Partners of the Americas 2010 Annual Report

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MESSAGE

For Partners of the Americas, 2010 was a pivotal year in which we came to terms with the need to change while reaffirming the deep commitment to our original vision and mission. We have given special attention to the needs expressed by our numerous volunteers and chapter leaders to do two things: open our network to learn from each other, and find new ways to affiliate and open Partners to the rich and ever-growing opportunities to serve our communities.

In this report you will see more details about how we have done this, but we would like to highlight the following: Connect. Serve. Change Lives. These are the three core values that our volunteers and staff—after a year-long series of interviews, focus groups, and leadership meetings—reaffirmed as the guiding principles of our network. They are the essential elements that have historically been important to us and that will continue to serve us well in the future. When connectivity is weak, or when we try to connect with those who do not carry the impulse to serve others, we lose focus and mission. But when we connect well and around service, we consistently change lives.

Youth Engagement. Last year also reconfirmed the realization that the youth “demographic bulge” is real and that we have many youth leadership programs at the chapter and international headquarter levels that reinforce each other. In 2010 we laid the groundwork to restructure our staff to support these programs under a Youth Engagement unit, which will work with the Youth Ambassadors program supported by the Department of State and the nine chapter-level youth exchange and leadership programs.

A Ganar, a youth employment through sport initiative, began as a small pilot program in three countries and quickly grew to over a dozen. By forming public/private partnerships with our interested chapters, plus working with respected local NGOs, we have formed the A Ganar Alliance, which allows us to expand on the goal of youth employment.

World Summit. Today’s world is more connected and fastchanging than ever, and as such, Partners is taking the responsibility of playing a more global leadership role. Last year we were selected to host the Second World Summit on Youth Volunteering, and we proposed that it take place in Barranquilla, Colombia, November 3-5, 2011. This event will provide young leaders with an unprecedented opportunity to showcase their accomplishments to the world and advance their service projects and goals. Hosting the Summit is truly an honor for Partners.

And finally, we have restructured the Partners of the Americas Foundation to be more of an operational foundation—one that can receive and manage private and multi-lateral donations and program funding at a lower overhead while also providing financial support to Partners of the Americas, Inc. when needed.

Partners, Inc. will continue to be supported primarily with competitive grant awards from U.S. government agencies such as the Department of State, the Department of Labor, and USAID. “Together we can do more, better” has been the spirit of the leadership that the board and staff bring to our work. We hope you will join us in celebrating the work of Partners and contributing your time and resources to the many programs highlighted in the following pages.

Sincerely,

Steve Vetter President & CEO

Tasso Lugon Chairman of the Board

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EVENTS IN 2010 & IMPACT Partners Connecting Youth

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As the first hemisphere-wide meeting of its kind, the 2010 Youth Ambassador Summit was an historic moment—not just for Partners, but for the Youth Ambassador (YA) program and for youth throughout Latin America.

On December 3-5 in Panama City, Panama, Partners—with support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs and the U.S. Embassy in Panama—hosted 50 youth leaders from 19 countries to launch the International Youth Ambassadors Network (IYAN), which is committed to connecting Youth Ambassadors throughout the Americas. The Summit focused on creating innovative opportunities to help youth develop leadership skills and cultivating a new generation of leaders in the region.

Over three days, youth leaders participated in discussions to share volunteer service project ideas and to learn about organizations and existing resources available to youth in the region. They also participated in the Soy Voluntario workshop to better understand how to work with and engage volunteers. Lastly, they considered how best to form regional networks uniting youth from various countries to support each other and to create new opportunities for development.

As a result of the Summit, attendees elected a Central Leadership Council and seven Working Committees to refine the governance and objectives of IYAN. The working groups are committed to working on the Mission/Vision, Structure, Goals and Roles, Projects, Communication and Integration for network during the interim period.

To guide their work, they also signed a Statement of Commitment, which says, “We, the Youth Ambassadors of the Americas, based on the democratic principles of equality, solidarity, and camaraderie, commit to: build the International Youth Ambassadors Network; consolidate National Youth Ambassador Networks; and work together to reach our dream of a region united for the well-being of all people.”

