Each DEC member has special expertise in international trade and is dedicated to helping businesses in our state develop global sales.
South Florida DEC Executive Committee
Ralph MacNamara
South Florida: DEC Chair
Principal
Kaufman Rossin
Jim Anzalone
South Florida DEC: Co-Chair
Owner – Compliance Assurance
www.WeAreCompliant.com
Dan Jacobson
South Florida DEC: Treasurer Partner – Akerman, LLP
Eduardo Torres
South Florida DEC: Executive Secretary
Director, U.S. Export Assistance Center – South Florida
Trade.gov
South Florida DEC Members
U. Desmond Alufohai
Director
Protocol & International Affairs Division
Miami International Airport
Manny Mencia
CEO, MAM International Consultants
Chairman, World Trade Center Miami
Liane Ventura Guerra
Senior Vice President, International Business, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director, Greater Miami Foreign Trade Zone #32
Martin A. Barrios
President
Imexcousa
Glenn Cooper
President & Attorney At Law
Cooper Legal Consulting, P.A.
Glenn A. Wiltshire Deputy Port Director
Port Everglades
Joe A. Cortez
President, International Trade Advisors
(former U.S. Department of Commerce – U.S.Census Bureau Trade Regulations Chief )
Jennifer Diaz
Board Certified International Attorney & President
Diaz Trade Law, P.A.
Robert Jones
President
Global Business Synergies
Sandra D. Marin Ruiz
Assistant Vice President
SBDC – FAU
Olga Ramudo
President & CEO
Express Travel (a Gray Dawes company)
Carolina Rendeiro
Chief Marketing & Development Officer
Connect2Global, inc.
Pamela Fuentes
Berti Dean, Miguel B. Fernandez School of Global Business, Trade & Transportation
www.mdc.edu
Kelly Poppen
Past Chair – Study Florida Consortium
Director, International Student & Scholar Services – Florida International University
Johana A. Reyes
General Manager
Jarhtrade
Monica Richardson-Morley
CEO-Mamachas Trading
SVP Business Development
Palladio Beauty Group
and
International Business Development
Townley Girl
Jose Rojas
Partner
ROJASLAW
Pierre Taschereau
Interim Regional Director, Business Consultant www.fau.edu/sbdc/
Gerardo Ramirez
CEO EV GARAGE
Sales, Export, and Maintenance of electric vehicles
EV Garage
Mary Freeman
President Designer & Manufacturer of Laboratory Instruments
Awareness Technology, Inc.
Dr. Joseph Ganitsky
Professor of Professional Practice
Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami
Mario D. Giovanni
Senior Government Affairs Advisor
FedEx, Latin American and Caribbean
JairoRivera
VP of Global Sales
ETECH Simulation
Monica Patino
President – Co Founder
Miami International Promoters LLC
Rebeca Olavarrieta
Owner
Roco Performance dba Roco4x4
Elizabeth Kaufman
Owner
Carlos A. Somoza
International Tax Principal-Tax Advisory Services
LinkedIn
www.kaufmanrossin.com
Eduardo Waddington
CEO