It was a pleasure to have so many of you join Ambassador Nicolas Roncagliolo, Consul General of Peru and Dean of the Consular Corps, in welcoming the New Consuls General of Australia, Canada, Chile, Finland, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Switzerland at the San Francisco Global Trade Council's luncheon. 

We were pleased to have Jim Lehrer, Executive Editor and Anchor of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, who, in conversation with Suzanne Shaw, Editorial Director of NBC Bay Area TV, had provocative and interesting comments on the changing nature of media in the US and internationally.

A special thanks to our Honorary Luncheon Committee--Chris Boskin, Senta Cermakova, William McLaughlin, Ann Miller, Hon. Manuel Pradas Romani, Charlotte Shultz, Hon. Jitu Somaya, and Richard F. Vigna--to the Australian and Chilean Consulates for their generous wine donations--and to the vibrant Peruvian musicians and dancers!

Thank you also to our sponsors--Chevron, US Commercial Service of the US Department of Commerce,  Guzik Technical Enterprises, William McLaughlin, and Ojingo Labs for their support. 

And finally, we are proud to welcome the newest member of the San Francisco Global Trade Council, the government of Armenia. It was an honor to have a large delegation joining His Excellency Tigran Sargasyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, to formalize our relationship.

I would like to thank all of you who made our luncheon a success, and on behalf of the San Francisco Global Trade Council's Board of Directors and our members, encourage you to stay involved in international activities--all of us CAN and DO have an impact on global trade and commerce. The link between business, government and the diplomatic community is an important one!
 
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Regards,

Barbara Pivnicka
President and CEO
San Francisco Global Trade Council
www.sfgtc.org