AmCham Events and Committee Meetings

Construction & Envi-

ronmental Committees,

12:00 noon, Thursday,

June 25 at AmCham.

AmCham will be

Closed on July 1st for

the Presidential Instal-

lation.

Legislation & Taxation

Committee, 7:30 PM,

Thursday, July 2 at Am-

Cham.

ODHC Committee,

12:00 noon, Thursday,

July 2 at AmCham.

E-learning is the next

step in distance educa-

tion. The Committee has

invited representatives

from INADEH, Frito-

Lay and the ACP to form

a panel discussion “E-

learning as an Alternati-

ve to Training.”

Amcham NEWs

JUNE 24, 2009

Networking is our business

Phone: 301-3881 Fax 301-3882

amcham@panamcham.com

Aquilino de la Guardia Ave and 47 St, Ocean Business Plaza Bldg, 17 floor.

AmCham member Mi

Oportunidad is a sub-

contractor for a U.S. State

Departmen t -approved

cultural 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 candidates have

successfully completed

their USA work-study

programs and have

Billingual Employee Candidates:

returned to Panama. They

are bilingual and available

for interviews at no cost to

AmCham members. Their

résumés are available at amcham@panamcham.com

All of the candidates are

looking for permanent,

full-time daytime posi-

tions. Those currently

taking university courses

in Panama City are in

evening programs that will

not affect a day job.

Melissa Pineda: Currently studying International Busi-

ness 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 Interamerica-

na; 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 Universities in Chiriqui.

Karla Him Petrocelli: BS in Tourism (Hotels), Univer-

sidad Latina de Panamá; working on a degree in Public

Relations at the University of Panamá.

Please make checks out to “American Chamber of Commerce.”

Most banks, including

ours, are now rejecting

acronyms on checks. Con-

sequently, they are not

accepting checks made

out to “PANAMCHAM,”

“ A m C h a m , ” o r

“AmCham Panama.”

Please let your accounting

office make checks out to:

“American Chamber of Commerce.”

“Panama Bay Conserva-

tion Plan” was the topic

of the last environmental

committee on June 16 at

AmCham.

Thirty people came to

heard the presentation by

Leslie Enrique Marín

Rosabel Miró from the

Panama Audubon Soci-

ety.

Environmental Committee

Photo: Environmental Committee

Chair: L. Jennifer Simpson.

Member LLORENTE &

CUENCA has developed

a new area of specializa-

tion in Public Affairs and

a web site to provide its

clients with up-to-date

information on govern-

ment and institutional

affairs, covering news

from the Legislature and

the Government and also

profiling the principal

decision makers in Pa-

nama. The web site will

be available to all Am-

Cham members free of

charge until July eighth.

All you have to do is

c l i c k h e r e :

www.llyc-actualidadpana

ma.com, register by pro-

viding an email address

and you will be provided

a user name and pass-

word.

Thanks to an agreement

between AmCham and

Llorente & Cuenca, Am-

Cham members will re-

ceive a 15% discount

over the $1,500.00 per

month regular price. The

discount is available for a

group of five or more, so

if you are interested

please contact Jilma Ba-

tista at 301-3881 or amcham@panamcham.com.

New offer from Llorente & Cuenca

José Gabriel Montenegro

Porcell is the chair of Real

Estate Committee.

Montenegro is currently

General Manager of Cold-

well Banker Blue Centro

America, and is in charge

of the development of the

real estate franchise busi-

ness in Panama, El Salva-

dor, Belize, Nicaragua,

Honduras and Guatemala.

A graduate in Business

Administration and Mar-

keting from Florida State

University, Jose Gabriel

has had ample experience

in the Central American

business community

through his positions at

Johnson & Johnson Cen-

tral America, where he

was Sales & Marketing

Director, and as Director

of the Panamanian Small

Business Administration.

Other positions he has

held include General

Manager of a Financial

Newspaper in Panamá.

AMCHAM PERSONALITY

Photo: Real Estate Committee. Chair: José Gabriel “Curro” Montenegro.

The Real Estate Commit-

tee Meeting was held on

June 16 at AmCham.

The principal topic of the

meeting was to organize

the annual Real Estate

forum for August, with

the title “The Economical

Impact of the real estate

sector.”

This meeting was at-

tended by Donna Siem-

brasse (Sanchiz, Siem-

brasse & Associates);

Gail Geerling, Blanca

Sánchez (American Air-

lines); Felix Carles

(Bienes Raíces y Seguros

Carles); C.E. Maurice

Belanger, José Gabriel

Montenegro (Coldwell

Banker); Greg Gooding

(SLM Panama Inc); Edgar

Peregrina (TuCasa) and

Carlos Wilson (Gimar

Real Estate and Develop-

ers).

Real Estate Committee

There have been several

new additions and a few

updates (with increased

discounts) to the Member

Discount Program.

Check out the new offers

at www.panamcham.com/

members/discount.asp.

Member Discount Program

Minister designate visits AmCham

On June 19th Roberto

Henríquez, Commerce

I n d u s t r i e s M i n i s -

ter-designate visited Am-

Cham to have lunch with

the members of the

Boards of Directors of

Amcham and USPA.

During this meeting they

discussed the challenges

that the governments of

Panama and USA face for

completing the Free Trade

Agreement between them.

Photo: Thomas Kenna, AmCham President; Roberto Henríquez, Appointed Minister; and Annette Cárdenas, USPA President.