HONORESS 2022
ELIAS M. LEVY C.
Gran Marshal
CONSUL GENERAL OF PANAMA IN NEW YORK
Mr. Levy born in the Republic of Panama on November 11, 1968.
Attained his lawyer degree from the Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires, Argentina, revalidated the Argentinian Degree in the Republic of Panama with Law and Political Science Degree from the University of Panama, and has a master’s degree in International Legal Studies with emphasis in International Business from the Washington Colle of Law from American University, in Washington, D.C.
H.E. RAMÓN E. MARTÍNEZ DE LA GUARDIA
Invitado de Honor
Ambassador of Panama to the United States
Ambassador Ramón Eduardo Martínez de la Guardia (Panama City, Panama, November 17, 1977) has a degree in Law and Political Science and on May 10, 2022, was appointed by the President of the Republic of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen as Ambassador of Panama in The United States of America.
PROFESSOR GREGORIO MAYERS, ESQ.
Grand Marshal
Professor Gregorio Mayers joined the faculty at Medgar Evers College, of the City University of New York in 2001, as an Asst. Professor in the Dept. of Public Administration. In 2003, he was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to serve on the Environmental Control Board, an adjudicatory and policy and regulatory board with oversight over several City agencies.
DR. LETICIA THOMAS BRERETON
Gran Marshal
Dr. Leticia Thomas is a sociolinguist, educator, school administrator, university professor, community activist, and cultural advocate.
She was born in Panama City and raised in Parque Lefevre. She is the daughter of Dr. Leslie E. Thomas (RIP), and Mrs. Leonora Claudia Bullen de Thomas.
PROF. GERARDO MALONEY FRANCIS
Sociologist, professor emeritus, filmmaker, writer, diplomat, social activist.
Professor Gerardo Maloney was born in Calidonia. He first lived in the neighborhood where he was born, although he later grew up between 4th Street Rio Abajo and Pedro Miguel on the Canal Zone. He did his primary studies at the Gil Colunje and Republic of China Schools. In 1962 he graduated from the José Dolores Moscote Institute with second place honors.
PROFESSOR GREGORIO MAYERS, ESQ.
Padrino
Porfirio empezó sus estudios universitarios en 1979 en la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad Nacional de Panamá, luego obtiene el diploma de la Universidad Santa María La Antigua (USMA) de Panamá en Administración de Negocios.
ANTONIO ARCHIBOLD
Business
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a Funeral Director? I fulfilled that dream on September 23, 1983, by becoming the first Panamanian Funeral Director in New York State. I was born on October 2, 1959 in the Republic of Panama.
GUILLERMO A. PASCAL
Guillermo Pascal has been honored to lead The Carlito's Wish Foundation (CWF) as president, in the fulfillment of its mission, for the last six years.
EARL PHILLIPS
Ambassador
Secretary-Treasurer, TWU Local 100
Earl Phillips is the highest-ranking Barbadian in trade a union outside of his country. As Secretary Treasurer of the Transport Workers Union, Local 100 Earl represents 46,000 members employed by MTA-New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), MaBSTOA, MTA Bus, and private bus companies in Queens, Brooklyn and Westchester.
KADINE ANCKLE
Special Guest
Kadine Anckle is an Emmy Award winning Showrunner
and Executive Producer. Originally from Panama City, Panama, Kadine is an Afro-Latina creative whose work reflects interpretations of freedom, feminism and identity in the modern world. With a prolific career in the television and media industries, she recently garnered her first Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show as Showrunner and Executive Producer for the Disney+ series Turning The Tables With Robin Roberts.
IDANIA DOWMAN
Special Guest
La Dama del Jazz de Panamá
“26 años de vida musical”
Proviene de un hogar musical donde su padre, el reconocido cantante calipsonian Lord Byron y su madre Erenia Méndez de Dowman, le inculcaron el valor de la música en sus vidas.
Inicia sus pasos en la iglesia donde creció musicalmente por mentores que vieron su potencial, llegando así a ser la directora del Coro Arquidiocesano de Panamá.
HONORESS 2021
JOSÉ LUIS FÁBREGA POLLERI
José Luis Fábrega Polleri nació en la ciudad de Panamá el 8 de mayo de 1962. Es ingeniero, empresario y desde hace más de 20 años se ha dedicado a la política ocupando diferentes cargos de elección popular. Actualmente es el Alcalde de la Ciudad de Panamá.
BISHOP ERIC D. GARNES
Vitae del obispo Eric D. Garnes, D. Min, MPS El
obispo Garnes es un director de funerarias con licencia en el estado de Nueva York y un consejero certificado en duelo. Trabaja con su familia como Gerente, Miembro de la Junta Ejecutiva y Secretario Corporativo / Tesorero de su empresa familiar, Frank R. Bell Funeral Home, Inc. Emplean a más de 21 personas y entre más de 600 personas al año.
ALFONSO ROGELIO GREAVES
Alfonso Rogelio Greaves nació en la Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá y es egresado del Instituto Nacional de Panamá. Después de graduarse, Alfonso emigró a Brooklyn, Nueva York, donde se matriculó y obtuvo una licenciatura en Ingeniería Mecánica de la Universidad de Pratt.
SHERWIN Y GRACIELA JOHNSON
Sherwin H Johnson, Jr. nació y se crió en Panamá, República de Panamá por padres costarricenses, el difunto Sherwin, Sr. e Ines Johnson. Su familia emigró a los Estados Unidos en 1962 en busca del “Sueño Americano”. Se graduó de la escuela secundaria Eastern District en Brooklyn, NY y asistió a la Universidad Pace, la Universidad de Alaska y la Universidad de Brooklyn.
JAMES A. SMITH “DJ COOCHIE”
El Virtuoso
James A. Smith
A Pillar of the Panamanian Music Community
James A. Smith, who is lovingly known as “DJ Coochie”, was born in June 1968 and was raised in both Brooklyn, New York and Panama, Republic of Panama.
EDWIN PITTI
Edwin Pitti es un periodista panameño ganador de más de 10 premios Emmy por su labor periodística. Actualmente es Corresponsal Nacional de Univision en Washington, DC donde cubre la Casa Blanca, el Congreso y el gobierno federal.
MAI-ELKA PRADO GIL
Mai-Elka Prado Gil (Panamá, 1986) is the founder of the Afro-Latino Festival of New York. She is a New York-based bilingual singer-songwriter. She has done many music collaboration such as vocal tracks for acclaimed Afro- Colombian artists Petrona Martinez and Magin Diaz.