The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
2008
Person Of The Year
Gala Dinner Award
H o n o r i ng
Yolanda Queiroz
Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III
President
Edson Queiroz Group
President
McLarty Associates
Thursday, the Twenty-second of May
Two thousand and eight
The Waldorf=Astoria
Grand Ballroom • New York City
Recipients of the
Person of the Year Awards
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1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
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1979
1980
1981
1982
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1987
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2002*
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2007
H.E. Antonio Delfim Netto
H.E. Mário Gibson A. Barbosa
Horácio Sabino Coimbra
Caio de Alcântara Machado
Augusto Trajano de Azevedo Antunes
H.E. João Paulo dos Reis Velloso
José Papa, Jr
Jorge Wolney Atalla
H.E. Hélio Beltrão
Paulo D. Villares
Roberto Marinho
Leonídio Ribeiro Filho
Luiz Eduardo Campello
H.E. Ernane Galvêas
Mário Garnero
Angelo Calmon de Sá
Luis Eulálio de Bueno Vidigal Filho
Ozires Silva
José Luis Cutrale
Paulo Fontainha Geyer
Sérgio Coimbra
Roberto Civita
Carlos Guilherme Fischer
Erling S. Lorentzen
João Havelange
José Ermirio de Moraes Filho
Leo Kryss
H.E. Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima
Ivo Pitanguy
Mauricio Novis Botelho
H.E. Luiz Felipe Lampreia
Pedro Moreira Salles
Maurilio Biagi Filho
H.E. Luiz Fernando Furlan
Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter
Roger Agnelli
Manoel Felix Cintra Neto
UNITED STATES
BRAZIL
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2002*
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George S. Moore
The Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Edwin H. Gott
The Hon. Henry Kearns
Ellmore C. Patterson
Henry Ford II
William L. Naumann
William S. Sneath
David Rockefeller
Drummond C. Bell
Robert O. Anderson
Stephen D. Bechtel
W. H. Krome George
The Hon. George P. Schultz
John R. Opel
C. Peter McColough
Roger B. Smith
Paul F. Oreffice
Roberto C. Goizueta
Richard J. Mahoney
The Hon. Carla A. Hills
Walter H. Weiner
Thompson Lykes Rankin
Philip H. Geier, Jr.
William R. Rhodes
Alexander J. Trotman
John F. Sandner
The Hon. Henry A. Kissinger
F. Duane Ackerman
Alain J. P. Belda
Roger W. Sant
Maurice R. Greenberg
David Neeleman
Warren R. Staley
Paul M. Anderson
Thomas H. Glocer
* The 2001 awards were respectfully postponed until 2002
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Chamber’s Annual Gala:
A Rousing Success!
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T
he Person of the Year 2008 Awards Dinner on May 22nd at the
Waldorf=Astoria Hotel will be remembered for a long time; it
was the first time a Brazilian woman was so honored and it was also
the first time that a “Nordestino”, a Northeastern Brazilian, received
the award.
The 37 past editions of the event have mostly alternated in electing
Brazilian men from São Paulo, Rio or from other central or southern
states. Many of our friends and members thought the choice of
Yolanda Queiroz, CEO of the Edson Queiroz Group of Fortaleza,
Ceará, amply justified and deserving as it was, would nevertheless
result in much smaller attendance. Brazil is a large country and Ms.
Yolanda is not well known beyond her native Northeast.
In fact, teamed up with the very popular Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty,
III, CEO of McLarty Associates, the two honorees drew a large and
boisterous crowd, making the party one of the most memorable ones
and adding to the long line of POY Galas that became “affairs to
remember”.
Ms. Yolanda brought thirty seven children and grand-children in her
party and this great infusion of youth surely had a lot to do with the
unprecedented popularity of the after-dinner reception and dance,
which lasted until 1:30 AM. The dancing was energetic and the
excellent band played everything from rock to “forró”, the popular
dance from the “Nordeste”.
Reaffirming a tradition, the President of Brazil, His Excellency Luis
Inácio Lula da Silva, sent a personal letter to the honorees that was
read by H.E. José Alfredo Graça Lima, Brazil’s Consul General in New
York. The American Ambassador to Brazil delivered the award to Ms.
Yolanda Queiroz and former Foreign Minister Luiz Felipe Lampreia
did the same for Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III.
The Dais could boast of one former President, H.E. José Sarney,
now a Senator, two sitting governors and a vice-governor, ten
Ambassadors and top executives of prominent Brazilian and
American corporations.
