May 1984, rep-
resented here by Felix
Carles.
We also congratulated
Sociedad Internacional de
Servicios de Panamá,
S.A. that joined AmCham
in May 1984.
25th Years with AmCham
Photo1: Laury Melo de Alfaro, Directora Suplente de Grupo Melo, S.A..
AmCham presented
plaques of appreciation
to companies that
celebrated 25 years of
membership in our
organization, as Grupo
Melo, S.A. that joined
AmCham in May, 1984,
represented here by Laury
Melo de Alfaro; Pan
American Life Insurance
Co. that joined AmCham
Photo 2: George McDonald, Vice President and General Manager of Pan
American Life Insurance Co.
Photo 3: Félix Carles, President of Bienes Raíces y Seguros Carles, S.A.