International Business & Trade
Team Leaders:
Hon. Chip LaMarca, Broward County Board of County Commissioners; Randy Avon, CEO Asian Pacific Development
Corp., Trustee FTAA, # 954.315-1760; Eve-Iris Wittmann,
CEO Advanced Global Network;
Team Members:
Sen. George Firestone, Special Envoy to the Consular Corps; Ambassador Donna
Hrinak, Kraft Foods; Ambassador Chuck Cobb; Hon. Allen West, Member of
Congress, Philip Allen, Port Director, Port Everglades; Ambassador Helio Vitor
Ramos Filho- Consul General- Republic of Brazil; Senator Ron Silver; Eduardo
Cardounel, CEO/ Caribbean Land Development Group LTD;
Hon. Jim Naugle- Former Mayor, City of Fort Lauderdale; Rene Quinn, Mellon
United National Bank; Ambassador Max Kampelman; Larry Behar Esq./Immigration
Florida.Com; Peg Buchan - asst. to the Port director, Port Everglades; Cesar Bueno, Trade Commissioner/Republic of Mexico; Brian Dean,
Executive Director Gateway Florida, Inc.; Hon. Carmenza Jaramillo-Consul
General of Colombia; Jorge Arrizurieta, Akerman Senterfitt; Nuccia McCormick-
Chairman Emeritus-Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities International; Tim Leixner, esq.
Holland and Knight; Hon. Ed Oppel/ Port Commissioner, Port of Palm Beach; John
Bauer, Honorary Consul General for Guatemala/Basic Food International; Hon.
Dupouy Grez Jorge- Consul General- Republic of Brazil; Ruchel Louis, Fort
Lauderdale Economic Development Advisory Board; Dr. Mike Mullen, Florida
Atlantic University; Peter Quinter, Becker & Poliakoff; Robert O. Cash, esq.-
Asian Pacific Development Corp.; Tamara Peacock, the Tamara Peacock Company;
Floyd Johnson, former City Manager of the City of Fort Lauderdale; Frank Rosso,
CEO- Empire Global Energy; Angelo Macatangay, M.D., Consul General for the
Philippines; Carlos Buqueras, Port Everglades; Bill Crouch, former Director
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport; Hon. Jeff Atwater, CFO, state of Florida;
Marty Kurtz, CPA; Deborah Wilkinson, Broward County Office of Economic &
Small Business Development; Jair Almeida, International Business Council of
Florida; Ambassador Simon Ferro; Al Zucaro, World Trade Center of the Palm
Beaches and the Treasure Coast; Ken Most, Sister Cities International,
Lauderdale-by-the Sea; Jon Gunlach, Global Business Resources; Tiffany
Delit-Garcia, Sr. V.P., Asian Pacific Development Corp.; Dr. Pablo Guzman; Alejandra
Collarte, Alejandra Collarte & Associates; Richard Rendina, CEO- Mizner
Grande; Art Bond, CEO-Bond Building Systems; Gilbert Fiorentino, Founder, Tiger
Direct; David Ames- CEO- Green Energy Development Corp.
Mission:
It is the mission of the International Business and Trade Committee to raise
the awareness of Broward business and community leaders of the importance and
impact that international business has in our lives. To accomplish this, the
team has completed key meetings with state, national, and international leaders
who deal with international policy, state grants, and the Department of
Commerce assistance programs. The team will work to promote international
programs and trade missions. The team will assist Broward companies who have a
technology that they wish to export with WWW.OPIC.GOV,
Exim bank, USAID, IFC/World Bank, InterAmerican Development Bank, U.S.
Commercial services; and other international organizations.
Issues:
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Work with our Legislative delegation, the Broward County Commission, south Florida Ports, and other governmental entities to grow international imports and exports for south Florida.
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Work with Florida-based Consul Generals to coordinate trade programs between Broward and South Florida businesses and the 64 nations that they represent.
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Work with County and State leaders to gain support from the Florida Legislature for incentives for Port Everglades.
Date Submitted: 10/31/11