In the following pages we tried to capture as many of our members
as came within sight of our photographers. If you are not there, there
is always next year…
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Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III
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Yolanda Queiroz
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Person of the Year Awards – The Head Table
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In alphabetical order by last name: Richard S. Aldrich, Jr.,
Albert Fishlow, Senator Heráclito Fortes, Luiz Fernando Furlan,
Amb. Lucio Pires de Amorim, Vicente J. Bonnard, Eduardo Centola,
Cid Gomes Ferreira, Ciro Gomes, Amb. José Alfredo Graça Lima,
Amb. Osmar V. Chohfi, Luciano Coutinho, John H. Danilovich,
Franklyn W. Hobbs IV, Tasso Jereissati, José de Anchieta Júnior,
Sérgio Duarte, Edson Queiroz Filho, Luis Eulálio Bueno Vidigal,
Amb. Luiz Felipe Lampreia, Amb. Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima,
2008
Gustavo Marin, Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III, Robert William
dos Santos, José Sarney, Amb. Clifford Sobel, Jônice Tristão,
Nuti, Paulo Octavio, Congressman Eunicio Oliveira, Brian O’Neil,
Luis Tellez, Ronaldo Camargo Veirano, Carlos Alberto Vieira and
Antonio Palocci, Amb. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, José Olympio
Amb. Maria Luisa Ribeiro Viotti
Pereira, Yolanda Queiroz, William Rhodes, Amb. Júlio Cesar Gomes
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Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
Ambassador José Alfredo Graça Lima reads a message from
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the honorees
Ambassador Clifford M. Sobel, Yolanda Queiroz and
Richard S. Aldrich, Jr.
Ambassador Luiz Felipe Lampreia, Richard S. Aldrich, Jr. and
Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III
Ambassador Lucio Pires de Amorim and William Rhodes
Former President José Sarney, Vicente J. Bonnard and
Sônia Barroso
Georgina and Lino O. Bohn
Maria Helena and Lúcio Pimenta
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Richard S. Aldrich, Jr.
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Former President José Sarney and Richard S. Aldrich, Jr.
Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III, Jo Ann Mason, Donna McLarty, Pepita Serrano, Rakela Ruperez and John Mason
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Dignitaries pay homage to Yolanda Queiroz
Col. Elias Martins Filho, Simoni Martins and Carlos Alberto Vieira
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Col. Harley Alves and Vicente J. Bonnard
Sueli and Tony Bonaparte, Miriam and Celso V. Barison
Richard Aldrich IV, Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III and Richard S. Aldrich, Jr.
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Ruth de Paula and Debora Bonnard
Ambassador Lucio Pires de Amorim and Ronaldo C. Veirano
Isabel Russell Potter, Richard Aldrich IV and Isabel Potter Aldrich
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Richard S. Aldrich, Jr., Eduardo Centola, José Olympio Pereira and Franklin W. Hobbs, IV
Carlos Alberto Vieira and Ambassador Júlio Cesar Gomes dos Santos
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Paula Prousham, Paulo Prousham and guest
Vicente J. Bonnard and Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III
Debora Bonnard, Col. Elias Martins Filho, Simoni Martins,
Yolanda Queiroz and Edson Queiroz Filho
Maria da Graça and Sérgio Pereira
Ricardo de Figueiredo Lima and Ilana Zylberman
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Vania and Ambassador Lucio Pires de Amorim, and Ambassador Piragibe dos Santos Tarragô
Ambassador George Monteiro Prata, Lenice Arruda, Ambassadress Miriam Prata, Minister Fred Arruda and Miriam S. Barison
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Maria Cristina and Admiral Carlos Autran de O. Amaral, Vicente J. Bonnard, Sônia Barroso, Dolores and Admiral Kleber Luciano de Assis
Luiz Mota, Lúcio Pimenta, Sérgio Pereira, Gabriela and Gregory Maskel, Maria da Graça Pereira and Sueli Bonaparte
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Ines and Nicolas Aguzin
Sueli Bonaparte, Donna and Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III
Carlos Botelho, Karina Manasseh, Caitlyn Flanagan and Mike Lubrano
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Barbara and Ambassador Clifford M. Sobel, Andrea and José Olympio Pereira
Vicente Leal, Alise and Renato Leal
Gabriel Safdié and Martin Schubert
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Nuno da Silva, Elizabeth Tavares, Curtis Smith, George Szego, Fabiana Sakai
Hunter Smith, Marina Cohen, Dessa Glasser and Peter McCallum
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Yolanda Queiroz, Vicente J. Bonnard and Georgina Bohn
Lt. Col. Guido Amin and Roberto de Paula
Marion and Wilibald Nagler
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Eunice Tejeda, Cristina Koenigkann, Walter Comassetto,
Erika Suchmacher and Ernane Reis
Vicente J. Bonnard and Debora Bonnard
Sueli Bonaparte, Richard S. Aldrich, Jr., Valeria and Charles Achoa
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Simoni and Col. Elias Martins Filho, Maria Helena Pimenta, Roberto de Paula and Lúcio Pimenta
Michael Oka and Joanne Aron
Marina Mello Aguiar, Marcus Mello and Gisela de Albuquerque Mello
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Sueli Dunn, Renata Neeser and Elizabeth Asbahr
Minister Fred Arruda, Ambassador George Monteiro Prata and Celso V. Barison
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Lúcio Pimenta, Sérgio Pereira and Luiz Mota
Susan and Ted Helms, Sheri and Alexander Severino
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Katia and Ambassador Osmar Chohfi, and Ambassador José Alfredo Graça Lima
Sérgio Pereira and Col. Elias Martins Filho
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Isabel Potter Aldrich and Richard S. Aldrich, Jr.
