Susan Stevenson es una consultora para organizaciones enfocadas en mejorar la educación y la primera infancia. De 2010 a 2016, Susan se desempeñó como directora ejecutiva de la Fundación Flamboyan en Washington, D.C. Como directora ejecutiva fundadora, Susan lideró el esfuerzo para crear el enfoque único de Flamboyan hacia la participación familiar, el cual se centra en desarrollar la capacidad de los docentes y de las escuelas para relacionarse con las familias de manera auténtica y significativa para que los niños tengan éxito. Susan también dirigió el desarrollo organizacional y de asociaciones en Flamboyan, ayudando a atraer a financiadores y agencias de la ciudad, y haciendo crecer el equipo de Flamboyan a más de 25 personas talentosas. Bajo el liderazgo de Susan, Flamboyan desarrolló una estrecha colaboración con las Escuelas Públicas de D.C., que ahora son líderes nacionales en participación familiar, y forjó asociaciones exitosas con muchas organizaciones locales y nacionales de preparación de docentes y líderes.

Gracias a los esfuerzos conjuntos del personal y los socios de Flamboyan en Washington, D.C. hoy se ha capacitado a más de 1,100 maestros y líderes escolares, 54 escuelas (públicas y autónomas) están implementando iniciativas intensivas de participación familiar, y se han realizado más de 40,000 visitas a los hogares, incluidas 13,000 solo en el año escolar 2015-16. Además de supervisar el rápido crecimiento de las iniciativas de participación familiar de Flamboyan, Susan encabezó los esfuerzos para identificar y aprovechar $3.5 millones en financiamiento adicional para la participación familiar durante su mandato. También supervisó la realización de una evaluación externa de las visitas a los hogares en el Distrito de Columbia, la cual encontró una relación positiva entre las prácticas de visitas a los hogares por parte de los maestros y la alfabetización y la asistencia de los estudiantes.

Antes de unirse a Flamboyan, Susan codirigió la iniciativa “Success by 6” de United Way America, una red nacional de organizaciones de la primera infancia. También trabajó en desarrollo internacional, desempeñándose como vicepresidenta para América Latina y vicepresidenta internacional de Ashoka, donde lideró a un equipo de 75 personas en 34 oficinas en todo el mundo para apoyar los esfuerzos de emprendedores sociales. Susan también trabajó como consultora de gestión para McKinsey and Company en Nueva York y Argentina. Comenzó su carrera como asistente de programas para Save the Children en Bolivia.

Susan obtuvo su Maestría en Administración de Empresas de la Escuela de Negocios de Posgrado de Stanford y su Licenciatura en Artes en Ciencias Políticas y Español de la Universidad de Indiana. Fue galardonada en 2016 con el premio nacional Jocelyn Graves por su Servicio Distinguido a la Educación Pública. Susan vive en Washington, D.C. con su esposo, David Littleton, y sus dos hijas adolescentes.

La primera participación de Susan con AMIGOS fue como voluntaria en Oaxaca, México y Olancho, Honduras. Luego pasó tres años en el personal, como supervisora de proyecto en Tlaxcala, México, subdirectora de proyecto en Michoacán, México y directora de proyecto en Costa Rica. Susan forma parte de la junta directiva de Amigos y es madre de la voluntaria de AMIGOS Allie Littleton.

Patricia is Senior Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations at Arsenal Capital Partners in New York.

Prior to joining Arsenal Capital Partners, Patricia served as Director at Actis, and before that as the Head of Investor Relations at Irving Place Capital. She started her career in the alternative assets research group at Cambridge Associates.

She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a bachelor’s degree with honors from Wesleyan University.

Patricia has been working with AMIGOS for nearly 25 years, first as a participant in Ecuador in 1993. Since then, she has served as a chapter president and the chair of the board of directors.

Kevin Lanier is a vicarious Amigo, having supported his three children when they volunteered as Amigos in Ecuador (Brennan in 2011), Nicaragua (Sophie in 2015), and Costa Rica (Elise in 2017) respectively.  His son and two daughters came home with such strong confidence, independence and cultural appreciation that he vowed to support the AMIGOS organization and its mission further.

Kevin has worked for Royal Dutch Shell in various businesses over his career which has included commercial roles based in Los Angeles, Mexico City, London, and Houston.  Today, Kevin leads multi-functional mergers and acquisitions teams negotiating and closing deals throughout the Americas.  He received his bachelors degree from the University of Notre Dame, a JD from the University of Texas, and an International MBA from Cambridge University.  The international frame of Kevin’s training and work life help him to deeply appreciate the mission of AMIGOS.

Elizabeth se unió al liderazgo de AMIGOS en 2013 como parte de una larga trayectoria con AMIGOS.

Elizabeth es la Directora Ejecutiva de Políticas Públicas de Vacunas y Relaciones Gubernamentales en EE. UU. de Merck. Se unió a Merck en 1998.

Antes de Merck, Elizabeth se desempeñó como Voluntaria del Cuerpo de Paz en Nepal. Allí trabajó en la planificación, implementación y evaluación de la iniciativa nacional de erradicación de la poliomielitis en Nepal. Posee una maestría en Salud Pública (MPH) con concentración en Política y Gestión de la Salud de la Escuela de Salud Pública y Medicina Tropical de la Universidad de Tulane y una licenciatura en Estudios Internacionales de Boston College. Durante la escuela de posgrado, Elizabeth pasó un tiempo en los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) trabajando en la Actividad de Eliminación del Sarampión.

Elizabeth tiene una larga trayectoria con AMIGOS, que comenzó como voluntaria en Paraguay en 1991. Luego se desempeñó como supervisora de proyectos y directora de país en dos ocasiones [en ese momento, supervisó múltiples proyectos: 2 en Paraguay en 1993 y 3 en Costa Rica en 1994], representante del personal de campo ante la Junta Directiva Internacional y becaria de AMIGOS. De 2005 a 2010, regresó a AMIGOS como miembro de la Junta Directiva y becaria de AMIGOS.

