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18th Annual Leadership Awards Gala Special Report
PALCUS celebrates Portuguese-American achievement in Maryland

 

PALCUS held its 18th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 11th, at the historic Oxon Hill Manor in Prince Georges County, Maryland.  Community leaders, PALCUS supporters, friends old and new, came together from across the country to celebrate the achievements of Portuguese-American individuals and organizations in the areas of art, business, individual and corporate community service and scholarship.

The activities started on Thursday evening at the Embassy of Portugal in Washington, DC with the showing of some short films by the Madeira Film Festival and the Madeira wine cocktail presented by Justino and Broadbent, hosted by Ana Isabel Dantas and Daniel Wallner from the Madeira Film Festival.

On Friday, awardees, dignitaries and PALCUS members attended a beautiful reception at the residence of the Ambassador of Portugal, hosted by Ambassador Nuno Brito and PALCUS that featured a fado concert with Tania Silva, and instrumental music from Pedro Pimentel (Bass), Abel Lima (Classical Guitar) and Antonio Lima (Portuguese Guitar).

 

View more pictures in our picture gallery on Facebook.

The Annual Meeting of PALCUS members took place on Saturday morning. At this meeting, members were given an update on all PALCUS activities throughout the year including the PALCUS Webinar Series, the PALCUS Scholarship Program, the PALCUS Internship Program, and many other programs.

 

The 2014 Leadership Awards Gala was held at the historic Oxon Hill Manor. Honorees included:

International Award

Vasco Cordeiro

President

Regional Government of Açores

Business Award

John Melo

President and CEO

Amyris

 

Entrepreneurship Award

Bill Freitas

Founder of Colonels Limited 

(Papa John's Franchise)

Education Award

Alberto M. Carvalho

Superintendant

Miami-Dade County Schools

 

Community Service Award

Liliana Canela de Sousa

Massachusetts

Outstanding Organization Award

Portuguese-American War Veterans, 

Post #1

Peabody, MA

 

Special Recognition Award

Frank Baptista

Director/Owner

Radio Voz do Emigrante, WHTB 1400

 

  


Among the distinguished guests that traveled from near and far were:

  • The Secretary of the Treasury of Portugal, Dr. Castelo Branco
  • The President of the Regional Government of Açores, Vasco Cordeiro
  • Maria Joao Avila and Carlos Pascoas of the Portuguese Assembly in Lisbon
  • Nancy Rodrigues, the Secretary of Administration of Virginia
  • Vasco Rato, president of FLAD in Lisbon
  • Ana Isabel Dantas and Daniel Wallner, Madeira Film Festival
  • Mark Pannell and Margaret Young of the State Department
  • Lino Amaral, CEO of Portuguese American Life in California
  • State Senators Daniel da Ponte (RI) and Michael Rodrigues (MA)

 

View more pictures from the 2014 Awards Gala in our Facebook gallery.

 

The awards were specially designed and manufactured by PORCEL Portugal and the coordination for the awards was possible due to a collaboration with Portuguese Trade Commissioner Rui Boavista Marques of AICEP/NY. 

 

In addition to the awards, three scholarships were presented by PALCUS to Horacio Oliveira, Kayla Setters and Mathew Setters.

 

 


Rui Ponte of Maryland, architect and a founding member of PALCUS, served as Master of Ceremonies of the event. Carlos Fonseca provided the fado music, TAP Air Portugal, SATA and Atrium Interiors. There was also a silent auction.


The Luis Sisters from M. Luis Construction Co served as honorary Chairs along with Senators Jack Reed and Patrick Toomey. 

 



The event, and all of its logistics, was chaired by Director Manuel Geraldo and his wife Ingrid Valentine Geraldo of Forth Washington, Maryland.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to our sponsors and donors for their support of the PALCUS Gala in San Diego.  Obrigado!

 

 

INNOVATORS CIRCLE

M.LUIS CONSTRUCTION CO. INC.

FLAD

ESPÍRITO SANTO INVESTMENT BANK

LUSO-AMERICANO PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER: MEDIA SPONSOR

ANTÓNIO ANDRADE, SIGNATURE PRINTERS: PRINTING SPONSOR

ANTÓNIO FRIAS, S & F CONCRETE CONTRACTORS, INC.

TAP PORTUGAL: AUCTION ITEM

 

LEADERS CIRCLE

BANIF AÇORES, INC.

ALICE PEREIRA, UNITED REPROGRAPHIC SERVICES: GRAPHIC DESIGN

SPONSOR

 

PATRONS CIRCLE

AICEP, RUI BOAVISTA MARQUES

ANCHOR CONSTRUCTION

HEAVY & GENERAL CONSTRUCTIONN LABORER'S UNION

JOAO DE BRITO: AUCTION ITEM

MADEIRA FILM FESTIVAL

PAPA JOHN'S NATIONAL CAPITAL CO-OPERATIVE

PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK

PORCEL

TEKTONE

THE PORTUGUESE AMERICAN HISTORICAL & RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC./PARHF

VIRGINIA CONTRACTOR'S SUPPLY


 
FRIENDS CIRCLE

HEDCO, INC.

THE ROSA-SIMÃO FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

MARC F. ROSA / MERRILL LYNCH: SCHOLARSHIP FUND

 

AND

 

68-76 WILSON AVENUE, LLC.

ALLIANCE CONCRETE CORP.

ATRIUM INTERIORS - AUCTION ITEMS

BROWN UNIVERSITY, DEPT. OF PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN STUDIES

C&C JANITORIAL SUPPLIES, INC.

C&M SCREW MACHINE PRODUCTS

CASSELLA PACKAGE STORE

COALITION FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

CONTINENTAL TRADING AND HARDWARE

COUTO & SONS, INC.

DAVID LEITE - AUCTION ITEMS

DOMITILIA DOS SANTOS, MORGAN STANLEY

DR. LAWRENCE ARMENTI

EDP / ENERGIAS DE PORTUGAL

FERNANDO G. ROSA - AUCTION ITEM

FERREIRA MANAGEMENT GROUP

H & L PACKAGE STORE

HEAVY GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LABORER'S UNION LOCAL 427

INTERNATIONAL AUTO BODY, INC.

JOHN BENTO - AUCTION ITEM

LAW OFFICE OF ROSE MARIE SARDO, P.C.

LAWRENCE ARMENTI, MD, PC

LOPES SAUSAGE Co.

M.L. NUNES & ASSOCIATES

MANUEL AND INGRID GERALDO - AUCTION ITEMS

MUNDIAL TRAVEL AGENCY, INC.

MARIE RAY FRALEY - TICKETS SPONSOR

NARCISO'S FABRICS

NELSON MONTEIRO, ATTORNEY AT LAW

ODETE AMARELO - AUCTION ITEM

OLSHINS PHARMACY

PEREIRA & AZEVEDO, LLC

PHSC - Portuguese Heritage Society of California

PRIMABEL RESTAURANT

R. I. SENATE PRESIDENT M. TERESA PAIVA WEED

RÁDIO VOZ DO EMIGRANTE

SANTOS FLORIST

SILVEIRA TRAVEL SERVICE

T/A TEIXEIRA'S BAKERY

THE CASTELO GROUP

THE NUTSHELL PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN CUISINE

TREFZ CORPORATION / McDONALD'S

TRENK, DiPASQUALE, DELLA FERA & SODONO, P.C.,

ZIG ZAG BOUTIQUE, INC.