Am Cham News,January 21, 2010
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AMCHAM NEWS Networking is our business JANUARY 21, 2010 Phone: 301-3881 Fax: 301-3882 [email protected] www.panamcham.com Aquilino de la Guardia Ave and 47 St, Ocean Business Plaza Bldg, 17 floor. AmCham Events and Committee Meetings Environmental Committee, 12:00 noon, Tuesday, Janu- ary 26 at AmCham. The topic for this meeting will be: “The formation of a Panama Green Building Council.” Tourism Committee, 12:00 noon, Wednesday, January 27 at AmCham. Organizational Development & Human Capital-ODHC Com- mittee, 12:00 noon, Thurs- day, January 28 at AmCham. The members will hear Wis- ton Uzcátegui, Panama Site Project Manager from Procter & Gamble, speak about “P&G’s Experience moving its regional offices to Panama: lessons learned.” Information & Communica- tion Technology-ICT Commit- tee, 12:00 noon, Friday, January 29 at AmCham. AmCham offers a 10% dis- count on your annual mem- bership dues for payments in full made before January 31, 2010. Remember to check our web- site: www.panamcham.com , and look at your company page to see if we need to up- date it. Send your new infor- mation to María Florencia: [email protected] US Department of States The US Embassy invites all US citizens who are interested in testing for the Foreign Service Career to access http:// careers.state.gov/ . The US Department of State is the lead US Foreign affairs agency, hiring for the Foreign Service and State Department Civil Service for work in State Department offices in the U.S. and over 265 posts abroad. Career options: Foreign Service Officer Foreign Service Specialist Civil Service Jobs in Iraq Jobs in Afghanistan Local Employment in U.S. Employment in U.S. Embassy and Consulates abroad. The next test window will be in February and March 2010. To support the develop- ment of tourism infra- structure for the Na- tional Parks, Nancy Hanna, Chair of Am- Cham's Tourism Com- mittee spearheaded an initiative for a National Parks Master Plan devel- oped by the recognized national park experts Andrew and Beth Coates of Cresolus of Gamboa. Four Amcham compa- nies donated funds for the Master Plan: Cerve- cería Nacional, AES Panama, Pana- mainfo.com and Lead- ership Technologies, Inc. (FranklinCovey). The plan was accepted by Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM) Minister Javier Arias, and funding for the ini- tial implementation was provided by ANAM and the Autoridad de Tur- ismo de Panamá (ATP). Today, work has already started for creating a viable tourism infra- structure in Volcán Barú and Soberanía National Parks. AmCham National Parks Initiative Takes Off Photo: Alejandro Felix de Souza ( Cervecería Nacional), Vera Tatiana Muñoz ( AES Panamá), Adrian Bennedetti, Nancy Han- na( AmCham Tourism Chair), José Gabriel Miralles ( Leaders- hip Technology– FranklinCovey) Billingual Employee Candidates: AmCham member Mi Oportunidad is a subcontractor for a U.S. State Department- 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 returned to Panama. They are bilingual and available for interviews at no cost to AmCham members. Their résumés are available at [email protected] All of the candidates are looking for permanent, full-time daytime positions. Those currently taking university courses in Panama City are in evening programs that will not affect a day job. Stefany Miguelena: B.S. in Industrial Engineering Administration from Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua. Rafaela Sánchez Mendieta: B.A. in Journalism, University of Panama. Ana Luzcando: B.A. in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Panama. Nitzia Pena: B.A. in Tourism Administration, University of Panama. Grethel Matute Sánchez: Sixth quarter in Hotel and Tourism Administration, Universidad Interamericana. Selibeth Domínguez Ramírez: Third year of Accounting at Universidad de Panamá and first quarter of Tourism Administration at Universidad del Istmo. Yahila Cárdenas Rodriguez: B.S. in Law and Political Science, Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua. Sunny Cerceño Beitia: B.A. in Business Administration (Banking and Finance) from the Universidad de Panama. On January 19 AmCham together with PanaMan- agement Corporation offered a breakfast to introduce the “Pacific Center for Integrative Medicine”, a new option in therapeutic care in Panama. Integrative medicine takes a holistic approach to health, looking for solutions that do not focus only on ex- ternal treatment of ail- ments but on ways to help the body heal itself. The speakers from Pa- cific Center for Integra- tive Medicine were: Mi- chael Osborn, President; William Osborn, Chair- man; and James Novak, Senior Vice President and Medical Operations Director Pacific Center for Integrative Medicine Photo: William C. Osborn, David Hunt, James A. Novak, Michael Osborn, Juliette Passer.
