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The International Community Foundation Welcomes New Board Members
 Alejandra Mier y Terán
Alejandra Mier y Terán joins the International Community Foundation board as Executive Director for the Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce. Since she began her role as Director in 1999, Alejandra has transformed the Chamber into a truly binational institution. Under her leadership, the Chamber works closely with both private and government institutions in Baja California to solve common problems such as developing effective border transportation infrastructure and educating businesses on how to expand cross-border commerce. Prior to her role at the Chamber, Alejandra played an important role in the cross-border arena, as the marketing manager for San Diego Dialogue, a UCSD public policy center.
Growing up on either side of the border, Alejandra’s interest in cross border relations rapidly developed. She attended both the University of San Diego as well as the Instituto Tecnológico Autonomo de México in Mexico City, where she became an economist and gained experience in the international trade arena in Mexico’s Department of Commerce. Her cross-border interests continued as she developed the first cost-benefit analysis of minimizing wait times at the San Ysidro Port of Entry for her thesis in Economics. Currently, Alejandra is serving on the Otay Mesa Planning Group and the advisory board for the University of San Diego’s Trans-border Institute.  Gabriela Manriquez
After previously serving on the International Community Foundation’s Advisory Board (since 2006), Gabriela Manriquez now joins the Board of Governors. As Qualcomm’s Senior Director of Government Affairs for Latin America, Gabriela manages Qualcomm's policy and regulatory agenda for the advancement of the company's technologies and services throughout Latin America. Prior to Qualcomm, Gabriela worked as the Director of International Projects for NextWave Telecom, based in San Diego. In 1995, she worked at the Federal Communications Commission's International Bureau in Washington, D.C.
Gabriela travels extensively in Latin America as well as participates in the activities of the International Telecommunications Union, and the Inter-American Commission of Telecommunications. Gabriela earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 1989 as well as a Masters degree from the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego. She was born in Mexicali spent her childhood growing up in Tijuana and the South Bay.  Samuel Simon Dychter, MD
Dr. Samuel Dychter joins the International Community Foundation’s Board of Governors as a physician and biopharmaceutical professional. With over eleven years of extensive experience in international clinical drug development his passion for international health is evident. Samuel is currently Senior Medical Director at Halozyme Therapeutics in San Diego, CA.
Dr. Dychter trained as a general medical practitioner and transitioned into the pharmaceutical industry, where he has worked in the development of medicines in oncology, immunology, and infectious diseases. He received his university and medical training at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and completed his medical clerkships at the Mexican Institute for Social Security (IMSS) in Mexico City.  Yuri A. Calderón
Yuri Calderón is a founding partner as well as the managing partner in the San Diego-based law firm, Garcia Calderon & Ruiz, LLP and is new this year to the International Community Foundation Board of Governors. Mr. Calderón has extensive experience in public meetings, governance issues, litigation management, labor and employment issues, construction, real estate and public bidding laws.
Prior to relocating to San Diego in 2001, Yuri practiced law in the state of Texas for ten years serving as Assistant General Counsel for the State of Texas, where he represented the state and state agencies in employment and civil rights litigation. Today he serves as General Counsel to Otay Water District, Southwestern Community College District and Oxnard Elementary School District. He received his juris doctorate degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1992. Also find the International Community Foundation on
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