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. Bruce Frallic, A.A.E. , Vice Chair           

    Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, MS                 

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

4. Stephen P. Theobald, Treasurer  

    Piltz, Williams, LaRosa & Company

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

Jacqueline Brettner - General Counsel (Non-voting) 

Phelps Dunbar, LLP New Orleans, Louisiana

Corporate Advisory Board

Ken Cornelius             

President & CEO Siemens

Bill Hawks   

CEO, Ag Works Solutions, Washington, DC

Edward O’Donnell  - Ambassador (Ret)

Director, International Business Development,

American Business Development Group

Board Members (21)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. Dr.Susan Steen, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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