Even before it makes its formal public debut in early 2020, EACC’s newest Chapter – EACC Florida — already is attracting attention! EACC Florida recently welcomed to Miami several high-level visitors from the EACC network: Rene van den Outenaar, Vice President of EACC Netherlands; Alex McCardell, Vice-President of EACC Toulouse ; and Yvonne Bendinger-Rothschild, Executive Director of EACCNY. In addition, on December 6, EACC Florida President Alan Sutin moderated a panel of EU officials from Brussels visiting Florida discussing the subject of « EU Perspectives on the Transatlantic Relationship ».
The EACC Florida Leadership Team – President Alan Sutin, a Principal Shareholder in the Miami office of the international law firm of Greenberg Traurig and Executive Director Christina Sleszynska, former Chief Representative Officer for Europe at the International Trademark Association in Brussels (now living in Miami) – have been building the foundations of the chapter by establishing a group of Founding Members, reaching out to the local bilateral chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, diplomatic corps, academia and the local business community. Watch these pages for an announcement shortly of the official public launch of EACC Florida and activities and events for 2020.