Executive Committee

Members of the Executive Committee are elected by the individual members of BALAS at the beginning of each calendar year. They include regional representatives and chairs with specific responsibilities. Feel free to contact Executive Committee members with questions or suggestions!

BALAS 2019 Executive Commitee And Conference Chairs Directory

• President – Sergio Olavarrieta, U of Chile, FEN
• Past President – Victoria Jones, U of California at Irvine
• Academic Chair – Urbi Garay, IESA, Venezuela
• Publications Chairs – Xavier Ordenana, ESPOL, Ecuador
• Communications Chair – Camille Villafañe, U of Puerto Rico
• Treasurer – Dennis López, U of Texas at San Antonio
• 2020 Conference Chair – Ricardo Buitrago, U. of La Salle, Colombia
• Brazil Rep – Richard Saito, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola De Administração De Empresas São Paulo
• Europe Rep – Lourdes Casanova, U of Cornell, Emerging Markets Institute
• Central America and Caribbean Rep – Niels Ketelhohn, INCAE Business School
• Southern South America Rep – Christian Felzenstein, Massey University
• US/Canada Rep – Henrique Luiz Correa, Crummer GSB, Rollins College
• Northern South America Rep – Maria Helena Jaen, Uniandes School Of Management
• Mexico Rep – Raúl Fancisco Montalvo, EGADE Tec Monterrey
• Doctoral Consortium Chair - Jose Antonio Robles, ESAN University
• 2019 Conference Chairs – Mariella Olivos, Jorge Talavera, ESAN University