Dominicans On Wall Street (DOWS), a non-profit organization formed in 1997 by more than 100 Dominican-Americans working on Wall Street, will be in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from Wednesday 17 March through Friday 19 March on a good-will mission that will see them speak at various academic institutions and before those members of the private sector with an interest in the famed financial district of NYC. One lecture will be open to the general public at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) today (17 March) at 5pm, titled ?How Wall Street Works and Globalization.? An informal gathering will also be held on Friday 19 March from 5pm to 10pm at the Montecristo Bar.
Visiting DOWS members are also scheduled to meet with President Hipolito Mejia and former President Leonel Fernandez. Darys Estrella, the president of DOWS, is leading the delegation, whose members work at financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, Moody?s Investor Services, TIAA-Cref, Whitaker Securities, Lehman Brothers, and Citigroup, among other firms. Also participating in the talks is Cid Wilson, the recently-elected president of the Dominican American Round Table.
DOWS was established to serve as a link between the DR and Dominican professionals working in US and international financial markets. It provides a pre-eminent forum for discussion of financial matters as they relate to the DR and Dominican Americans. An estimated 1,000 Dominicans work on Wall Street. For more information on DOWS, see http://www.dows.ws