Manny Mencia, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the International Trade and Business Development unit of Enterprise Florida, Inc.

In February, AmCham’s former President, Javier Irarrázaval, hosted a lunch for Manny Mencia, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the International Trade and Business Development unit of Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI), and Ivan Barrios, Vice President of Trade Development Services at EFI.

AmCham members with headquarters or operations in Florida also attended, alongside several members of the Chamber's Board and the US Embassy’s Commercial Counselor, Ellen Lenny-Pessagno. Mencia was in Chile to discuss a planned trade mission from Florida to Chile in May, which will be headed by Florida Governor Rick Scott. The plan is to bring around 100 business leaders from Florida to focus on developing new trade and investment initiatives between Chile and Florida.

AmCham will play an active role in the visit and the Chamber has offered its full support. AmCham has been involved in past missions from Florida and will be working to make this new initiative highly successful.