Assembly of Founding Members

The Assembly of Founding Members is the institution's governing body and is made up of an equal number of Costa Ricans and North Americans. It is responsible for ensuring the fulfillment of the Foundation's objectives and for preserving its endowment fund. It is also in charge of approving the regulations of the Foundation. The Founding Members render their services ad honorem.

For Costa Rica:

• Mr. Alfonso Gutiérrez
  
• Mr. Luis Diego Escalante
  
• Mr. Harry Odio
  
• Mrs. Ana María Sittenfeld
  
• Mr. Pedro Dobles Villela
  

For the United States of America:

• Mr. Franklin Chang-Diaz
  
• Mrs. Robin Chazdon
  
• Mr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
  
• Mr. William Parker Abraham
  
• Mr. Dan M. Martin
  

Honorary Members:

• Mr. Carlos Espinach
  
• Mr. Francis J. McNeil
  

Administrative Board

The administrative functions are the responsibility of a Board of five members: three of them appointed by the Assembly of Founding Members, one appointed by Costa Rica’s Executive Branch and one by the Municipality of the Canton of Perez Zeledon, the Foundation’s legal domicile. The members of this Board also serve ad honorem.

• Mr. Alfonso Gutiérrez, President
  
• Mr. Francis J. McNeil, Vice President
  
• Mr. Rolando Espinosa, Secretary 
• Ms. Kathryn Deschenes, Treasurer
  
• Mr. Randall Sánchez, Director
  
• Mr. Pedro Dobles, Fiscal
  
  

CRUSA‘s Staff

The CRUSA Foundation’s Administration comprises an Executive Directorate, a Programs Directorate and an Administrative-Finance Department. For certain specialized tasks, CRUSA also contracts the services of external consultants.

Executive Directorate

• Hermann L. Faith, Executive Director hlfaith@crusa.cr
  
  
• Katty Fernández, Communications and Image Officer kfernandez@crusa.cr

Programs Directorate

• Ana María Vásquez, Programs Director amvasquez@crusa.cr
  
  
• Miguel Fuentes, Senior Programs Officer mfuentes@crusa.cr
  
  
• Camilo Acosta, Senior Programs Officer cacosta@crusa.cr
  
  
• Armando Alfaro, Senior Programs Officer aalfaro@crusa.cr
  
  
• Ana María Camacho, Programs Officer acamacho@crusa.cr
  
  
• Mariana Cortés, Secretary mcortes@crusa.cr
  

Administrative/financial

• Robert Salazar, Senior Financial Management
  
  
• Carlos Laurent, Senior IT Officer claurent@crusa.cr
  
  
• Norma Díaz, Administrative-Accounting Assistant ndiaz@crusa.cr
  
  
• Kenneth Jaen, IT Assistant kjaen@crusa.cr
  
  
• Natalia Aguilar, Receptionist naguilar@crusa.cr
  
  
• Jorge Arturo Vargas, General Office Support and Messenger jvargas@crusa.cr
  
  
• María Vargas