After Panama, Partners immediately began to observe a positive impact from the event’s activities. One such example is in Peru, where the local network—re-energized by the YA Summit—hosted a workshop financed by Partners’ local chapter to discuss the establishment of the national and international YA communications networks.

“We, the Youth Ambassadors of the Americas...

commit to...work together to reach our

dream of a region united for the well-being

of all people.”

Partners Connecting Networks

In August, Partners collaborated with its Bahia, Brazil chapter to host Brazil: Connect 2010 in Salvador, Bahia. The primary purpose of the event was to study the evolution of the non-profit sector and use that as a basis to lay the groundwork for a National Partners Network in Brazil.

Participants from all over Brazil and eight U.S. states attended, discussing ways of building upon existing networks and furthering interconnectedness in several key areas.

Over the three-day conference, Partners staff, chapters, program participants, outside organizers, and other entities affiliated with chapters met with the following key objectives: strengthening the U.S.-Brazil chapter learning network; sharing effective practices; fostering better networking across chapters; integrating Partners American Fellows and Kellogg Fellows into chapters to build leadership and synergy; discussing music, culture, education, and sport as tools for development.

To answer the key question of how to work together to best connect, serve, and change lives, attendees reached a consensus on several ways to drive communication. Partners and Partners’ chapters will generate more exposure for the work they are doing by tapping into media, schools, and communities. For individual chapters to be able to be better connected, Partners committed to developing a map of chapter connections and a directory of members. Additionally, Partners and its chapters agreed to advance fund-raising strategies and create a mechanism by which chapters are better informed of what other volunteers are doing.

As a result of the event, Brazilian participants planned on collaborating with other chapters and Partners members around Brazil, reviving old chapters, and promoting Partners projects to get more people involved with the organization.

Partners Transcending Chapters

At a Partners regional conference in San Antonio, Texas on February 26-27, 2010, attendees discussed strengthening the Partners network in Mexico and developing new initiatives and alliances that would promote greater collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico, as well as with other countries across the hemisphere.

Partners members from the Mexican chapters of Jalisco, Puebla and Veracruz, and the U.S. chapters of Texas and Oklahoma attended.

Also attending were many individuals from Mexican states and cities who want to get involved with Partners. Many came from states where Partners once had an active chapter; others came from areas where Partners never had an official presence.

Key themes discussed were the importance of engaging youth in a more meaningful way; developing institutional links with other NGOs and organizations that share the vision of Partners; sharing best practices and effective programs for replication in new countries or states with the support of local chapters; and the need for better lines of communication and collaboration to increase the impact of Partners’ network. In order to capture these success stories under the auspices of Partners and label them accordingly, attendees came to a consensus on an effective membership structure that creates lower barriers of entry to those who wanted to form part of the US/Mexico Partners network.

Partners Transcending Borders

On October 27-29, 2010, Partners hosted a peer learning event titled Mexico 2010: “Partners Transcending Borders” in Guadalajara, Mexico. It brought together over 100 people from 10 different countries, including ten Mexican states and three U.S. states.

The event highlighted Partners as a unique organization in creating a lasting and important impact in our communities and lives. Each attendee came away with a better understanding of Partners’ ongoing programs, our philosophy of creating alliances to strengthen volunteers’ work, and of the unique approaches that members across the hemisphere have taken to address pressing issues that face their communities.

Leaders from Mexican universities, NGOs, foundations, and the private sector were able to learn about initiatives and strategies across the Partners network and share their successful programs and projects. Some of these initiatives included the A Ganar program in Ciudad Juarez; cross sector initiatives in Guadalajara that coordinate efforts of universities, NGOs, and government to support youth; rural health and community development programs; and a youth exchange model that has been ongoing for over three decades. Volunteers from chapters from as far away as Espirito Santo, Brazil joined together with individuals from Mexico to share their projects and effective practices with the purpose of strategically expanding Partners’ network in Mexico.

