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YABT Headquarters

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	Executive Director	202-458-6452	lviguria@oas.org
Valerie Lorena	Director, Policy and Leadership	202-458-6442	vlorena@oas.org
Yerutí Méndez	Director, Training and Technology	202-458-3512	ymendez@oas.org
Renato Paredes	Director, Administration and Finance	202-458-3575	rparedes@oas.org
Brett Lashley	Program Manager - Caribbean	202-458-6456	blashley@oas.org
Carlos Mario López	Program Manager - Latin America	202-458-3290	cmlopez@oas.org
Ignacio Garza	I.T. Manager	202-458-3107	igarza@oas.org

Country Contacts

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Central America
and Panama

North America

Mexico

National Coordinator
Paola Anzola
(paola.anzola@myybiz.net)

Telephone

(52) 81 15121967

United States

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

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
Dale McHardy
Bahamas Development Bank
dmchardy@bahamasdevelopmentbank.com

Andrew Stanford
OAS Representative astanford@bahamasdevelopmentbank.com

Telephone

(242) 327 5780

(242) 327 5780

Barbados

Main Country Contacts
Marcia Brandon
Executive Director
Barbados Youth Business Trust
(bybtyouthbusiness@caribsurf.com

Francis McBarnette
OAS Representative
OASBarbados@oas.org

Telephone

(246) 228-2772

(246) 426-1564

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

Akarda Ventour
Curry188@msn.com

Telephone

(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
JNeil@oas.org

Knife Kadamawie
kahnkpzfe@gmail.com

Telephone

(876) 978 7713
(876) 978 8378

(876) 750 9839

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Main Country Contact
Cherrilynn Crawford
cfwcrawford@yahoo.com

Telephone

(869)-764-9423

Saint Lucia

Main Country Contact
Urania Joseph
uraniaj@gmail.com

Telephone

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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

Telephone

(784) 457 1502

Suriname

Main Country Contact

Lilian Wiebers
(gbizc@yahoo.com)

Telephone

(597) 425 940

Trinidad and Tobago

Main Country Contact
Dominic Alfred
dominic2007@gmail.com

Mobafa Baker
mobafa@yahoo.com

Telephone

(597) 425 940

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Central America and Panama

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)

Leticia Teleguario
lteleguario@gmail.com

Telephone

(502) 52 12 2859

(502) 2422 4345

Honduras

Main Country Contact
Luis Sevilla

lsevilla@presidencia.gob.hn

Telephone

(504) 290-1505

Nicaragua

Main Country Contact
Ana Carolina Alfaro
programasejn@inde.org.ni

Telephone
(505) 270-8340

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
Marcos Amadeo
amadeomarcos53@gmail.com

Malena Fama
malena.fama@gmail.com

Telephone

(54-11) 4328 3232

Bolivia

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

Telephone
(591) 279 3143

Brazil

National Coordinators
Tulio Severo Jr.
tulims@mandic.com.br

Telephone

Location
Rio de Janeiro - 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
Patricia Fuel
Coordinadora Parque del Emprendimiento, UdeA patricia.fuel@parquedelemprendimiento.com

Oswaldo Cortés
Presidente Grupo Empresarial JUDA
oswaldocortes@yabtcolombia.org

Telephone

(574) 219 2000

(57) 313 313 4331

Ecuador

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

Telephone
(593) 9937 1433

Location
Quito, Ecuador

Paraguay

Main Country Contact
Claudia Pompa
Fundación Paraguaya
cpompa@fundacionparaguaya.org.py

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

Telephone

(595) 21 609 277

(595) 21 206 526