The Border Trade Alliance is proud to have on its board a group of experts on border trade who make our mission a reality through their daily work. If you need to contact any of our board members, please contact us at the Main Office.
Officers
J. ART MACIAS Jr. (BTA Chair)
Art Macias has participated in the Border Trade Alliance since 1997 and was elected chairman in 2007. He is also active as a member of the Arizona-Mexico Commission.
In November 2005, Governor Janet Napolitano appointed Macias Executive Director of the Arizona Lottery, a state agency which has generated over $2 billion for state programs and projects since its inception in 1981. Under his tenure, the Lottery achieved record-breaking sales for fiscal year 2006. Revenues exceeded $468.7 million which meant a net profit for the state of $141 million.
Prior to this appointment, he served as the Governor’s Director of the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures, a regulatory agency that oversees more than half the commercial transactions conducted within the state of Arizona. Macias contributed to the agency’s role as a national leader among consumer protection agencies. He played an active role in fuel supply issues, aiding Gov. Napolitano during the 2003 Kinder Morgan pipeline break. He targeted moving scams, enabling the agency to save over 50 Arizona families more than $80,000 in fiscal 2005. The U.S. EPA recognized the department’s air and fuel quality program with a 2005 Environmental Award.
Prior to joining state government, Macias served for seven years as the Director of the Community and Economic Development Department of the City of Douglas on the U.S.-Mexico border in southeastern Arizona. He led the region’s economic development efforts, including binational strategic planning efforts and business development projects that spanned the international border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Macias is a founding board member of the Arizona Latino Research Enterprise (ALRE), participates on the board of directors of Goodwill Industries of Central Arizona and was appointed by Governor Napolitano to serve on the State of Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity and Deferred Compensation Plans. Mr. Macias received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Brandeis University. He completed a French Master’s in International Management from the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) in Paris, France as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.
Executive Committee
John T. Anderson
Director of Corporate Affairs, Washington DC
Delphi
Washington, DC - US
Veronica K. Callaghan
Vice President
Kasco Ventures, Inc.
El Paso, TX - US
Margie Emmermann
Director
State of Arizona - Office of Tourism
Phoenix, AZ - US
Russell Jones
President
Russell L. Jones Customhouse Brokers
San Luis, AZ - US
Francis “Pancho” Kinney
Vice President
HNTB
Arlington, VA - US
Kay Olive
Principal
Olive Strategies
Washington, DC - US
Luis E. Ramírez Thomas
President
Ramirez Advisors Inter-National, LLC
Phoenix, AZ - US
George Ramon
Bridge Director
McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge
Hidalgo, TX – US
Hector Retta
Senior Vice President and Manager
Wells Fargo Bank
El Paso, TX – US
Pete Sepulveda, Jr.
County Administrator
Cameron County
Brownsville, TX – US
Samuel F. Vale
President & CEO
Starr Camargo Bridge Company
Rio Grande City, TX - US
Erin Martin Ward
U.S. Mexico Border Outreach & Project Coordination
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM - US
Board Members
Carlos Angulo Parra
Partner
Baker & McKenzie Abogados
El Paso, TX - US
Daniel S. Dreyfus
Senior Associate
Booz Allen Hamilton
McLean, VA- US
José Escamilla
Vice President of Trade Development
Starr Camargo Bridge Company
Rio Grande City, TX - US
Wayne Esser
Director, Strategic Development
Boeing
St. Louis, MO - US
Teclo Garcia
Director of Government Affairs
City of McAllen
McAllen, TX - US
Kirk Lanz
Senior Consultant
Booz Allen Hamilton
San Diego, CA- US
Robert C. (Kip) Martin
Partner
Coogan & Martin, P.C.
Nogales, AZ - US
Kathleen Neal
Director, Trade Compliance
A.O. Smith Corporation
El Paso, TX - US
Jesus Olivares
Assistant City Manager
City of Laredo
Laredo, TX - US
Jabier Rodriquez
Chief Executive Officer
Lone Star National Bank
Pharr, TX - US
Johnny Ruiz
Director of Planning and Operations
Middle Rio Grande Development Council
Carrizo Springs, TX - US
Carrie M. Stumfall
Director, Business Development
Hunt-Mexico, Inc.
Dallas , TX - US
Monique Vernon
Assistant City Manager
City of Del Rio
Del Rio, TX - US
