Festival of the Diaspora + Global Chamber Meet Up in San Juan, PR

Festival of the Diaspora + Global Chamber

Meet Up in San Juan, Puerto Rico

• March 12, 2026 at 6pm ET

• 4th Floor Bay Rooftop Bar at Sheraton Puerto Rico Resort & Casino

RSVP to César Trabanco at cesar@globalchamber.org

More on FOTD here.

Speakers:

Jevin D. Hodge - Founder & CEO at Amplify Global Impact Group

Jevin D. Hodge is the Founder & CEO of Amplify Global Impact Group, a mission-driven consulting firm transforming institutions, communities, and businesses through strategic engagement, public affairs, and impact-focused leadership. With deep experience across government, business, and the nonprofit sector, Hodge is known for bridging sectors to drive sustainable change, foster inclusive growth, and elevate underrepresented voices. 

In Arizona, Hodge is President of the East Valley NAACP—one of the nation’s largest NAACP chapters, representing a region of 2.2 million people—where he advances racial equity, youth empowerment, and economic mobility. He also serves as the President and CEO of the Booker T. Washington Child Development Center, Arizona’s longest-running Head Start provider, supporting nearly 1,000 families across 35 sites. In addition, he is President of Larry Thomas Youth Development, investing in mentorship and leadership pathways for young people.

Internationally, Hodge serves as Chairman of the Festival of the Diaspora, a global convening of changemakers driving innovation and equity across the Americas. He also chairs the Rolling Sea Action Fund, a national PAC launched after his historic congressional campaign, focused on supporting Black candidates and civic engagement. 

Whitney Buchmann - Vice Chair of the Board of the Festival of the Diaspora and Founder of Illustra Impact

Whitney Buchmann serves as Vice Chair of the Board of the Festival of the Diaspora and is the founder of Illustra Impact. She brings a Global MBA and more than 15 years of experience helping leaders and their stakeholders align for greater social impact across sectors. After spending two years living in nine countries, Whitney brings a truly global perspective to her innovation and strategy work with entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and institutions. We’re delighted to welcome Global Chamber members to connect with her — and with one another — while the Festival is in town.

César Trabanco - Vice President of Business Services at Global Chamber®.

With over a decade of administrative, operational and leadership experience in different types of environments that range from international non-profit organizations to private corporations, Cesar has focused on international business and trade with significant input to the service sector. Specifically, he has worked on market development and service management for Latin America and Europe.

Cesar's work with Global Chamber® has allowed him to interact a lot more with markets like Asia, Africa and North America as collectively the team is in process to build the first truly global business community. Back in Puerto Rico, his main goal is to put the island on the map of global business and to open more opportunities for the improvement of the economy there during the years to come.

Global Chamber® is a connected global platform in 195 countries and across 605+ chapters that makes cross regional growth and success more intentional and simple. We create warm, strategic connections for leaders to targeted clients, investors, partners and resources, and our vision is to make exporting, importing, investing and doing business across regions as easy as doing business across the street. Be global and UNSTOPPABLE! Visit www.globalchamber.org. Global Chamber® is a registered trademark of Global Chamber, LLC since 2014.