[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 55 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E722-E723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING MONICA GUZMAN ON BEING NAMED THE 2011 U.S. SMALL BUSINESS 
    ADMINISTRATION'S WOMEN IN BUSINESS CHAMPION OF THE YEAR FOR GUAM

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                       HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 14, 2011

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ms. Monica Okada 
Guzman for her years of outstanding business leadership and community 
involvement on Guam. Ms. Guzman is the Chief Executive Officer and 
Managing Partner of Galaide Group, a full service communications and 
public relations firm on Guam. She was recently named the 2011 U.S. 
Small Business Administration's Women in Business Champion of the Year 
for Guam.
  Ms. Guzman partnered with local artist Ron Castro in 1998 to form the 
Galaide Group, which provides services that combine Chamorro culture, 
art, and language with public relations and advertising campaigns on 
Guam. Under Ms. Guzman's leadership, the Galaide Group has grown to 45 
employees, more than half of whom are women. The Group has expanded its 
services to provide a full range of communications and public relations 
services to public and private sector clients on Guam. Ms. Guzman's 
efforts with the ``We Are Guam'' project through the Guam Visitors 
Bureau indentified many women leaders on Guam to serve as Village 
Ambassadors and promote Chamorro cultural traditions. Her business has 
also focused on developing small business opportunities on Guam, and it 
helped to coordinate the Guam Industry Forum series and the Guam 
Economic Forum. These projects promoted awareness of business 
opportunities on Guam and helped to form partnerships between local 
small businesses and off-island firms.
  Ms. Guzman is actively involved in a variety of community 
organizations on Guam. She has worked with the Guam Women's Club, Women 
in Movement, and the Guam Make-a-Wish Foundation. She is also a member 
of the Board of Directors for the Guam Council on the Arts and 
Humanities and TASI, an organization dedicated to the preservation of 
traditional canoe construction, sailing, and navigation practices.
  I congratulate Monica Guzman on being named the 2011 U.S. Small 
Business Administration's Women in Business Champion of

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the Year for Guam. I join the people of Guam in commending her for her 
award and thanking her for her contributions to our community.

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