CACC Honorees
Past honorees at the CACCs Annual Friend of Chile Award Luncheon include:
2025: Sean Mahoney, PhilaPort
2025: Timothy McNellis, Holt Logistics Corp.
2024: Peter Kopke Jr., William H. Kopke Jr. Inc.
2024: Lisa Himber, Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River & Bay**
2023: Mark Greenberg, Capespan North America
2023: Chilean & American Chamber of Commerce Outgoing Executive Board Members**
Robert Palaima, Andreas Economou, and Miriam Borja-Fisher
2022: Frank W. Manfredi, Manfredi Cold Storage and Dist., Inc.
2022: Theresa DePietro, William H. Kopke, Jr. Inc.**
2022: The Late Dennis Rochford, Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay***
2019: Miriam Borja-Fisher, Western Fumigation
2018: The Honorable Jeffery Bullock, Secretary of State of Delaware
2018: Paul Wigand, William H. Kopke, Jr. Inc.**
2017: The Honorable Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania
2017: Robert Palaima, Delaware River Stevedores, Inc**
2016: Senator Stephen M. Sweeney, Senate President of New Jersey
2016: Barbara Hunter, BHA Consults, LLC**
2015: Derrick Jenkins, Wakefern Food Corporation
2015: Ralph Hackett, Dayka & Hackett LLC **
2014: Aramark
2014: John Anderson, The Oppenheimer Group**
2013: The Honorable Jack Markell, Then-Governor of the State of Delaware
2013: Thomas Mastromarco, Holt Logistics**
2013: Harold Sbrocco, Sbrocco International**
2012: David Schiro, Jac. Vandenberg Inc.
2011: The Honorable Tom Corbett, Governor of the State of Pennsylvania
2011: Peter Kopke, Sr., William H. Kopke, Jr. Inc.**
2010: Eugene Bailey, Diamond State Port Corporation & Port of Wilmington
2009: Leo Holt, Holt Logistics Corp.
2008: Ruth Ann Minner, Then-Governor of the State of Delaware
2007: Robert Palaima, Delaware River Stevedores
2006: The Honorable Michael J. Stack, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
2005: George Sibley, Barthco International
2004: Andreas Economou, Unifrutti of America
2003: James McDermott, Philadephia Regional Port Authority
2002: Thomas J. Holt, Sr., Holt Logistics Corp.
2001: Barbara Hunter, Western Industries
2000: Jack Pandol, Pandol Brothers Inc.
1999: William Kopke, William H. Kopke, Jr., Inc.
Albert S. Marulli Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient**
Special Memorial Presentation***
Past Visionary Award recipients at the CACC’s Annual Experience the Taste of Chile Dinner include:
2024: Eugene Bailey, Executive Director, Diamond State Port Corporation
2020: Chile: A Digital Country (Ch1l3) – Accepted by Martin Lewit, Senior Vice President, Nisum
2019: Ecolab Specialty Pest Services – Accepted by Kris Kiesla, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Ecolab
2018: Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay – Accepted by Dennis Rochford, President, Maritime Exchange
2017: ProChile – Accepted by Rodrigo Contreras, Head Economic Department and Trade Commissioner
2016: USDA-APHIS-PPQ – Accepted by Osama El-Lissy, Deputy Administrator
2015: DuPont – Accepted by James C. Collins, Jr., Executive Vice President
2014: Alejandro García-Huidobro, Senator of the Republic of Chile, VI Libertador General of Bernardo O’Higgins Region
2013: Cristian Allende Marin, President, Fruit Growers Federation of Chile (Fedefruta)
2013: Ronald Bown, Chairman, Chilean Exporters’ Association
2012: Rene Merino, Managing Director and Owner of Casa Tamaya Winery
Past recipients of the CACC’s Pablo Neruda Award:
2012: Don Caldwell, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc.
2012: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art’s Bacchanal! Wine Committee
Past recipient of the CACC’s Friendship Prize:
2015: Her Excellency Michelle Bachelet, President of the Republic of Chile