Ed Cazier is a petroleum geologist with over 35 years of experience in the upstream and midstream oil and gas business. His principal work areas are development planning, 3D geomodeling and business development.

He spent 24 years with BP in a wide variety of technical, commercial and management roles. While at BP, he had the opportunity to live in a number of exotic locations, and work on a large number of high-profile development projects in Alaska, Colombia, Venezuela, Russia and Texas.

During 2008 – 2012, Cazier worked for Maersk Oil in Copenhagen, Denmark on projects in Qatar and Kazakhstan, and worked for Cobalt International Energy during 2012 – 2018 on projects in Angola and the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

He currently works as a Geological Advisor at Murphy Oil on development projects in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

Cazier has bachelor’s degrees in geology and French literature from Colgate University, a master’s in geology from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MBA from the Jones School at Rice University. He is a certified petroleum geologist and a reviewer for the Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

His AMIGOS experience includes work as a volunteer (Honduras, 1976; Ecuador, 1977), field staff (Route Leader: Honduras – 1978; Assistant Project Director: Honduras – 1979; Project Director: Panama – 1981) and board member (International Board: 2003 – 2012; Foundation Board of Trustees: 2013 – present). He is also the father of two Amigos: Maria Isabella and Brendan, and met his wife (Suky) while working on field staff in Honduras.

Doug Alexander is widely regarded as one of the premier advocates specializing in practice before the Supreme Court of Texas and is listed by Texas Super Lawyers as one of the Top 10 lawyers in Texas. Doug is the 2013 recipient of the Texas Bar Foundation’s Gregory S. Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer Award; was selected as the 2013 Austin Appellate Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America; and is listed in the Texas Lawyer Go-To Guide as one of five “Top-Notch Lawyers” in Texas for Appellate Law.

Doug es reconocido como un líder en la abogacía de apelaciones. Ha sido seleccionado por sus colegas para su inclusión en Best Lawyers in America en Derecho de Apelaciones; aparece en Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business en Litigios de Apelación; y ha sido admitido como miembro de la American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, a la cual se ingresa únicamente por invitación.

Over the course of his career, Doug has served as:

President of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society;
Chair of the Appellate Section of the State Bar of Texas;
Adjunct Professor of Appellate Advocacy at the University of Texas School of Law;
Member of the Civil Appellate Practice Commission of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization; and
Law Clerk to the Honorable John R. Brown, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Doug has been Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1990. He is a sought after author and speaker on appellate practice, and has published numerous articles, including the seminal writing, Petition Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas.

David was an AMIGOS volunteer in the Dominican Republic in 1980 through the Ohio Chapter, which was the second largest chapter in the country at the time. The training and in country experience were outstanding, and inspired him to volunteer in the Peace Corps after college. His sister and brother-in-law were also AMIGOS volunteers in different countries and that time period, and it had a great impact on all of them. They all became physicians partly because of the inspiration from these experiences. More recently, David’s second daughter Sophie was a volunteer in Nicaragua in the summer of 2010.

David reconnected with AMIGOS in 2009, when he was asked to join the Board of Directors. He became the Medical Director of the organization in 2013. He has thoroughly enjoyed working with exceptionally interesting and talented board members, and devoted, passionate, and intelligent staff. David says that it is his privilege to serve in these roles for AMIGOS to support this fantastic mission of making the world a better place by focusing on our youth.

Dr. Andrew Haas is a fellowship trained, board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in Sports Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies at Yale University and earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After his orthopaedic surgery residency at Montefiore, he completed a sports medicine fellowship at Boston University.

Dr. Haas has served as the team physician for several high school and college athletic programs. He was the head orthopedist at the Toughman Triathlon Championships and worked as a physician at the Boston Marathon, U.S. Figure Skating National Championships and the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Hockey Championships.

Dr. Haas was a collegiate-level soccer player and has been participating in marathons and triathlons for over 30 years, including the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. As a life-long athlete himself, Dr. Haas enjoys working with athletes to formulate plans to get them back in the game.

Alma is the Founder and President of Blue Bull Energy “BBE,” a US-certified minority-women owned business. Alma created Blue Bull Energy (BBE) in 2016 to incubate her vision of an energy company that develops business as much as communities. Alma holds a Law Degree from Mexico and a Master’s in International Business from the US. Prior to BBE, Alma has 17 years of experience with BP, where she held several leadership positions and acquired business development and deep operational and commercial knowledge. While at BP, Alma lead transactions in over 10 different countries across Chemicals, Downstream and Upstream business’ where she managed over $4bn USD capital projects and lead large multidisciplinary teams across the world.

Within a short period of time, Alma built a successful brand, developed a mix portfolio and secured contracts with International Oil Companies (IOC) and National Oil Companies (NOC) such as BP, Equinor/Statoil, Petronas, Ecopetrol and other International Service Companies like Cotemar. BBE has formed alliances with some of the most influential consulting firms in the world, with Governmental Agencies and IOCs and NOCs and thanks to her mantra of helping anyone you can, every time you can, built an incredible industry network.

Given Alma’s humble upbringing, Alma is committed to developing and creating opportunities for others; therefore, BBE’s philosophy is to work side by side with its clients to ensure the know-how stays in house as part of BBE’s local talent development agenda. On the community front Alma serves as a Board Member of several USA NGOs and organizations such as “MECA” and “Amigos las Americas.” In addition to serving families in need Alma is committed to protecting the Environment. BBE adopted an Endangered Sea Turtle Conservation Center in Campeche Mexico.