Marina and Senator Heráclito Fortes, Katia and Ambassador Osmar Chohfi
Sueli and Tony Bonaparte
Michelle Dourado and Sônia Barroso
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Simone and Ivan Monteiro
Maria Helena Pimenta and Debora Bonnard
Paola and João Pedro Flecha de Lima
Flavia Caltabiano and Susana Caltabiano
Fabiana Sakai, George Szego, Richard S. Aldrich, Jr. and Richard Aldrich IV
Luiz Mota, Maria da Graça and Sérgio Pereira
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Debora Bonnard, Sueli Bonaparte and Renata Neeser
Fernanda and Cid Alves, Norma and Alberto Farias and Izabella and Septimus Andrade
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Eduardo Centola and Vicente J. Bonnard
Adriana and Otávio Queiroz, Edson Queiroz Filho, Manuela and Ricardo Bacelar, Marília Queiroz and Expedito Machado Neto
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Ambassador Clifford M. Sobel and Francis Larkin
Josy and Marcus Henrique Paranaguá
Vicente J. Bonnard, Sônia Barroso, Emily Oka, Ruthe Phillips, Michelle Dourado and Marcus Mello
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PRESIDENT EMERITUS
DIRECTORS
Vicente J. Bonnard
Charles Achoa, Jr.
Credit Suisse
OFFICERS
President
Richard S. Aldrich, Jr.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Vice President
John Landers
Delta National Bank of New York
Treasurer
James J. Quinn
Law/CPA Offices of James J. Quinn
Secretary
Renata Neeser
White & Case LLP
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Honorary Chairman:
Ambassador
José Alfredo Graça Lima, Consulate
General of Brazil in New York
Leandro Martins Alves
Banco do Brasil
S. Wade Angus
Jones Day
Paul S. Aufrichtig
Aufrichtig & Aufrichtig, P.C.
Celso V. Barison, Jr.
Metropolis Wine Merchants
Valmor A. Bratz
Jardim Botanico Partners
Jayme F. Bulcão
BCP Securities LLC
Paul A. Burkhardt
Citrus Products, Inc.
Arthur E. Byrnes
Deltec Asset Management LLC
Cassio A. Calil
JPMorgan
Members:
John G. Casale
NYSE Euronext
Celso V. Barison
Citrus Products, Inc.
Stephen M. Cunningham
Deutsche Bank
Lino Otto Bohn
International Business Consultant
Thomas DeCoene
Itaú Securities Inc.
Vicente J. Bonnard
Fernando De Lima
Crown Telecom USA, Inc.
Francisco R. Gros
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A.
Sergio Millerman
SM Consultant
Márcio M. Moreira
McCann Worldgroup
Sérgio C. Pereira
Cacique International USA Inc.
Lúcio Pimenta
Gabriel R. Safdié
Safdié Investment Services Corp.
Carlos Alberto Vieira
Aracruz Celulose S.A.
Roberto De Paula
Royal Consulting Inc.
José Luiz Godoy
Multiplas
International, Inc.
Carlos Novis Guimarães
Invest Tur Brasil
Theodore M. Helms
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.
– Petrobras
Guilhermo E. Jasson
Morgan Stanley
Hamilton C. da Silva
American International Group – AIG
Marun Jazbik Filho
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Hunter Smith
Bunge Limited
Angelo A. Stabile
Bras Consult Ltd.
Robert Y. Stebbings
Stebbings and Associates
Renato M. Tichauer
Shine International Corporation
Sidney N. Weiss
Law Offices of Sidney N. Weiss
John H. Welch
Vicente Wright
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
Angela Melo Keesee
UBS
Francis E. Larkin
Aliança Lines, Inc
Paulo Leme
Goldman Sachs & Co
Ricardo de Figueiredo Lima
UniverCidade – Centro Universitário
da Cidade
Joseph Locandro
Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.
Kellie A. Meiman
McLarty Associates
Zélia Cardoso de Mello
Aquila Associates LLC
Simoni Morato
Safra National Bank of New York
Roberto Medeiros Paula
Banco Bradesco S.A.
Paulo Sergio Pereira
Eduardo Pupo
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Natalia Quesada
American Airlines
Therese J. Rabieh
WestLB AG, New York Branch
Luiz Romano Rocha
Banco Votorantim Securities, Inc.
José Sampol
TAM Brazilian Airlines
Lisa M. Schineller
Standard & Poor’s
Alexander Severino
Citigroup, Inc.
Executive Director
Sueli Bonaparte
PATRON MEMBERS
Banco Bradesco S.A.
Banco do Brasil
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.– Petrobras
SPONSOR MEMBERS
American International Group – AIG
Banco da Amazônia S.A.
Banco Itaú S.A.
Banco Votorantim
Bunge Limited
Cacique International U.S.A., Inc
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Citrus Products, Inc.
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
HSBC Private Bank
Itaú Securities, Inc.
JPMorgan
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Unibanco – União de Bancos
Brasileiros S.A.