Ninth Technical Meeting
American Commission on Organization and Administrative Systems
March 4-6, 2003
Coconut Grove, Florida

25 Countries Represented

Anguilla

Mr. Timothy Hodge, Director
Social Security Board

Ms. Maglan Richardson, Assistant Director
Social Security Board

Antigua & Barbuda

Ms. Jocelyn Roberts, Deputy Director
Social Security Board

Note: Vice President, CAOSA

Argentina

Mr. Alfredo Conte-Grand, Secretary of Social Security
Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security

Note: Presenter - Reflections on Reform and Future Directions

Bahamas

Mr. Lennox McCartney, Director
The National Insurance Board

Ms. V. Theresa Burrows, Deputy Director
The National Insurance Board

Barbados

Mr. Ian Carrington, Director
National Insurance Office

Brazil

Mr. Ricardo Dinarte Sandi, Planning Manager
Brazilian Social Security Ministry

British Virgin Islands

Ms. Antoinette Skelton, Director
Social Security Board

Note: Presenter - On Leadership: Inspiring and Lifting a Workforce to Be More than It Thinks It Can Be

Canada

Mr. Peter Lantos, Director General

Knowledge Development, Income Security Programs

Note: Presenter - Supporting Our Workforce in Transitions

Chile

Mr. Ricardo Villegas, Planning Manager
Caja de Compensación de los Andes

Note: Technical Secretary, CAOSA

Colombia

Ms. Marta Giraldo de Trujillo, Assistant Director, Administration & Finance
Caja de Compensacion Famillar

Ms. Ligia Granados de Prieto, Assistant Director, Operations
Caja de Compensacion Famillar

Costa Rica

Dr. Eliseo Vargas Garcia, Executive President
Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social

Mr. Jose Acuna-Ulate, Director of Finance
Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social

Ms. Norma Guzman-Montero, Advisor
Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social

Mr. Edgar Robles, Administrator of Pensions
Superintendencia de Pensiones

Ms. Gloria Chaves Acuña, Staff Assistant, Executive Directorate
Junta de Pensiones y Jubilaciones del Magisterio

Dominica

Mr. Steven Mayers, Director
Dominica Social Security

El Salvador

Mr. E. Mauricio Ramos Falla, Director General
Instituto Salvadoreno del Seguro Social (ISSS)

Ms. Catalina Morales de Murcia, Assistant Director, Finance
Instituto Salvadoreno del Seguro Social (ISSS)

Grenada

Mr. Ashton Frame, Director
National Insurance Scheme

Mr. Kennedy Roberts, Chairman
National Insurance Scheme

Guatemala

Ms. Gladis Chau Diaz de Castillo, Assistant Manager
Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social (IGSS)

Mr. José Mardoqueo Vela Escobar, Director of Planning
Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social (IGSS)

Honduras

Ms. Doris Trejo de Villela, Assistant to Executive Secretary
Instituto Nacional de Prevision del Magisterio (INPREMA)

Mexico

Ms. Kirsten Fink, Coordinadora de Asuntos Internacionales
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Ms. Martha Mejía Márquez, Director General
Instituto de Seguiridad Social del Estado de Mexico y Municipios (ISSEMYM)

Mr. Rafael Gutiérrez Chavero, Coordinador de Asesores
Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores (ISSSTE)

Mr. José Antonio Gómex Mandujano, Assistant Director, Project Coordination Juridical Division
Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores (ISSSTE)

Nicaragua

Ms. Edda Callejas Montealegre, Executive President
Instituto Nicaraguense de Seguridad Social

St. Christopher & Nevis

Ms. Sephlin Lawrence, Executive Director
St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security

St. Lucia

Ms. Emma Hippolyte, Executive Director
National Insurance Corporation

St. Vincent & The Grenedines

Ms. Mineva Glasgow, Deputy Executive Director
National Insurance Scheme

Trinidad & Tobago

Ms. Cherrie-Ann Crichlow-Cockburn, Controller, Human Resources
National Insurance Board

Mr. Jeffrey McFarlane, Chief Executive Officer
National Insurance Board

United States

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Dr. Joseph Gribbin, Associate Commissioner
Office of International Programs (OIP)

Note: President, CAOSA

Mr. Paul Barnes, Regional Commissioner, Atlanta Region
Office of Operations

Note: Presenter - On Leadership: Inspiring and Lifting a Workforce to Be More than It Thinks It Can Be

Ms. Carmen Keller, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Disability Operations
Office of Disability and Income Security Programs

Note: Representing Commissioner and participating in Opening Ceremony

Ms. Felicita Sola-Carter, Assistant Deputy Commissioner
Office of Human Resources

Note: Presenter - Trends in Human Capital

Mr. Kelly Croft, Assistant Deputy Commissioner
Office of Systems

Note: Presenter - Electronic Processing of Disability Claims

Mr. James Huse, Jr., Inspector General
Office of the Inspector General

Note: Presenter - Preventing and Detecting Social Security Fraud

Ms. Susan Roecker, Associate Commissioner
Office of Disability Programs
Office of Disability and Income Support Programs

Note: Presenter - Electronic Processing of Disability Claims

Mr. Richard Rohde, Chief of Staff
Office of the Inspector General

Non-SSA Participant

Dr. Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics
University of Pittsburgh

Note: Presenter - The Lessons of Pension Reform

Uruguay

Ms. Myra S. Tebot Gastañaga, General Manager
Banco de Previsión Social

Note: Presenter - Leaders Working with the Political Elements
and Vice President, CAOSA

International Organizations

Inter-American Conference of Social Security (CISS)

Dr. Jorge Melendez, Secretary General
Note: Presenter - Opening Ceremony" and "A Status Report and Open Dialogue on CISS Developments

International Social Security Association (ISSA)

Mr. Rafael Mateos Carrasco, Chairman
Technical Commission on Information Technology

• Accompanying Mr. Mateos, Mr. Francisco Delgado Azuara, Chief de Area, Instituto Nacional de Seguridad Social, Spain