2024 El Salvador Executive Summit 

Dec 3- 6 | San Salvador Hilton

Registered Attendees

Adidas

Roberto Hernandez, Snr Director, Sourcing Ops - NCAM
Jochen Lindhaus, VP, Sourcing Operations - Americas

A&E

Ricardo Arias, A&E Managing Director El Salvador
Robert Hallett, VP Global GRS
Roger Consuegra, VP Latin America

Antex Knitting Mills/Guru Knits

Aaron Tavdi, VP

Ascensus Specialties

Pintu Patel, Global New Business Development Director for Specialties

Bella + Canva

Freddy Barrantes, Central America Representative
Leticia Zorrilla, Procurement Regional Manager

CAMTEX - El Salvador

Maria José Carvajal, Economic Analyst
Jose Antonio Escobar, President
Patricia Figueroa, Executive Director
Mauricio Rodriguez, Technical Commercial Manager

Cascade Management

Jim Chi, Principal

Central America Spinning Works

Jorge Dardano, VP Textile Operations

Coats Honduras

Edgar Bautista, General Manager
Claudia Castillo, Procurement Manager
Abigail Orellana, Sales Representative
Wendy Velasquez, Sales Manager

Colormax Systems, S.A.

Carlos Baechli, Director
Carlos Ortiz, Director

Crowley Logistics ^{GOLD SPONSOR}

Marlon Guzman, Sr. Sales Executive
Carlos Henriquez, Regional Sales Manager
Don Hire, Sr. Director Business Development
Jose Quinteros, Director, Sales & Marketing CA & MX

CS America

In Tae Joo, President/CEO
Kicheon Paik, Managing Director

CS Central America

Francisco Mendieta, Sales Director

Cupid Intimates

Godofredo Banegas, Director of Sourcing

Datatex

Shannon McCarthy, Head of Business Development Americas

DeSL 

Pam Peale, VP of Global Sales & US PLM Operations

Dillard's

Tony Anzovino, Director of Product Development & Sourcing 
Kenny Wilsey, Sourcing Director

Elcatex

Chad Andrew Heerspink, Director Business Development

El Salvador Ministry of Economics

Maria Luisa Hayem, Minister of Economics

El Salvador Ministry of Tourism

Morena Valdez, Minister of Tourism

Epson ^{SILVER SPONSOR}

Daniela Menendez, Textile Account Manager, Industrial, NOLA

Finotex

Josue Abarca, Senior Account Manager
Eugenia Cruz, Sales and Customer Service Manager

George C Moore Co/Darlington Fabrics

Andy Dreher, Division President
Carlo Melara, General Manager
Elisa Torres, Sales and Marketing Manager

Grupo Miguel

Hector Miguel, CEO
Maria Teresa Miguel, Customer Service Manager

Grupo SG

Thomas Lange, Grupo SG

Hansae

Andy Ahn, Director

Impactiva S. de R.L

Joe Mellaci, Business Development Americas

International Trade Administration

Kayla Johnson, International Trade Specialist

Intradeco

Alex Frech, VP Other Divisions
Jaime Miguel, CEO

INVEST El Salvador

Federico Apostolo, Director of Investment & Export Promotion
Rodrigo Ayala, President

Lectra

Sebastian Valverde, Account Director Central America

Maersk El Salvador

Gerardo Magana, Sales Representative
Danny Moran, Sales Manager

Mariplast North America Inc.

Marco Bottari, President & CEO
Michele Bottari, Gerente General

Milliken & Company

Travis Greer, Business Development and Product Director
Jorge Gonzalez, Sales Account Manager

MMI Textiles, Inc

Doug McBurney, Procurement Executive

Nextil Elastic Fabrics, S.A.

Daniel Calderer, Chief Commercial Officer
Renato Lira, CEO

Nilit America

Chris Persson, Regional CCO - North America

Parkdale Mills

Andy Long, VP Sales - Spun Lab Division
Dan Morrison, Vice President of Sales

Pettenati Centro America S.A. de C.V.^{SILVER SPONSOR}

Ricardo Pettenati, CEO
Francesco Pilenga, Executive Director

Pride Performance Fabrics

Sunny Lee, VP
Lidia Paz, Sales Manager

Production Department

Mark Gitomer, President

Recover

Debbie Perlman, SVP Business Development
Fernando Arguelles, Western Hemisphere Business Development CM 

Superior Glove Works

Tony Geng, President
Heather Larsen, Global Human Resources Partner
Daniela Bueno, Plant Manager

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.

Nicole Bivens Collinson, President

SanMar

Jorge Colindres, Senior Director of Manufacturing

Superior Group of Companies, Inc.

Joseph Ogburn, Vice President Supply Chain & Inventory Management

Swisstex Direct ^{SILVER SPONSOR}

Keith Dartley, President
Emilio Herrera, General Manager

Tecno Supplier S.A de C.V

Alejandra Rivera, Country Manager

Tegra/Sae-A

Rich Hwang, CEO & President
Gail Strickler, Vice President

TexOps ^{SILVER SPONSOR}

David Ha, CEO
Juan Zighelboim, President

Textufil

Camila Bahaia, Textile Director
Elias Bahaia, Textile Vice President
Juan Varela, Sales Manager

Truewerk

Brian Ciciora, Founder & CEO
Jason Fryda, Senior Director of Product

Unifi Manufacturing Inc. ^{SILVER SPONSOR}

Patricia Argueta, General Manager
Chad Bolick, Vice President Global Brand Sales
John Garris, Central America Sales Manager
Brian Moore, President

USAID - Regional Trade and Investment Project

Andres Saldias, Investment Advisor

Westtex Apparel

Chaminda Don, President
Luigi Don, Director

Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP)

Monica Escobar-Hertzoff, Head of Operations Latin America
Avedis Seferian, President & CEO

Youngone El Salvador

Mauricio Ramas, General Manager

Youngone North America

Erin Diedrick, Director Business Development and Corporate Social Responsibility

AAPN

Lynsey Jones, Executive Director
Sue Strickland, AAPN Emerita
Mike Todaro, AAPN Emeritus