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Bruce Alberts
Dan
Burkhardt
France A. Córdova
William
H. Danforth
Brady J.
Deaton
Hugh Grant
Richard
Herman
David W.
Kemper
Alex F.
McCalla
John
F. McDonnell
Philip
Needleman
Peter H.
Raven
Alfonso
Romo Garza
P. Roy
Vagelos
Robert L.
Virgil
Mark S.
Wrighton
Usha
Barwale Zehr
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Board of Trustees
Alfonso Romo Garza
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Pulsar International
Alfonso Romo Garza was born in
Mexico City in 1950. He is a
graduate of the Institute
Tecnologico y de Estudios
Superiores de Monterrey, where
he received a degree in
agricultural engineering.
Mr. Romo founded Pulsar
International in 1981 and has
since nurtured the group's
development and growth. Pulsar
companies conduct business in
more than 123 countries around
the world, employing more than
20,000 people directly and
another 100,000 indirectly.
Pulsar operates in the
agricultural biotechnology and
packaging sector, in the
non-banking financial services
sector, and in the construction,
distribution and information
technology sectors. The group's
annual sales exceed $2 billion.
Through Fomento Cultural y
Educativo Pulsar, Mr. Romo
supports a series of
educational, cultural, and
ecological activities, such as
Duxx, Graduate School of
Business Leadership and ARA
organization which is devoted to
the protection of endangered
birds. Pulsar is also actively
involved in the conservation of
the Lacandona rainforest. Pulsar
sponsors the Gran Premio
Nacional de Arte Popular
(National Folk Art Grand Prix
Award) as well as the Concurso
Nacional de Arte Joven
competition.
Since 1994, Mr. Romo has been
implementing an association
program for small
landowner-farmers and private
investors, which has contributed
to the farmer's social and
economic well being. The success
of this program has encouraged
Mr. Romo to launch further
ventures, which promise new and
better economic opportunities
for many families in Mexico.
Mr. Romo is a member of the
World Bank's External Advisory
Board for Latin America and the
Caribbean and is currently on
the Board of Trustees of several
renowned national and
international companies.
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