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OUR PROGRAMS Youth Ambassadors

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Sponsored by: U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Youth Ambassadors (YA) is a cultural exchange program for high school age youth in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the U.S. Participating youth travel to their counterpart country for a journey that develops their leadership skills, builds their understanding of volunteerism, and fosters mutual understanding and cooperation across the Americas. They accomplish these objectives through meaningful interactions with host families, peers, volunteers, civil society organizations, and public officials. The cornerstone of this program are the Leadership in Action community service projects in which youth delegations work together with their communities and the Partners network to implement small projects that reflect the spirit of exchange and service.

In 2010—and for the first time ever—Partners began implementing the YA program in the Caribbean region (Jamaica and Antigua & Barbuda); by 2012, it will spread to three more countries: Belize, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. Additionally, the YA team began working to create the foundations for a broader Partners youth leadership curriculum and program, which will incorporate Partners’ methodologies for developing civicallyminded youth leaders and will work with potential collaborators to custom tailor programs around various thematic areas, such as climate change and agricultural sustainability.

American Fellows

Sponsored by: U.S. Department of State The American Fellows Program fosters long-term, international linkages between the public and private sectors of the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean through the exchange of methods, techniques, and expertise between professionals and their organizations. The program offers Fellows a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience, establish valuable institutional relationships, and expand their knowledge through 4-8 week fellowships in a host organization in a partnering country. Since 2003, Partners has worked with 209 Fellows from 26 countries to build the capacity of small and medium sized enterprises; expand venture capital and international trade; promote cooperation between government officials on issues such as public health, justice system reform, environmental justice and affordable housing; and work with communities and local officials to improve systems for disaster preparedness, disaster response, and climate change adaptation.

Education and Culture

Sponsored by: U.S. Department of State’s Office of Citizen Exchanges The Education and Culture Program supports travel, projects and events designed to facilitate person-to-person exchanges that lead to learning, cultural understanding and building bridges among volunteers, institutions and communities through enduring partnerships. Each year, Partners offers approximately 75 travel exchange grants to chartered Partners chapters for qualified volunteer professionals to visit their counterpart chapters for an organized 10-day visit. The program also awards approximately 15 small projects grants to support local, community-based projects within the Partners network and their local allies. Peer Learning events respond to the requests from chapters to share their best practices, creating a learning-rich network of volunteers that capitalizes on the lessons learned from successful projects and exchanges. In 2010, two events in priority countries—Brazil and Mexico—brought local institutions and Partners chapters together to build networks around the themes of citizen safety and youth empowerment, social inclusion and economic empowerment, and community solutions to address social problems such as the environment.

John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer to Farmer Program

Sponsored by: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) The Farmer to Farmer Program takes a people-to-people approach to sustainable agricultural development. The program links U.S. technical experts with small- and medium-scale producers, farm organizations, cooperatives, and related agricultural enterprises to increase productivity, profitability, and access to markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. Farmer to Farmer increases the competitiveness and effectiveness of select value chains while giving U.S. agriculturalists the opportunity to share their knowledge and benefit from cultural exchange. The Farmer to Farmer program promotes economic growth, increases food security, and protects the Western Hemisphere’s natural resources.

Bolivia Gender-Based Violence Reduction Program

Sponsored by: U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Partners is leading an effort in Bolivia to reduce gender-based violence by changing attitudes; increasing the ability of municipal government and private institutions to provide services to victims; and empowering women, men, girls, and boys in rural areas. In 2010, the program changed attitudes about violence against women and girls through public awareness efforts including radio programs, public dialogues, training for legal and healthcare providers, and a youth program that raised awareness among high school students through a rap music and graffiti art contest. Partners and the local implementing organization, Construir, worked intensively with local NGOs in La Paz, Oruro, Tarija, Cochabamba, and Riberalta. Those organizations formed regional Violence Prevention Networks with local organizations and are successfully advocating with municipal governments for increased funding and training for the organizations that serve domestic violence survivors.

Edúcame Primero

Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Labor Edúcame Primero was implemented to withdraw Colombian atrisk children and youth from exploitative labor through increased educational opportunities, public awareness campaigns, and improving the public and private sector’s organizational capacity to address this problem. Geographically, the program spanned four major cities with the cooperation of 10 regional organizations to run 183 Spaces for Growth. The program directly benefited 10,200 children and youth and incorporated 4,127 parents and tutors in the process. More than 171 individuals were certified on the Quantum Learning methodology, Spaces for Growth and Spaces for Entrepreneurship, implemented during the course of the program. In addition, 290 public school teachers in Cartagena, Barranquilla, Bogota, and Cali were certified. The Government of Colombia, through its Presidential Initiative, Acción Social, joined the program with additional funding for implementation in Boyacá, impacting an additional 400 children.

