Looking Forward: Prospects for Investment from the Haitian Diaspora

Looking Forward: Prospects for Investment from the Haitian Diaspora

Panelists include:

• Thomas C. Adams,
  Haiti Special Coordinator, U.S. State Department;
• Arielle Jean-Baptiste,
  Founding Member, Haitian Diaspora Working In Haiti (HDWIH); 
• Jean-Patrick Lucien,
  CEO, Bel Soley and President, Ile-a-Vache Development Group;
• Firmin Backer,
  Founder and President, Haiti Renewal Alliance

Introductory remarks:

Johanna Mendelson Forman
Senior Associate of the Americas Program, CSIS

Moderator:

Ashley E. Chandler
Research Associate, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS

Please RSVP to Nikki Collins at ncollins@csis.org

In conjunction with the U.S. Department of State's Forum to celebrate and support the contributions of diaspora communities in America to their countries of origin or ancestry, this event will present Haitian diaspora private sector leaders who will discuss their views on the post-election, post-disaster opportunities to attract investment, and what role the diaspora can play in bringing about those changes.