Dr. Leonel Fernández, former President of the Dominican Republic and President of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, and Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University during the the "Dominican American Relations: Building Bridges for Development" conference held at Columbia's Low Library. To view additional conference photos, please click here. For information regarding Dr. Fernández and his Global Foundation supporting the development of Samaná College, please click here.

Left Photo: Dr. Leonel Fernandez, President, GFDD, Yvette Lopez, Director, GFDD, and Frank Minaya y Willmore, CEO of Inmobiliaria Minaya y Willmore, S.A. Center Photo: (l to r) Dr. Leonel Fernandez, Maxwell Willmore, Martha Willmore, Frank Minaya y Willmore. Right Photo: (l to r) Frank Minaya y Willmore and Inmobiliaria Minaya y Willmore, S.A. land development partners, Garet and Rowena Finlayson of The Bahamas.

Willmore Family History

Frank Minaya y Willmore is the great grandson of John Willmore, born in the United States in 1818. In 1824, when John was 6 years old, he traveled to the Dominican Republic with his father Perry and his mother Annie née Campbell, and settled with the original immigrants in Samaná, D.R. 

Martha Willmore, Frank Minaya y Willmore's first cousin, is the great granddaughter of John Willmore. Maxwell Willmore represents the next generation of the Willmore Family. To view photos of the Willmore family, please click here.

Last Edited: 08/29/2005 02:36:30 PM