Central America - Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement

Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

Board of Directors

The Bush Administration aggressively pursued the DR-CAFTA negotiations on a very short timeline; whereas NAFTA took more than seven years to negotiate and the FTAA has been negotiated for almost a decade, DR-CAFTA was completed in one calendar year, with limited civil society or Congressional participation. Negotiations for CAFTA began in January 2003, shortly after the U.S. Congress approved a bill to confer Trade Promotion Authority (or “Fast Track”) to the White House.

 

Chair

Alex Wilde

Research Fellow

Center for Ethics, Jesuit Alberto Hurtado University
Santiago, Chile
 
Vice-Chair

William LeoGrande

Dean and Professor

Department of Government 

American University

Washington, DC

 

President, Secretary/Treasurer
Charles Currie, SJ
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Washington, DC

 

Executive Director
Joan Dassin
Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
New York, NY

 

Regional Coordinator - Latin America and the Caribbean
Martín Coria
Church World Service
New York, NY

 

Regional Program Director
Benjamin Davis
Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO
Washington DC

 

Rachel Garst
Chair
Coon Rapids/Whiterock Great Place Committee
Coon Rapids, IA

 

Margaret Crahan
Professor
Hunter College – CUNY
New York, NY

 

 Gary Fontana
Attorney
Thelen, Reid & Priest
San Francisco, CA

 

Kathy Gille
Former Senior Advisor to the Democratic Whip
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC

 

Louis W. Goodman
Dean, School of Intl. Service
American University
Washington, DC

 

Franklin Knight
Professor, Dept. of History
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

 

Gabriela Lemus
Director of Policy and Legislation
League of United Latin American Citizens
Washington, DC

 

Danuta Lockett
Senior Advisor
Victims of Torture Fund
Washington, DC

 

Michael Maggio
Attorney
Maggio & Kattar
Washington, DC

 

Cecilia Muñoz
VP of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation
National Council of La Raza
Washington, DC

 

Mark Murray
Vice President
Cornerstone Government Affairs
Washington, DC

 

Joy Olson
Executive Director
Washington Office on Latin America
Washington, DC

 

Morris Panner
CEO
OpenAir
Boston, Massachusetts

 

Arturo Porzecanski
Professor
School of International Service
American University

Washington, DC

 

Raquel Rodriguez
Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Evangelical Lutheran
Church of America
Chicago, Illinois

 

Margaret Roggensack
Attorney
Washington, DC

 

Silvia Wilhelm
Founder and Director
Puentes Cubanos
Miami, FL

 

 

 

 

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