ABOUT US
Objectives
The objectives of the Ecuadorean American Association are:
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To promote greater knowledge and understanding of the economic, financial and political climate of today’s Ecuador.
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To foster commerce, investment, cultural exchange between the people of the two nations.​
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The Association accomplishes these objectives by bringing together Ecuadorean, U.S., and International business people, government officials, and individuals at a variety of programs.
HISTORICAL
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The Ecuadorean American Association was founded in 1932 by a group of prominent U.S. and Ecuadorean businessmen and professionals residing in New York. John L. Merrill, then President of All American Cables, and Dr. Carlos Bermeo, an Ecuadorean national, organized the first meeting, which was held in the Board Room of All America Cables on November 21st of that year.
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Dr. Eduardo Jaramillo, a prominent Ecuadorean citizen, acted as chairman. John J. Clisham, later Executive Secretary of the Pan American Society, served as secretary of the meeting, and Mr. Merrill was elected President of the Association. Other members of the first Board of Directors were Adriano Cobo, Valerian E. Greaves, Thomas J. MacDonald, Robert H. Patchin, and Fred J. Rankin.
AWARDS
On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Ecuadorean American Association, Oswaldo Hurtado Larrea, President of the Republic of Ecuador, awarded the Association a National Order of Merit Knighthood (right) on November 8, 1982.
DIRECTORS
Juana Caicedo-Selinger
President, EAA, Senior Vice President, UBS Wealth Management
Maria Rosa Baquerizo
CEO​
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Kelly Librera
Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
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Evan Acosta
Director, Grupo Pichincha's Companies
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Arthur E. Byrnes
Senior Managing Director, Deltec Asset Management
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Pablo Vallejo
Director, Banco Pichincha, Miami Agency
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Honorary Directors
H.E. Ivonne A-Baki
Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States
Former Presidents of the Association
John J. Merrill
1932-1946
James S. Carson
1954-1955
Henry W. Balgooyen
1963-1965
Henry A. Geyelin
1968-1970
Hans W. Trinler
1976-1977
Milton Schwartz
1983-1985
Gordon Haw
1994-1996
Arthur S. Kleeman
1946-1952
Henry W. Balgooyen
1955-1958
Albert B. Wenzell
1965-1967
Norton Stevens
1970-1972
Jason Gould
1977-1979
David B. Driscoll
1985-1988
Robert D. Merrill
1952-1954
Paul E. Calvet
1958-1963
James A. Hoyt
1967-1968
Joseph W. Welsh
1972-1976
Rene M. Valverde
1979-1983
Andrew M. Klinger
1988-1994