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OUR PROGRAMS The A Ganar Alliance

Sponsored by: The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank and the USAID Started in 2005 as a pilot program in Brazil, Ecuador and Uruguay, with support by the MIF, A Ganar (titled “Vencer” in Brazil) uses soccer and other team sports to motivate and help youth transform the skills they develop on the field into the market-driven vocational skills and attitudes that today’s employers seek. A Ganar graduates aim to gain formal employment, become entrepreneurs or return to the formal education system. In 2009, USAID agreed to expand the program to four Caribbean countries (Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines).

In 2010, the MIF agreed to expand the program further to Argentina, Colombia, Haiti and Mexico. The collaboration between major donors, Partners and the network of coordinating and implementing organizations resulted in the A Ganar Alliance. By the end of 2010 over 5,000 youth had participated in the eleven-country program.

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Vencedoras

Sponsored by: Nike Foundation with support from the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank Vencedoras is a unique part of the A Ganar Alliance. Built upon A Ganar/Vencer, it is a soccer-based economic empowerment program for adolescent girls and young women in Brazil. By 2012, over 1,400 girls will participate in a comprehensive program that includes employability as well as technical and entrepreneurial skills training. Each girl is mentored by a Partners volunteer and will complete a service learning project. Vencedoras is part of a global effort by the Nike Foundation, known as the Girl Effect, to demonstrate the power and benefits of investing in girls.

Youth Sports Management Exchange

Sponsored by: The SportsUnited office in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Since 2006, Partners has managed a series of sport-based exchanges for coaches, administrators and leaders of programs for youth. In 2010, Partners was awarded a grant to conduct the Youth Sports Management Exchange (YSME) for youth sports leaders in Colombia, Ecuador and their partner states of Florida, South Carolina, Massachusetts and Kentucky. YSME celebrates bonds shared through diverse sports by the people and leaders in all participant communities to positively impact the lives of young people. Through exchanges, workshops, and small projects, the program provides opportunities for greater youth involvement in sports programs in financially challenging circumstances, helping leaders better manage those programs, and helping them learn skills to become financially sustainable.

CONTRIBUTORS

Whether you choose to donate to Partners of the Americas by giving your volunteer time or by contributing financially, we are grateful for your support.

Listed below are the individuals, corporations, foundations, government agencies, multilateral institutions and other partners that allowed us to change lives across the hemisphere in 2010.

LIFETIME GIVING Sustaining Ambassadors $20,000 and above Alan Berkeley Bernard & Carolyn Hamilton Elizabeth Hill Jerry Perpich Stephen Murphy Friends of Pixote Literacy Fund $10,000 - $19,000 Anonymous Luis Brito Malcolm Butler Lois Fish Frederick Heldring Virginia Hubbell Mary Laschober Paula Laschober Raymond Laschober William Reese William Stedman Deborah Szekely Maurine Venters

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$5,000 - $9,999 C. Dean Allen Art Dohrman Hector de Lara Lacey Gude Jan Hertzberg Steven Laschober Matthew Lee Edmea McCarty Robert Raiche Alicia Reid Manuel Rodriguez-Fiol Harry Ruffalo Diani Santucci Charles & Dorothy Wampler Patricia Williams Wilbur Zielke Gifts in 2010 Ambassadors - $1,000 and above Mr. & Mrs. Alan Berkeley Jerome Karwowski Paula Laschober Matthew Lee Luis & Zully Prieto Patrons - $500 - $999 Eugenio Bonaventura Jose Mario Corona Horacio & Tania Correa Guillermo Lockhart Benefactors - $250 - $499 Erik Brand Art Dohrman Jeremy Slezak Sponsors - $100 - $249 Rogerio Almeida Sorrel Brown Inez Costanzo Elizabeth DaSilva Andrew Egan Melissa Golladay Edward Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. Jason Edward Kearns Sheila Leiss

