PROGRAM OF WORK - Brazil-US Business Council

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Partners Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) CNI is the home of the Brazil Section of the council and is the umbrella manufacturing sector organization in Brazil. Created in 1938, the confederation is made up of the 27 Federations of Industries from all Brazilian states and the Federal District, and more than 1,000 sectoral employers unions representing more than 195,000 companies. American Chambers of Commerce for Brazil (AmCham Brazil) The American Chambers of Commerce for Brazil represent the subsidiaries of virtually all American companies in Brazil as well as multinationals from more than 40 countries and a great number of Brazilian companies totaling more than 5,000 members. The AmChams are present in key Brazilian cities and are the largest among the American Chambers of Commerce in the world. Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP) FIESP is the leading regional manufacturing sector organization in Brazil and is the largest Brazilian state-level federation of industries. It is composed of 131 sectoral employers’ unions representing more than 31% of the country’s industrial GDP and approximately 150,000 companies. Brazil Industries Coalition (BIC) BIC is a Washington-based trade association that represents Brazilian companies and other Brazilian trade organizations in the United States. Its membership is made up of trade associations from the agribusiness and manufacturing sectors, as well as leading Brazilian companies, most of which are invested in the United States. U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum The U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum was created in 2007 by the United States and Brazilian governments to strengthen economic and commercial ties between the two countries. The CEO Forum, made up of private and public sector representatives, convenes leaders from the United States and Brazil to form consensus on priorities in the bilateral trade and investment relationship and advance policy recommendations with both governments. In the United States, the CEO Forum is chaired by the U.S. secretary of commerce and by the deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for International Economic Affairs. In Brazil, the Forum is chaired by the presidential chief of staff (Casa Civil) and by the Brazilian minister of development, industry, and foreign trade. Ten companies from each country participate in the forum. The Brazil-U.S. Business Council supports the U.S. Section of the CEO Forum. Visit www.brazilcouncil.org/CEOForum for further information. 16
Staff Diego Z. Bonomo Senior Director for Policy Phone: +1.202.463.5994 dbonomo@uschamber.com Kathleen McInerney Director Phone: +1.202.463.5341 kmcinerney@uschamber.com Tim Ridout Program Manager Phone: +1.202.463.5427 tridout@uschamber.com Brazil Team Steven Bipes Chief Representative - Brazil Phone: +55.21.9855.1147 sbipes@uschamber.com Rafael Lourenço Manager, Business Development Rio de Janeiro Phone: +55.21.3213.9215 Cell: +55.21.9579.2670 rlourenco@uschamber.com Luciana Rocha-Goldman Associate, Export Green Phone: +1.202.463.5496 lrochagoldman@uschamber.com Renata Vasconcellos Director for Policy Phone: +1.202.463.5628 rvasconcellos@uschamber.com Reeve Wolford Senior Advisor Phone: +1.202.525.9607 rwolford@uschamber.com Mariana M. Yazbek Coordinator Phone: +1.202.463.3197 myazbek@uschamber.com 2012 PROGRAM OF WORK 17
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