Welcome to Punta de Mita Foundation
Board of Directors
Executive Board
John Youden
Co-Chairperson
John is the publisher of the Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group. He has been an owner/resident in the Punta de Mita area for the past seven years and a resident of Puerto Vallarta since 1988. John introduced a Powerpoint Presentation in early 2007, which caught the attention of Grupo DINE as well as many residents in the area who also were concerned about the Punta de Mita and the surrounding communities. Both he and his company have been active for years supporting NPOs in the Vallarta region.
john@puntademitafoundation.org
Greg Stanton
Co-Chairperson
Greg Stanton was born in Mexico City of American parents and educated between Mexico and the USA making him truly bilingual and bicultural. He returned to Mexico 15 years ago when he accepted a position as Latin America Sales Manager for a Global leader in Beverage Paperboard Packaging. Tired of Traveling and having become a family man, Greg and his family moved to the Vallarta region 6 years ago. Prior to joining DINE he had been very active in the local real estate industry. In Nov. of 2006, Greg joined DINE as the Director of Operations and Resident Services at Punta Mita.
greg@puntademitafoundation.org
Ricardo Trueba
Treasurer
Ricardo is head of the Punta Mita Master HOA and has being developing this position for the past six years. He has a degree in industrial engineering specializing in services. He has being trusted with managing funds his entire professional career. He and his newly formed family are developing strong ties to the area and are thankful for the opportunities found here.
ricardo@puntademitafoundation.org
Ymell Villegas
Secretary
ymell@puntademitafoundation.org
Juan Carlos Yamin
Juan Calos Yamin graduated from the "Tec De Monterrey" where he was the president of the Business Class Student Body. He was the founder and CEO of "Sistemas de Entrega", a shipping company with 500+ employees and offices in ten different states around Mexico. He then moved to become the founder of SEMU and PVR-2000, two luxury real estate development companies that are active in the Vallarta and Bahia de Banderas regions including Punta Mita. He is currently President and CEO of Semu, serves on boards and committees within the community and is a part-time resident of Punta Mita.
juancarlos@puntademitafoundation.org
Juan Pablo Stone
Juan Pablo Finished Civil Engineering school in “ITESO” Guadalajara in year 1997. After finishing school moved to Puerto Vallarta to start his professional carrier and started STONECONTRACTORS, a construction and development company with operations in Puerto Vallarta and Punta Mita areas. His company is responsible for the construction of some of the North Shore's finest homes. Feeling a big responsibility to the local community JP joined the foundation hoping to provide help to the foundation and the members of the Punta Mita towns.
Paloma Auerbach
Paloma was born in Mexico City where she completed her graduate studies in international relations. A few years later she obtained a masters degree with Eastern University of Pennsylvania in non-profit management. She has dedicated her professional carreer in the non-profit sector, mostly with World Vision International. She has been married for three years with Ignacio and has leaved in Puerto Vallarta since 2007.
paloma@puntademitafoundation.org
Advisory Board
An advisory board, which will meet less frequently, will be more of an honorary position for certain people in the region that can add to the Foundation through their experience and/or connections.
Peter Newton
Peter is semi-retired Canadian, who lives in Punta de Mita part of the year. He is the Founder/President of Champion Chemtech Limited, a specialty chemical manufacturer with plants in Europe, Asia, and North America and with distribution in over 100 countries. His volunteer experience in the developing world includes 16 years with Sleeping Children Around the World [SCAW]. Some of which were as part of the Advisory Committee. He has considerable experience working with Rotary Clubs in countries such as Bangladesh and India. He currently is Chair of the Get Ahead committee of the Leacock Foundation, where he heads up steer/monitor infrastructure projects at for Get Ahead schools in the Eastern Cape Province of Republic of South Africa.
Richard Kiy
Richard Kiy is President & CEO of the San Diego based International Community Foundation (ICF), a public charity dedicated to expanding charitable giving internationally. Since taking over the helm of ICF in 2001, ICF has grown to over $9.5 million in assets and has made granted totaling over $18 million to nonprofit organizations and other charitable causes in the regions that it serves with an empahsis in Mexico. Kiy serves on the Board of San Diego Grantmakers, the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership and is a member of the Board of Overseers for the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Kiy is a former board member of Fundacion Internacional de la Comunidaad, Baja California’s first community foundation.
Charlie Ewell
Charlie Ewell is the founder of "The Governane Institute", a publishing business to provide education and research services to boards of directors and has contributed to the education of more than 100,000 board members in over 2,000 of America's hospitals and medical centers. He continues as chairman, after selling the organization in 2000. He and his wife Valerie have a home in Pontoquitos and spend much of the winter months in Punta de Mita.