The creation and formation of the USPA southeast chapter was the foresight and vision of Ambassador Juan Sosa and was formally announced during “Panama Week” in Washington, DC on October 18 & 19, 2007. The inauguration of the  southeast chapter was on July 15, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Honorable Carmen Gisela Vergara, Minister of Commerce & Industry of the Republic of Panama was the keynote speaker at the inaugural event.

Executive Board (4)

1. John W. Wallace, Jr., Chairman
   Bear Stearns, a division of J.P. Morgan, Atlanta, Georgia           
 

2. Randy Avon , Vice Chair           

    Asian Pacific Development, Florida

3. Georges Hoffmann,    Secretary      
    Spell Pless, Attorney, Atlanta, Georgia

4. Treasurer   (OPEN POSITION)

Luis R. Hall, President (Non-voting) 
BLJ Group, LLC

OPEN - General Counsel (Non-voting) 

Board Members (21)

1. Carla Rayman, Prudential Palms Realty, Sarasota, Florida

2. Jay Warren, Retired IJW Enterprises, LLC Columbia, South Carolina

3. Bruce Frallic, A.A.E., Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, Gulfport, Mississippi

4. Joan Hammer, Gramercy Insurance Company, Atlanta, Georgia

5. Howard Workman,Workman And Company, Atlanta, Georgia

6. Ladrick Williams, Ladami, Inc. Spanish Interpreter & Instructor, Atlanta, Georgia

7. Dr. Hildy Teegen, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

8. Michele E. Ceci, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

9. Henry Johns, Vision TRE, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia

10. Rose Boxx, Mississippi Development Authority, Jackson, Mississippi

11. Claire McLeveighn, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia

12. Don Allee, Mississippi State Port Authority, Gulfport, Mississippi

13. John Curry Key, Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, Montgomery, Alabama

14. Randy Wilhelm, Wilhelm Resource Company, Inc. Birmingham, Alabama

15. James G. Stice, Atlantic Investors Group, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia

16. Don Shepley, Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, Gulfport, Mississippi

17. Steve Tuttle, Mallory Alexander International Logistics, Memphis, Tennessee

18. OPEN – Tennessee

19. OPEN – Business Sector

20. OPEN – Business Sector

21. OPEN – Business Sector

Note: Each southeastern state must have a least two representatives on the Board