Our Board

Welcome to our 2026 board directory.

Executive Board Members

Excutive Committee

Willy Verbrugghe

Chair

Rick Celik

Co-Chair, Founder

Christian “Chris” Mahoney

President

Shenila Naseem

VP / Secretary

Kham Sengvong

Membership Director

Doug Sewell

Membership Lead

Viv Kay Nguyen

Outreach & Membership Co-Lead

Alishbah Lakhani

Marketing Director

Joshua C. Mares

Marketing Director

Board Members at Large

Abier Alkhouri

Abier Dream Design, President

Irfan A. Amin, PhD

Ibni Sina Foundation, Director

Janis Burke

Christina Chou

Pacific One Investment LLC., President

Dr. Noemi Frias

Lila Fass

CEO, LMB Management Consulting Services

Pete Garcia

Chairman US Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Roopa Gir

Ieducate, Founder

Ellen Goldberg

Emeritus Sister Cities of Houston, President

Sajal Javid

Human Resources & Culture Officer

Anish Joseph

CPA, Treasurer

Marianna Maldonado

World Affairs Council, President

Ariel Sztern

Tisa Software, President

Mohamad Mukhles Tlass

Instruction and Student Services at Coleman College for Health Sciences, Houston Community College, Vice President

Advisory Board

Gigi Lee

Chief of International Affairs Office of the Mayor

Rima Adil

Vice Chancellor of Strategic Communications and Marketing at Houston City College

Blanca Arbour

Legal Affairs Director

Percy Pelaez-Contti

President, Central America Chamber of Commerce

Mazda Denon

International Affairs, US House of Representatives

Posso Ganame

Texas Africa Chamber of Commerce, President

Jessica Ngo

International Affairs, US House of Representatives

Loloy Reyes

VP for International trade of Flippino Chamber of commerce

Ingrid Robinson

President, HMSDC

Claudia Rojas

President Emeritus, Columbia chamber of commerce

Jill Yaziji

President, Yaziji Law Group

Sunny Zhang

President, Zlab

Ariel Bosio

President, Argentina Chamber of Commerce

Constance Bost

Executive Director French American Chamber of Commerce

Paul Gor

President Asian Chamber of Texas

Constance Jones

President, American Caribbean Chamber of Commerce

Julia Nader

Lebanon Times

Juan Sosa

Former Ambassador, Consul of Panama

Bin Yu

Former President Asian Chamber, CEO Senior living facility

Student Level

$25/Year

Membership Benefits:

Senior Citizen

$75/Year

Membership Benefits:

Individual Level

$150/Year

Membership Benefits:

Non-Profits

Two levels available and cost is factored on the organization’s yearly revenue or employed staffing.

$200/Year

Up to 2 million in revenue or up to 20 employees

Membership Benefits:

$300/Year

Over 2 million in revenue or over 20 employees

Membership Benefits:

Business

Bronze

$500/Year

Membership Benefits:

Silver

$1,000/Year

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Gold

$1,500/Year

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