GPHCC honors Panama ‘Gateway to the World’ during its 6th annual Alegria Ball
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<p>Honorees (from left) Lou Rodriguez of Rodriguez Consulting, GPHCC Pres. Varsovia Fernandez, Ovidio Irizarry of UPS, Ambassador of Panama to the U.S. Mario Jaramillo, Nelly Jimenez-Arevalo, Charles Baltimore, and GPHCC Chairman Paul Lima (Photo courtesy of George Feder)</p>
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<p>Robert J. Ciaruffoli of gala sponsor ParenteBeard (left), Varsovia Fernandez, President and CEO of GPHCC, and Charles G. Kopp, chair of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, a gala sponsor (Photo courtesy of George Feder)</p>
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<p>GPHCC board members James K. Wujcik (left), board chair Paul Lima, Mario Zacharjasz, A. Mike Munoz, Raymond Yabor Front, and Mario Jaramillo, Ambassador of Panama to the United States (Photo courtesy of George Feder)</p>
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<p>Ambassador of Panama to the United States Mario Jaramillo (left), Consul General of Panama, Georgia Athanasopulos, and Richard Negrin, Philadelphia Deputy Mayor and Managing Director (Photo courtesy of George Feder)</p>
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<p>Event sponsors James Nevels (left), board chair of the Hershey Company, and Charles G. Kopp, Chairman of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (Photo courtesy of George Feder)</p>
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<p>Paul Lima, board chair of Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and gala emcee Claudia Rivero of NBC 10 (Photo courtesy of George Feder)</p>
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<p>Anthony Colon's band performing at the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's sixth annual Alegria Ball: Panama Gateway to the World, held Jan. 18 at Vie on North Broad Street (Photo courtesy of George Feder)</p>
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<p>Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hernandez (left) of presenting sponsor, State Farm, and Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas Jimenez of Comcast (Photo courtesy of George Feder)</p>
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<p>Conjunto de Proyecciones Ritmos y Danzas de Panama performed in typical Panamanian folklore dresses or polleras in celebrating Panama’s culture (Photo courtesy of George Feder)</p>
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Mario Jaramillo, ambassador of Panama to the United States, was among the 460 guests who attended the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 6th annual Alegria Ball: Panama Gateway to the World. The gala, held Jan. 18 at Vie, celebrated the culture of Panama and its famous canal as well as Philadelphia’s Hispanic business community.
Guests enjoyed a performance of Panamanian folklore dancing by Conjunto de Proyecciones Ritmos Y Danzas de Panama and a menu that included beef empanadas and papas regenas for hors d’oeuvres, and braised short ribs and prawns for dinner. The evening ended with dancing to the music of Anthony Colon’s band.
The chamber’s Excelencia Hispanic Business Awards were presented by GPHCC president Varsovia Fernandez and event sponsors to Rodriguez Consulting LLC, which received the Hispanic Business of the Year Award; UPS, which was recognized as the Corporate Advocate of the Year; and school principal Charles Baltimore, who accepted a special Innovation in Mentoring award on behalf of Thomas Alva Edison High School.
Nelly Jimenez-Arevalo, director of Kennett Square Family Center and community relations director for the Maternal and Child Health Consortium, was named the Hispanic Professional of the Year.
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