The General Assembly of COLABIOCLI voted in the new Executive Board for the period 2008 � 2010 during the Latin-American Congress of Clinical Biochemistry held in Panama city from November 28th to December 1st 2007.
According to the COLABIOCLI statutes, the General Assembly meets every other year at the Latin-American Congress of Clinical Biochemistry. Instead of voting for individuals, the assembly votes for National Society members of COLABIOCLI: a) one NS to host the Executive Board (EB) of COLABIOCLI having the right to elect the individuals from its own society for President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, and b) Three NS to cover one position as Member of the EB. According to this, the Guatemala NS was elected to host the EB, and Spain, Cuba and Chile were elected for designating Members.
A brief CV of the individuals nominated by the elected NS�s follows

President
Dr. Ana Leticia Caceres de Maselli, Guatemala

Dr. Caceres de Maselli, Professor of Chemistry at the School of Medicine of the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala, is a Biological Chemist specialized in immunology applied to parasitological diseases. She currently is President of the Biological Chemists Association of Guatemala (AQBG) and is intensely active at national and international levels. She was involved in establishing the first EQAS in Guatemala supported by the AQBG. Her main publications are in the fields of parasitology and Quality Assurance, the latter in relation with the COLABIOCLI project of Quality Improvement in Latin-America countries.

Vice-president
Dr. Norberto Cabutti, Argentina

Dr. Cabutti, Biochemist from Universidad Nacional de La Plata, was Head of the laboratory service of the Hospital Noel Sbarra of La Plata, President of the Federaci�n Bioquimica de la Provincia de Buenos Aires and President of COLABIOCLI (1989/91; 1995/97; 1997/1999; 2003-2007). He is currently the President of the Fundaci�n Bioquimica Argentina (FBA) as well as that of the Executive Board of the Accreditation Program for Clinical Laboratories of the FBA. He also acts as adviser of the Pan American Health Organization.

Secretary
Dr. Angel Rodriguez Prieto, Guatemala

Dr. Prieto, Biological Chemist from the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala holds a PhD on Molecular Biology from Vanderbilt University, USA. He is the Auditor of ISO 17025 standard. He was secretary of the College of Pharmacists and Chemists of Guatemala and member of the National Commission of Blood Banks and Transfusion Medicine of Guatemala. He is currently Vice-president of the Biological Chemists Association of Guatemala and Coordinator of the Accreditation of Clinical Laboratories Program of the AQBG.

Treasurer
Dr. Carolina Richter, Guatemala

Dr. Richter is a Biological Chemist from the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala. She is the general organizer of the EQAS of the AQBG since its creation. She is also the Technical Assessor of the Accreditation Office of Guatemala, National Quality System (Standards ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 15189), and Trainer in Quality Systems and Accreditation based on Standards ISO 17025 and ISO 15189 and Proficiency Testing Programs.

Member I
Dr. Ramon Goya, Spain

Dr. Goya is a Pharmacist and Specialist in Clinical Analysis of the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain. He was president of the Asociaci�n Espa�ola de Farmac�uticos Analistas (AEFA), Vice-president of the European Confederation of Clinical Analysts, Member of the Latin-American Confederation of Clinical Biochemistry (COLABIOCLI) and President of the National Commission of Clinical Analysis of the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education. He was Associated Professor of the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Universidad de Alcal� de Henares and Tutor of Guided Practice of Pharmacy student.

Member II
Dr. Manuel Morej�n Campa

Dr. Morej�n Campa is a Biochemist holding a Master in Sciences of Clinical Laboratory from the Universidad de La Habana. He works, since 1981, in the field of Clinical Laboratory. He is currently Head of the IVD Department, main auditor from the National Standardization Office, and Professor at the Instituto de Farmacia y Alimentos de la Universidad de La Habana. He was in responsible for the introduction of the SI units in clinical laboratories and also organized the External Quality Assessment Scheme for Clinical Laboratories in Primary Health Care in Cuba. He is a Member of the EB of Sociedad Cubana de Patolog�a Cl�nica and of the WHO Expert Panel. He acts as adviser in Colombia, Bolivia and Dominican Republic.

Member III
Dr. Ingrid Jacqueline Arroqui Lecaros, Chile

Dr. Arroqui Lecaros is head of the Laboratorio Cl�nico del Centro de Referencia de Salud Maip� and Biochemist at the Universidad de Concepci�n specialized in Clinical Laboratory. She graduated as Manager of Clinical Laboratory from Facultad de Ciencias Econ�micas y Administrativas, Universidad de Chile. She teaches at the Facultad de Qu�mica y Biolog�a, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, and at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional Andr�s Bello, Santiago de Chile. She was a member of the commission that homologated the ISO 15189 standard into the Chilean one.



From Left to right: Dr. Ana Leticia Caceres de Maselli, Dr. Carolina Richter, Dr. Norberto Cabutti and Dr. Angel Rodriguez Prieto.

Members

From lefto to right: Dr. Ram�n Goya, Dr. Manuel Morej�n, Dr. Ingrid Arrequi Lecaros