JCI Vice President Ivette Caceres
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Ivette Caceres was elected JCI Vice President at the 62nd JCI World Congress held in Antalya, Turkey, in November 2007. Caceres’ contagious enthusiasm, entrepreneurial spirit, and professionalism are helping her succeed in her role as a JCI Vice President, as demonstrated by the excellent results of her visits to her assigned national organizations.
Those results can be seen, for example, in Caceres’ visit to Bolivia at the beginning of the year, which brought about an agreement, signed in April, between JCI Bolivia and the Bolivian Corporation on Corporate Social Responsibility (COBORSE), a UN Global Compact Network in Bolivia. “Our President, Graham Hanlon, congratulated us for being the first National Organization to sign an agreement of this kind,” reported JCI Bolivia President Lenny Garvizu G.
Vice President Caceres’ Bio
Born December 11, 1975, in Santiago, Dominican Republic, Caceres holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources and Marketing and works as a consultant and trainer for her own company, which she established as a result of her JCI experience. She presently resides in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Caceres joined JCI Santiago in 1997, and became Local President in 2000 and National President in 2007.
At the international level, Caceres has served as a trainer for JCI University and has achieved International Training Fellow (ITF) status. She graduated from the 16th JCI Leadership Academy in Nagano, Japan. In June 2008, during JCI President Graham Hanlon’s visit to the Dominican Republic, she was awarded JCI Senatorship No. 67967 by JCI Santiago.
Vice President Caceres’ goals, ideas and suggestions
Q. What are your main JCI goals this year?
A. Increase membership by promoting JCI’s Mission, projects and best practices, while motivating members to have more professional, better planned, and more stable national and local organizations.
Q. What strategy do you recommend to increase membership?
A. First, we need to learn what potential members are looking for, and then develop a communication plan and projects to meet those needs. We also have to encourage members to take part in international projects and events so they may develop a more comprehensive vision of JCI.
Q. What concrete Active Citizenship programs could be conducted in your Area and how will you promote them?
A. Some of the programs that I have seen and which could be replicated are active participation in national elections; participation in municipal councils to look for solutions to municipal challenges; programs to offer civic training and awareness; and public speaking competitions on topics such as Active Citizenship, laws that affect young people, and entrepreneurship. I’m promoting these programs during my visits to local organizations and town councils.
Q. What have you gained from your membership?
A. The benefits I have received from JCI are multiple. Through JCI, I have met my best friends. Thanks to my JCI involvement, I decided to set up my own company, traveled to more than 20 countries and, above all, developed a wider vision of society and of our role as creators of a better world.
Q. What advice do you have for new members so that they may fully benefit from the organization?
A. JCI’s benefits far exceed what you may invest in the organization. If you really want to become a better leader, a better person, a better citizen, you have to invest your time, your ideas, your efforts, your enthusiasm. You must have the courage to act and do it always in a responsible manner.
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We would like to thank Vice President Ivette Caceres for sharing her ideas about JCI this year as well as for her enthusiasm, vision and dedication to the development of the organization. We wish her all the best during the remainder of this year.
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