It was to be the Latin American version of the Charles Dickens’ classic, a Tale of Two Cities. For Gustavo Lopez, vice president of Legal for Discovery Networks, Latin America and U.S. Hispanic, the discussion he was to lead at WorldCity’s Government Affairs Connections gathering on Feb. 26 was going to be about Buenos Aires and Bogota. More specifically, he wanted to talk about how utterly different was Discovery’s experience in working through knotty challenges with government regulation — this group might prefer the term intervention — in Argentina and… Read More
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Shaffer will be one of four speakers at WorldCity's Global Connections event focused on health care
Penny Shaffer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Market President, South Florida
Penny Shaffer, Market President, South Florida, of Blue Cross Blue Shield, and a veteran of multinationals working in Latin America, will be one of four panelists at WorldCity’s next Global Connections event, Sept. 28.
The focus of the event will be health care in Latin America and the Caribbean, and will also feature Jim Hogan, vice president, Latin America for Medtronic; Carlos Alonso, president, Latin America, Baxter Export; and Al Merritt, founder, MD International.
Before joining Blue Cross in 2006, Shaffer served as AT&T’s Vice President of Global Services for the Americas region, which included Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America. Throughout her 26 years at AT&T, Penny held various positions including responsibilities in sales, service, quality management and global operations. Internationally, she has lived and worked in Dublin, Madrid, and Mexico City.
Global Connections is an event series for South Florida’s multinational community. It is sponsored by Florida International’s Chapman Graduate School of Business and Discovery Networks, U.S. Hispanic and Latin America.
Global Connections events are held 10 times per year, from 8-9:30 a.m., at the Hotel Sofitel. For more information, contact Tak Takasu, WorldCity’s director of Community, at ttakasu@worldcityweb.com.
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