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YABT Headquarters

Young Americas Business Trust

Location and Mailing Address

Young Americas Business Trust
General Secretariat of the
Organization of American States
1889 F Street N.W. # 691
Washington, D.C. 20006

Telephone:

(202) 458-3641

Staff contact info

Name	Position	Phone #	Email
Roy Thomasson	Chief Executive Officer	202-458-3641	rthomasson@oas.org
Luis Viguria	Deputy Executive Director	202-458-6452	lviguria@oas.org
Valerie Lorena	Program Manager	202-458-6442	vlorena@oas.org
Yerutí Méndez	Program Manager	202-458-3512	ymendez@oas.org
Renato Paredes	Financial Manager	202-458-3575	rparedes@oas.org
Gonzalo Rosas	Communications	202-458-3290	grosas@oas.org
Brett Lashley	Program Officer	202-458-3107	brett.lashley@myybiz.net
Adriana Numbela	Program Officer	202-458-6913	adriana.numbela@myybiz.net
Demis Andrade	Program Officer	202-458-6913	demis.andrade@myybiz.net

Country Contacts

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Central America
and Panama

North America

Mexico

National Coordinator
Paola Anzola
(paola.andrea.anzola@gmail.com)

Telephone

(52) 81 2282 7842

United States

Chief Executive Officer
Roy Thomasson
(rthomasson@oas.org)

Deputy Executive Director
Luis Viguria
(lviguria@oas.org)

Telephone

202-458-3641

202-458-6452

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Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda

Main Country Contact
Cicely Norris
OAS Representative (OASAntiguaandBarbuda@oas.org)

Telephone

(268) 462 1284

The Bahamas

Main Country Contact
Cicely Norris
OAS Representative in The Bahamas
(OASAntiguaandBarbuda@oas.org)

Andrew Stanford
Bahamas Development Bank
(astanford@bahamasdevelopmentbank.com)

Telephone

(268) 462 1284

(242) 327 5781

Barbados

Main Country Contacts
Sophia Greaves
Pinelands Creative Workshop
(mgrdc@caribsurf.com)

Rodney Grant
Pinelands Creative Workshop
(pcw_office@caribsurf.com)

Andy White
YABT Trainer
(clive622@gmail.com)

Telephone

(246) 426 1157

(246) 822 4158

(246) 429 3103

Dominica

Main Country Contacts
Jules Pascal
(tccentre@cwdom.dm)

Malcom Wallace
(xwallda@hotmail.com)

Telephone

(767) 448 2401

(767) 445 5250

Dominican Republic

Main Country Contact
Pilar Sandoval
(psandoval@unadr.org)

Telephone

(809) 689 2300 ext 2201

Grenada

Main Country Contact
Francis McBarnette
OAS Representative in Grenada
(OASGrenada@oas.org)

Akarda Ventour
(aventour@ybiz.net)

Telephone

(473) 440 2439

(473) 407 4836

Guyana

National Coordinator
Shawn Benn
(yabtguyinc@myybiz.net)

Telephone

(592) 218 0653

Haiti

National Coordinator
Jimmy Bruce
(jbruce@ybiz.net)

Daniel Jean Louis
(djeanlouis@yabthaiti.org)

Telephone

(509) 246 8266

(509) 246 8266

Jamaica

National Coordinator
Joan C. Neil
OAS Representative in Jamaica
(oas@uwimona.edu.jm)

Jonathan Burke

Telephone

(876) 978 7713
(876) 978 8378

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Main Country Contact
Dave Connor
Ministry of Youth
(dw_connor@yahoo.com)

Telephone

(869) 663 8436

Saint Lucia

Main Country Contact
Perle Alcindor
(perlealcindor@yahoo.com)

Telephone

(758) 468 4248

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Main Country Contact
Anesia Richards
(tourism@caribsurf.com)

Telephone

(784) 457 1502

Suriname

Main Country Contact
Yldiz Beighle
(gbizc@yahoo.com)

Lilian Wiebers
(gbizc@yahoo.com)

