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PUBLISHER & CEO Val Thompson 32 - Business The Difficulty of Integrating Chicken Soup with Gumbo by Connie Barnaba ...................... Making the Most of Trade Missions by Deanea Leflore ...................... A Winning Strategy to Succeed in Marketing to Houston Hispanics and Latin America by: Victor Escalante ...................... How the USBA Helps Exporters by Najla Tanous- Mokarzel ...................... International Medical Summit ’18 ...................... French Influences and Contributions Did you know? by Susanne Rothschild ...................... French American Chamber of Commerce ...................... Business France 46 - People The Truly French Diplomat: The Honorable Sujiro Seam, Consul General of France by Sonia Guimbellot ...................... Astrid Marklund Consul General of Sweden & Margherita Young-Zellweger Consul of Switzerland Joint Interview by Katia Hadjiyska CREATIVE DIRECTOR Craig L. Amos CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Vicky Pink CONTRIBUTING EDITOR DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Sonia Guimbellot ASSOC. EDITOR Anita Long ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE C. T. Foster DIRECTOR OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS Honorable Geert Visser SOCIAL DIRECTOR David Ng ASSOC. PHOTOGRAPHER Heidi Powell CONTRIBUTING WRITERS / REPORTERS Sonia Guimbellot Katia Hadjiyska CONTRIBUTING WRITERS T.Jenese Thompson Susanne Rothschild Sonia Guimbellot Heidi Powell Deanea Leflore Najla Tanous- Mokarzel Connie Barnaba Eleonore Cluzel Marilyn Douglas-Jones Victor Escalante FOOD REVIEW Sonia Guimbellot Cover Photo Credit: Vicky Pink Copyright© 2017 International Focus Magazine. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be repro- duced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems. iF logo is protected through copyright regis- tration in the United States. We welcome your comments and suggestions, please send to: [email protected]. Telephone: [phone] | www.iFMagazine.net iF Magazine | www.iFMagazine.net 5