Hugh McKellar Shackford Pitcher Jane Soler Frank Suggs Timothy Temple Howard Turner Leslie Whipkey Patricia Hill Williams Foundations Asocoflores Corpoeducation Fundación Cedecur Fundación Colombianos Apoyando Colombianos Fundación El Camino Fundación MAC Fundación Mamonal Fundación Para el Desarrollo del Niño, la Familia y la Comunidad Fundación Renacer Fundación Sur Futuro Fundación Telefónica, Colombia Fútbol Con Corazón Nike Foundation Private Sector Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment C.I Spataro Napoli Caja de Compensación Familiar COMFANDI Caja de Compensación Familiar del Cauca COMFACAUCA CEACA–Vila Centro Boliviano-Americano Centro Colombo-Americano, Medellín Centro Cultural Peruano-Norteamericano Centro Venezolano-Americano Children International Coca Cola Corporación Volver a la Gente Devils Gulch Ranch Ecuadorian Bi-National Center (Centro Ecuatoriano - Norteamericano) EWA Travel Healing Spirits Herb Farm ICANA Instituto Cultural Chileno-Norteamericano Justin Hackworth Photography Liberty Seguros, Colombia Mercy Corps Mountain Honey Potomac Conservancy Retail-Feed & Farm Supply Save the Children, Colombia Sunnyside Gardens Telesoluções Venezuelan Bi-National Center (Centro Venezolano–Norteamericano) Alliances Adult and Continuing Education, St. Vincent and the Grenadines AGA S.A. America SCORES Asociación Compañeros de las Américas Capitulo Sur Occidente Colombiano Brookings Institution Caribbean Healthy Lifestyles Program CASMAC Centro Educacional da Criança e do Adolescente Lidia dos Santos - CEACA Children International, Colombia Children International, Dominican Republic Colombianos Apoyando Colombianos

Community Achievers Project Critical Exposure Cruzada Estudiantil DC SCORES DevTech Systems, Inc. Ecos do Futuro EDUCA Escola de Gente Comunicação em Inclusão ESPEA Florida Assoc. for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas, Inc. (FAVACA) Foundation Espoir Friends of Haiti Fundación Colombianitos Fundación Comunitaria de la Frontera Norte Fundación Fanalca Fundación Fe y Alegría Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar Instituto Companheiros das Americas Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral Instituto El Abrojo Instituto Elo Amigo International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) Jamaica Cricket Association KaBOOM! Kintyre Hope Flats Benevolent Society L’Athletique d’Haiti Liberty Lodge Boys Training Centre Marion House Ministry of National Education, Colombia Ministry of Social Protection, Colombia Para Crecer Peace Corps, Jamaica Rede de Esportes pela Mudança Social, Brasil Samanenses Ausentes Save the Children, Dominican Republic Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje SENA St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association The DREAM Project Universidad Especialidades Turísticas Universidad Técnica Equinoccial Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo Violence Prevention Alliance and Whole Life Ministries, Jamaica Youth Affairs Department of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Youth Opportunities Unlimited Youth Service America International Institutions & Multilateral Organizations CINDE Inter-American Development Bank Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank Organization of American States Government Alta Consejería para la Prosperidad Social, Colombia Colegio Alfonso Palacio Rudas Colegio Raíces del Futuro Escuela Superior de Administración Pública ESAP Florida Department of Agriculture Museo de Arte del Tolima NC Cooperative Extension, Pasquotank County Center New Jersey Department of Agriculture North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Plant Industry Division Office of Rep. Betty McCollum - MN

