OWN A RAIN FOREST IN COSTA RICA 

BOSQUE LLUVIOSO DE SAN CARLOS D.C.A.,S.A

 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT: Vinzenz  A. Schmack

Born in  Germany, resident of Costa Rica since 1974.Graduated from the University of Munich as Master in Economics. Exchange Scholarship  University of British Columbia , Vancouver Canada. Banking Career with Chemical Bank New York, Bank of America Paris, Brussels, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. From 1977 till 1979 Representative for Central America of Banco Promotor, Panama, a subsidiary of Vereins - und West- Bank, Hamburg. 1980 to present independent Financial Consultant. 1982 to1993 Financial Consultant with USAID (Agency for International Development).

Owner and President of La Laguna del Lagarto Lodge a small Eco-lodge in the northern zone of Costa Rica.

Member of the  Rotary Club of San José, Costa Rica. (President 1998-1999) the International Eco-Tourism Society and the American Birding Association,.

VICE PRESIDENT: Manuel Ramirez

Costarican citizen, graduated fromYale University, Master of Forest Science. From 1989 to present, Director of Conservation International for Costa Rica and Panama. 1994 Consultant of Bio-diversity for the Andina Development Corporation, Ecuador. 1992 forestry Consultant for the United Nations in Nicaragua and Cost Rica. Has published numerous works on conservation issues.

SECRETARY: David Gardella

U.S. Citizen, resident of Costa Rica. BS in Systematic Biology with minor in Ecology, MS in Tropical Agriculture. Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras and Costa Rica, working in Tropical Agriculture. Spent the last 20 years as U.S. Foreign Service Official, working  for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as Agricultural Development and Environmental Officer in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, El Salvador and Bolivia. Since April 2000 retired from USAID writing science fiction novels and managing a 70 hectare rain forest in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica.

TREASURER: Roberto Wells

U:S. Citizen, resident of Costa Rica. Doctor in Law, degree from the University of Michigan. Scholarship from the American Field Service to New Zealand, Ford Foundation Grant to attend Seminar in Costa Rica, on Central American Legal and Economic Integration. Fullbright Scholarship to Costa Rica to work with Agrarian Law Project. Published several works on Agricultural Fiscal Laws, Rural Land Taxation of Costa Rica and Conservation Issues. Founding member  and treasurer of CEDARENA (Center of Environmental and Natural Resource Law ).

VOCAL: Kurt Schmack

Born in Guatemala, resident of Costa Rica since 1974. German citizen. MBA Technical University Berlin. General Manager Hotel Laguna del Lagarto.

FISCAL:  Carlos Ceciliano

Costa Rican citizen, Bachelor of Social and Economic Sciences, specialized in Business Administration. Worked with Cooper & Lybrands in several  Latin American countries and USA. Partner of the Costa Rican public auditing company Ceciliano & Company since 1974, auditing major local  agricultural companies and  local banks.