The Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service honoring President Dilma Vana Rousseff

The Brazil-U.S. Business Council is a patron of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service honoring President Dilma Vana Rousseff.

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff will receive the Wilson Center’s Award for Public Service in New York on September 20, 2011.

“President Rousseff´s story has inspired millions of women throughout the world to reach for leadership roles in many fields,” said Jane Harman, director, president, and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson Center. “The Wilson Center is delighted to be able to honor her dedication to public service and leadership, so true to Woodrow Wilson’s vision.”

The Brazilian leader will receive the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service at a dinner at the Pierre Hotel on the eve of becoming the first female head of state to open the United Nations General Assembly in its 66-year history.

Josué Gomes da Silva, Chief Executive Officer of Coteminas, a global Brazilian textile company, and co-chairman of the Brazil-U.S. CEO Forum, and John Melo, Chief Executive Officer of Amyris, a California-based biotechnology company with growing investments in Brazil, will co-chair the New York event in honor of President Rousseff. In addition to these two Presenting Sponsors are Global Sponsors Alcoa, Gerdau, The Coca-Cola Company and Merck. International Sponsors include Bunge, Cummins and Embraer.

For information on sponsorship and attendance of the Woodrow Wilson Award, please contact Michael Darden at 202 691-4087 or Michael.darden@wilsoncenter.org.

For information on Brazil-U.S. Business Council sponsorship packages and participation to select events, please contact Mariana M. Yazbek, at myazbek@uschamber.com.