Telephone

(597) 425 940

Trinidad and Tobago

Main Country Contact
Yldiz Beighle
(gbizc@yahoo.com)

Lilian Wiebers
(gbizc@yahoo.com)

Telephone

(597) 425 940

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Central America and Panama

Costa Rica

Main Country Contact
Xiomara Pessoa
(xpessoa@costarricence.cr)

Telephone

(506) 826 4968

El Salvador

Main Country Contacts
Miriam Urias
(miliur@navegante.com.sv)

Telephone

(503) 7877 0327

Guatemala

Main Country Contact
Maria Luisa Cruz
(mlcruz@ideamerica.com)

Gabriel Rayo
(garl74@yahoo.com)

Telephone

(502) 52 12 2859

(502) 57 91 5831

Honduras

Main Country Contact
José-Félix Palma
OAS Representative in Honduras
(oeahon@amnettgu.com)

Mariano Torres
National Institute of Youth
(mtflaw@gmail.com)

Telephone

(504) 236 6396

Nicaragua

Main Country Contact
Ricardo Terán
(ricardoj.teran@corporacion.teran.com.ni)

Telephone
(505) 278 8000 ext 146
(505) 857 4500

Panama

National Coordinator
Edgar Maestre
(yabt_panama@myybiz.net)

Telephone
(507) 317 3114 / 317 3100
Fax
(507) 317 0100
Location
Edificio 234, Acelerador de Empresas de Panamá
City of Knowledge, Clayton
Panama City, Panama

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South America

Argentina

Main Country Contacts
Isidoro Defina
(isidoro@fundacionokita.org.ar)

Marcos Amadeo
(mamad@sepyme.gov.ar)

Virgilio Tedin
(vtedin@sepyme.gov.ar)

Telephone

(54-11) 4328 3232

Bolivia

Main Country Contact
Annelisse Arrazola
(annearrazola@gmail.com)

Telephone
(591) 279 3143

Brazil

National Coordinators
Felix Muniz
(felix.muniz@ybiz.org.br)

Alexandre Caruso
(alexandre.caruso@hlag.com)

Telephone

(55) 71 3311 7520
(55) 71 8825 6876
Location
Av Prof Magalhães Neto, 1752, Sala 202, Ed Lena Empresarial
Salvador, Bahía - Brazil

Chile

Main Country Contact
Anibal Pinto
(accionemprendedora@yahoo.com)

Victor Martínez
(vmartinez@octantis.cl)

Telephone

(562) 630 3024

(562) 369 3578

Colombia

Main Country Contact
Julián Castiblanco
(redexpocolombia@yahoo.com)

Catalina Escobar
(catalina.escobar@makaia.org)

Telephone

(571) 310 323 8689

(579) 251 2030 ext 129

Ecuador

National Coordinator
Martha Hurtado
(yabt.ecuador.mh@gmail.com)

Telephone
(593) 9937 1433

Location
Quito, Ecuador

Paraguay

Main Country Contact
Natalia Bareiro
Fundación Paraguaya
(nbareiro@fundacionparaguaya.org.py)

Rubén Urbieta
Universidad Columbia del Paraguay
(ruben.urbieta@columbia.edu.py)

Telephone

(595) 21 609 277

(595) 21 206 526

Peru

Country Contacts
Guillermo Cabanillas
National Program Manager
(gcabanillas@myybiz.net)

Luis Miguel Guerrero
Deputy Program Manager
(lguerrero@myybiz.net)

Julio Corcuera
Communications Officer
(jcorcuera@myybiz.net)

Telephones

(51) 44 936 5144

(51) 44 970 1317

Address
Av. Jorge Basadre 1121. San Isidro. Lima

Uruguay

Main Country Contact
Eugenio Bidondo
(ebidondo@gmail.com)

Telephone

(598) 9936 4308

Venezuela

Main Country Contact
Marco Bozzetto
(bozzettomcos@cantv.net)

Telephone

(58) 281 265 3191

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