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Transcript of Am Cham News,January 21, 2010
AMCHAM NEWS Networking is our business
JANUARY 21, 2010
Phone: 301-3881 Fax: 301-3882
[email protected] www.panamcham.com
Aquilino de la Guardia Ave and 47 St, Ocean Business Plaza Bldg, 17 floor.
AmCham Events and Committee Meetings
Environmental Committee, 12:00 noon, Tuesday, Janu-ary 26 at AmCham. The topic for this meeting will be: “The formation of a Panama Green Building Council.”
Tourism Committee, 12:00 noon, Wednesday, January 27 at AmCham.
Organizational Development & Human Capital-ODHC Com-mittee, 12:00 noon, Thurs-day, January 28 at AmCham. The members will hear Wis-ton Uzcátegui, Panama Site Project Manager from Procter & Gamble, speak about “P&G’s Experience moving its regional offices to Panama: lessons learned.”
Information & Communica-tion Technology-ICT Commit-tee, 12:00 noon, Friday, January 29 at AmCham.
AmCham offers a 10% dis-count on your annual mem-bership dues for payments in full made before January 31, 2010.
Remember to check our web-site: www.panamcham.com, and look at your company page to see if we need to up-date it. Send your new infor-mation to María Florencia: [email protected]
US Department of States
The US Embassy invites all US
citizens who are interested in
testing for the Foreign Service
Career to access http://
careers.state.gov/.
The US Department of State is
the lead US Foreign affairs
agency, hiring for the Foreign
Service and State Department
Civil Service for work in State
Department offices in the U.S.
and over 265 posts abroad.
Career options:
Foreign Service Officer
Foreign Service Specialist
Civil Service
Jobs in Iraq
Jobs in Afghanistan
Local Employment in U.S.
Employment in U.S. Embassy
and Consulates abroad.
The next test window will be in
February and March 2010.
To support the develop-ment of tourism infra-structure for the Na-tional Parks, Nancy Hanna, Chair of Am-
Cham's Tourism Com-mittee spearheaded an initiative for a National Parks Master Plan devel-oped by the recognized
national park experts Andrew and Beth Coates of Cresolus of Gamboa. Four Amcham compa-nies donated funds for the Master Plan: Cerve-cería Nacional, AES P a n a m a , P a n a -mainfo.com and Lead-ership Technologies, Inc. (FranklinCovey). The plan was accepted by Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM) Minister Javier Arias, and funding for the ini-tial implementation was provided by ANAM and the Autoridad de Tur-ismo de Panamá (ATP). Today, work has already started for creating a viable tourism infra-structure in Volcán Barú and Soberanía National Parks.
AmCham National Parks Initiative Takes Off
Photo: Alejandro Felix de Souza ( Cervecería Nacional), Vera Tatiana Muñoz ( AES Panamá), Adrian Bennedetti, Nancy Han-na( AmCham Tourism Chair), José Gabriel Miralles ( Leaders-hip Technology– FranklinCovey)
Billingual Employee Candidates:
AmCham member Mi Oportun idad i s a subcontractor for a U.S. State Department-a p p r o v ed c u l t u r a l 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 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 [email protected] All of the candidates are looking for permanent, f u l l - t i m e d a y t i m e positions. Those currently taking university courses in Panama City are in evening programs that will not affect a day job.
Stefany Miguelena: B.S. in Industrial Engineering Administration from Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua. Rafaela Sánchez Mendieta: B.A. in Journalism, University of Panama. Ana Luzcando: B.A. in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Panama. Nitzia Pena: B.A. in Tourism Administration, University of Panama. Grethel Matute Sánchez: Sixth quarter in Hotel and Tourism Administration, Universidad Interamericana. Selibeth Domínguez Ramírez: Third year of Accounting at Universidad de Panamá and first quarter of Tourism Administration at Universidad del Istmo. Yahila Cárdenas Rodriguez: B.S. in Law and Political Science, Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua. Sunny Cerceño Beitia: B.A. in Business Administration (Banking and Finance) from the Universidad de Panama.
On January 19 AmCham together with PanaMan-agement Corporation
offered a breakfast to introduce the “Pacific Center for Integrative
Medicine”, a new option in therapeutic care in Panama. Integrative medicine takes a holistic approach to health, looking for solutions that do not focus only on ex-ternal treatment of ail-ments but on ways to help the body heal itself. The speakers from Pa-cific Center for Integra-tive Medicine were: Mi-chael Osborn, President; William Osborn, Chair-man; and James Novak, Senior Vice President and Medical Operations Director
Pacific Center for Integrative Medicine
Photo: William C. Osborn, David Hunt, James A. Novak, Michael Osborn, Juliette Passer.
