Board of Directors 2026-2027
Officer
President
Carla Lacerda
Honorary President
Ambassador Breno Costa
Consul-General of Brazil in Houston
Officer
Vice President
Helder Waiandt
UPTEC Solutions Ltda.
Officer
Secretary
Raul Vieira
IKV Management Consulting LLC
Officer
Treasurer
Eduardo Waddington
Bradesco, NY
Director
Cid Silveira
ATEX Global
Director
Shira Paulson
BP
Director
Ricardo Chagas
Ambipar | United States
Director
Patricia Pradal
Chevron
Director
John Cypher
Greater Houston Partnership
Director
Leonardo Homsy
Mattos Filho
Director
Marcelo Carrullo
Drummond Advisors
Director
Maria Claudia Alves
Texas A&M
Director
Chris DeSa
FTI Consulting
Director
Beatriz de La Vega
KPMG
Director
Luiz Feijo
ABS
Director
Fabio Herzl
Banco do Brasil
Director
João Pedro Coutinho
Tauil & Chequer | Mayer Brown
Director
Erik Cunha
OceanPact
Director
Todd Chapman
Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil (ret.)
Director
Mark Tidwell
Haynes Boone
Director
Simao Silva
Oceaneering International, Inc.
Director
Rafael Carsalade
Withum
Director
Jose Sampaio
Edison Chouest Offshore
Director
Adriana Botto
Rio Capital
Director
Mauricio Meineri
Enerflex
Director
Alberto Morandi
GustoMSC
Director
Ericson De Paula
Rice University
Director
Moji karimi
Cemvita
Director
Rodrigo Alvim
Grupo Minas Port
Director
Benito Rossiti
ATIMI
Director
Diego Capistrano
Veirano Advogados
Director
Flávio Guimarães
Director
Roberto Ribeiro
Asterisk Partners
Director
Carlos Moreira
Endeavor
Director
Vânia Carvalho
Director
Alana Leahy-Dios