Office of Senator John Barrasso - WY Office of Senator Kay Hutchison - TX Office of Senator Lamar Alexander - TN Office of Senator Mark Pryor - AR Office of Senator Max Baucus - MT Office of Senator Patty Murray - WA Office of Senator Roland Burris - IL Office of Senator Sam Brownback - KS Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture U.S Agency for International Development Colombia U.S. Agency for International Development U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Department of State U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs U.S. Department of State Office of Citizen Exchanges U.S. Embassy to Argentina U.S. Embassy to Barbados U.S. Embassy to Bolivia U.S. Embassy to Brazil U.S. Embassy to Chile U.S. Embassy to Colombia U.S. Embassy to Ecuador U.S. Embassy to Jamaica U.S. Embassy to Nicaragua U.S. Embassy to Panama U.S. Embassy to Paraguay U.S. Embassy to Peru U.S. Embassy to Uruguay U.S. Embassy to Venezuela Universities Alamo College Alcorn State University Brandeis University Clemson University Club Malvín Club Nacional de Fútbol Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Delaware Eau Claire University of Wisconsin El País Elizabethtown College Escuela Superior Politécnica Ecológica Amazonia Estudios Posadas Florida A&M University Fucvam Fundación Universidad del Norte Itaú Kansas State University Louisiana State University Northwest Kansas Technical College Paul Smiths College, School of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University Rutgers University Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Univ. of Arkansas Fayetteville Univ. of California Cooperative Extension Univ. of Delaware Univ. of Kentucky Univ. of Richmond Univ. of Washington, Seattle Univ. of Wisconsin Univ. of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Univ. of Wisconsin - Extension Univ. of Wyoming Virginia Tech University - Blacksburg

THANK YOU

Partners of the Americas wishes to thank all of you who have joined us in our efforts to connect, serve and change lives.

Partners of the Americas is an international network that promotes social and economic development in the Americas through leadership, voluntary service, and development programs. Our mission is to connect individuals, volunteers, institutions, businesses, and communities to serve and to change lives through lasting partnerships. Partners envisions an interconnected hemisphere that maximizes the social and economic potential, and leverages the full diversity, of the Americas.

Founded in 1964, Partners is a private non-profit, non-partisan organization with international offices in Washington, DC. At the heart of Partners is the “people-to-people” philosophy that grew out of a 1962 call by President John F. Kennedy for citizens of the Western Hemisphere to work together. Inspired by the challenge, Jim Boren, one of our founders, envisioned a two-way network of volunteer partnerships that would enable everyday people to contribute to the Americas.

Today, Partners has evolved into 120 volunteer chapters linked in 60

partnerships. Chapters in U.S. states form partnerships with chapters in countries or states in Latin America and the Caribbean. Each volunteer chapter is organized as a private, nonprofit institution with by-laws and regularly-elected officers. Partnerships build cultural awareness, respect and camaraderie. They create and implement projects that improve the quality of life of others. Each chapter reaches out to its respective community, state, or country to leverage in-kind and financial contributions to support this work, multiplying each dollar invested by as much as $10 in donated goods and services.

Men and women from all walks of life are part of the Partners family.

Besides the time and technical abilities donated by volunteers, a number of major corporations, foundations and government agencies support our work.

Partners of the Americas welcomes all individuals and organizations willing to share their skills and work toward greater international cooperation among the people of the Western Hemisphere. For more information about how you or your company can donate or volunteer, visit www.Partners.net.

BOARDS PARTNERS OF THE AMERICAS INCORPORATED Chairman Mr. Tasso de Castro Lugon Retired Judge Espiritu Santo, Brazil Vice Chair Ms. Alison McKellar Consultant, Director of Nonprofit, Global Opportunity Garden Camden, Maine Treasurer Dr. Paula J. Laschober Electric Utility Economist/Financial Manager & University Business Professor Seattle, Washington

Econ. Yraima Méndez de Delgado Economist Caracas, Venezuela

Mr. Jerome Karwowski Financial Advisor Indianapolis, Indiana

Mr. Tibério Paula Pedrosa Monteiro University Professor and Lawyer Pernambuco, Brazil

Mr. Stephen Murphy Senior Advisor, Pacific Northwest Advisors Seattle, Washington

Dr. Maurice A. Sterns Founder and Executive Director of QSD International Chevy Chase, Maryland

Class B Directors Dr. Patricia Hill Williams Ed.D, CEO/President, PHW Associates; Former Vice President, External Affairs, Farmingdale State University N. Babylon, New York

Dr. Francis Wardle Writer; Professor, Red Rocks Community College and University of Phoenix Denver, Colorado

Treasurer Dr. Paula J. Laschober Chairman Emeritus Frederick Heldring Chairman and President, First Union Bank Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert R. McMillan, Esq. Bee Ready Fishbein Hatter & Donovan, LLP; Former Chair and Current Member, Panama Canal Commission

President, Partners of the Americas Mr. Stephen G. Vetter (ex officio)

John Dickson Former Director for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Mr. Tasso de Castro Lugon

Mr. Stephen G. Vetter President and CEO, Partners of the Americas Washington, D.C.

