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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION

Organized 1922

Territory: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); comprising the Caribbean, Cuban, French Antilles-Guiana, Jamaica, North Colombian, North Mexican, Puerto Rican, South Central American, and South Mexican Union Conferences; the Atlantic Caribbean, Central Mexican, Dominican, East Venezuela, Guatemala, Haitian, Inter-Oceanic Mexican, Mid-Central American, South Colombian, and Venezuela-Antilles Union Missions; and the Belize Union of Churches Mission.

Statistics: Churches, 10,484; membership, 3,370,354; population, 270,704,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 1 (305) 403-4700.

Fax: 1 (305) 403-4600.

E-mail: [email protected].

Website: www.interamerica.org.

Cable: "Adventist," Miami, Florida, USA.

Addresses:

Street: 8100 S.W. 117th Avenue; Miami, Florida 33183-4827.

Mailing: P.O. Box 830518; Miami, FL 33283-0518.

Administration:

President, Israel Leito.

Vice Presidents, Myrna Costa, Abner De Los Santos, Leon B. Wellington.

Secretary, Elie Henry; Associate, Faye A. Reid.

Treasurer, Filiberto M. Verduzco; Associates, Antonio de la Mota, Guillermo Gonzalez, Ivelisse Herrera; Assistants, Elizabeth Angulo, Benjamin Lazaro, Sandra Thomas.

Field Secretaries, Wallace L. Amundson, Balvin B. Braham, James F. Daniel, Tomas Torres.

Assistant to the President, Balvin B. Braham.

Executive Committee:

Israel Leito, Chair; Elie Henry, Secretary; Cesario Acevedo, Wallace L. Amundson, Benirde Almerida, Belkis Archbold, Jose Alfredo Argueta, Osvaldo Arrieta Falcon, Derek A. Bignall, Balvin B. Braham, Everett E. Brown, Eliseo Bustamante, Mario Augusto Calderon, Pierre Caporal, Benjamin Carballo, Pablo Carreno, Ismael Castillo, Jaime Castrejon, Abilio Cima, Myrna Costa, Eugene F. Daniel, James F. Daniel, Antonio de la Mota, Abner De Los Santos, Jose Dzul Trejo, David Diaz, Claudel Dolce, Melchor A. Ferreyra, Carmelita E. Findlay, Guenther Garcia, Cesar Gomez, Guillermo Gonzalez, Silvestre Gonzalez, Ervin A. Gonzalez Estaban, Bertie D. Henry, Ivelisse Herrera, Roberto Herrera, Elie S. Honore, Cyril E. Horrell, Cecilia Iglesias, Pedro Iglesias, Moise Javier, Luis Jesse, Joel Gerard Kichenama, Leonard A. Johnson, Peter Kerr, Luis Arturo King, Jose Alberto Lache, Max-Rene Laurent, Pedro Leon, Silas Martinez, Abel Marquez, Javier Mejia, Franck Miandy, Juan Jose Moran, Louise Nocandy, Saul Ortiz, Abel Pacheco, Julio A. Palacio, Faye Patterson, Aldo Joel Perez, David Javier Perez, German Perez, Pablo Perla, David Poloche, Mirto Presentacion, Dubiel Quintero, Orlando Ramirez, Adan Ramos, Faye A. Reid, Edgar J. Redondo, Dinorah Rivera, Jose Alberto Rodriguez, Josney Rodriguez, Wilfredo Ruiz, Arturo Salazar, Fernando Salazar, Glen O. Samuels, Hector Sanchez, Abraham Sandoval, Roderick N. Sands, Dennis Slusher, Florencio Suarez Mendoza, Samuel Telemaque, Theart St. Pierre, Tomas Torres, Victor M. Valles, Filiberto M. Verduzco, Leon B. Wellington, Villaney Vazquez, Mario Villegas, Jairo Zavala Arias, Joel Zukovski.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, and Youth Ministries, Benjamin Carballo; Associate, Louise Nocandy.

Children's Ministries, Dinorah Rivera.

Communication, Leon B. Wellington; Associate, Abel Marquez.

Education, Gamaliel Florez; Associate, Faye Patterson.

Family Ministries, Pedro Iglesias; Associate, Cecilia Iglesias.

Health Ministries, Belkis Archbold.

Ministerial Association, Hector Sanchez; Associate, Balvin B. Braham; Shepherdess International, Leticia De Los Santos.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, and Trust Services, Roberto Herrera.

Publishing Ministries, Mirto Presentacion.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Melchor A. Ferreyra; Associate, Samuel Telemaque.

Stewardship Ministries, Javier Mejia; Associate, James F. Daniel.

Trust Services, Roberto Herrera.

Women's Ministries, Cecilia Iglesias.

Agency:

ADRA, Wallace L. Amundson, Director; Plinio Vergara, Associate.

Ministries and Services:

Adventist Mission, Samuel Telemaque.

Adventist Volunteer Coordinator, Faye A. Reid.

Auditing: See listing under General Conference Services.

Data Processing Service, Jose Romero; Assistant, Othman Gonzalez.

General Services, Antonio Fong.

Health Food Ministry, Joel Zukovski.

Human Resources, Balvin B. Braham.

Spirit of Prophecy, Leon B. Wellington.
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