The 2010 PALCUS Board of Directors

Chairman  
Fernando Goncalves Rosa, CT.
Deputy Director, Hartford Economic Development Corp. (HEDCo)
PALCUS Member since 1995

Executive Committee
Vice-Chairman:  
Marie R. Fraley, RI
Interim Director, Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone Studies at RI College
PALCUS Member since 2003

Secretary:  
Angela Costa Simões, CA
Senior Manager, Corporate Public Relations, Autodesk, Inc.
PALCUS Member since 1998

Treasurer:  
Manuel Geraldo, Esq., DC
Robinson & Geraldo, Attorneys at Law
PALCUS Member since 1992

Assistant Treasurer:  
Alda Petitti, C.P.A.,  MA
Director, CBIZ Tofias & Principal, MHM  Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. - Tofias New England Division
PALCUS Chairman, 2004-2006
PALCUS Member since 1994

Board of Directors
Odete Amarelo, Ph.D., MA
Professor, Division of Humanities and Education, Bristol Community College
PALCUS Member since 1996

Onésimo T. Almeida, Ph.D.,  RI
Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University
PALCUS Member since 2007

John Bento, CA
Principal, MJB Designs, Architecture & Design
PALCUS Chairman, 2007-2009
PALCUS Member since 2005

Cynthia M. Russo, Esq., NJ
Attorney  at Law, Specializing in Immigration Law
PALCUS Internship Coordinator
PALCUS Member since 2001

José C. Sousa, DC
Project Manager, Office of Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, District of Columbia   
Former PALCUS Intern 1998
PALCUS Member since 2001