Members Dr. Christopher Bennett Senior Dental Surgeon Belize City, Belize

Mr. Matthew Lee, Jr. Account Manager, Xerox Corporation Marietta, Georgia

Mr. Eugenio (Geno) Bonaventura Supply Chain Mechanical Engineering Manager, Motorola, Inc. Chicago, IL

Legal Counsel Alan J. Berkeley, Esq. Kirkpatrick and Lockhart Washington, D.C.

Mr. Antonio Marcus Carvalho Machado University Professor Espiritu Santo, Brazil

PARTNERS OF THE AMERICAS FOUNDATION Class A Directors Chairman Mr. Matthew Lee, Jr. Account Manager, Xerox Corporation Marietta, Georgia

PARTNERS OF THE AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Thomas C. Ramey Trustee of The Brookings Institution; Former Chair of Liberty International and Liberty Mutual Group; Director of AXIS Capital Holdings; Former VP for the Inter-American Foundation

Secretary Mr. Erik Brand General Manager, Publisher of Latin America Advisor for InterAmerican Dialogue Lakeville, Minnesota

Barry Gaberman Former Executive Vice President of the Ford Foundation; Chairman of the Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support; Trustee of Board Source

Mrs. Betty Gálvez de Reyes Executive Director, Committee for the Integration & Reconstruction of El Salvador (CIRES) Santa Tecla, El Salvador

Stephan Hittman President of the 911 Fund Deborah Szekely Former President of the Inter-American Foundation; Chairman of the Szekely Foundation; Member of the Board of Council on Foundations; Internationally Known and Respected Business Leader

Secretary Dr. Guillermo (Willy) Lockhart Veterinarian Montevideo, Uruguay

Lic. José Mario Corona D. Business Owner and Administrator Jalisco, Mexico

Jack Shakely Chairman of the Center for Philanthropic and Public Policy at the University of Southern California; Former President of the California Community Foundation; Author on Development Issues for the New York Times, Washington Post, et al.; Novelist

Board Liaison Michael Sayre (ex officio)

PARTNERSHIPS Alabama/Guatemala Arkansas/Santa Cruz, Bolivia Colorado/Minas Gerais, Brazil; Alagoas, Brazil Connecticut/Paraiba, Brazil Delaware/Panama District of Columbia/Brasilia, Brazil Eastern Pennsylvania/Bahia, Brazil Florida/Eastern & Central Colombia; Northern Colombia Georgia/Pernambuco, Brazil Idaho/Cuenca, Ecuador; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Riobamba, Ecuador

Illinois/Sao Paolo, Brazil Indiana/Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Iowa/Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Kansas/Paraguay Kentucky/Quito, Ecuador Louisiana/El Salvador Maine/Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Maryland/Estado do Rio, Brazil Massachusetts/Antioquia, Colombia Michigan/Belize/Dominican Republic Minnesota/Uruguay Mississippi/Guyana/Trinidad Missouri/Para, Brazil Montana/Patagonia, Argentina Nebraska/Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil New Jersey/Haiti New York—Long Island/St. Vincent New York— Lower Hudson New York—Rochester/Antigua and Barbuda North Carolina/Cochabamba, Bolivia Ohio Oklahoma/Jalisco, Mexico; Puebla, Mexico Oregon/Costa Rica South Carolina/Pasto, Narino, Colombia; Southwestern Colombia Tennessee/Venezuela Texas/Peru/Verzcruz, Mexico Utah/La Paz, Bolivia Vermont/Honduras Virginia/Santa Catarina, Brazil Washington/Chile Western New York/Jamaica West Virginia/Espiritu Santa, Brazil Wisconsin, Nicaragua Wyoming/Goias, Brazil

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