Board of Directors January 2008- December2009

Honorary President
Antonio José Rezende de Castro
H.E. Consul General of Brazil

Honorary Vice President
James T. Edmonds
Port of Houston Authority

Honorary Vice President
George J. Donnelly
Lilo Ventures

President
Jose Orlando Melo de Azevedo
Petrobras America Inc

Executive Director
Antonio Ricardo Debize Peduzzi
Peduzzi & Company

Treasurer
Bonifacio Bezerra
Halliburton

Director
Amauri Costa
Bracewell & Giuliani

Director
Antonio de Pinho
El Paso Corporation

Director
Cid Silveira
Apolo Tubular

Director
Fernando Frimm
SBM Atlantia

Director
Jerry Kimmitt,
Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown

Director
John M. Mings
Fulbright & Jaworski

Director
Douglas Reinarz
JPMorgan Chase

Director
Mitchell Torton
Continental Airlines

Director
Renato Tadeu Bertani
Thompson & Knight Energy Services
"President Emeritus"

Director
Rui Luis Abrantes
Securance Corporation

Alberto da Fonseca Guimaraes

(2007-2008)