The French American Chamber of
Commerce is a bi-national, non-
profit, non-governmental organiza-
tion devoted to the development &
improvement of commercial, cultural
& financial relations between the
USA & France. The FACC Houtson
is part of the 21 FACC chapters na-
tional network encompassing offices
in all major metropolitan U.S. cities,
as well as 4,000 members.
FACC Develops the services offered
to our members a variety of inter-
esting gatherings and partnering as
with our education members to talk
about how to choose your education
(France vs USA),
Joana Videgain started her role as the
executive director of the chamber the
1st of September 2016. Prior to that,
she was a business consultant for Im-
pact Entrepreneurs in Mexico: She
was helping entrepreneurs who had
for profit businesses with the inten-
tion to solve an environmental,social
or economic issue. She helped them
reflect and strengthen their business
models as well as raising funds. She’s
passionate about small businesses
as the driver to solve many of our
daily issues. In her opinion, this is
only possible thanks to the support
(advice, contracts, etc.) from larger
companies.
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“I see myself as an intra-
entrepreneur, so I under-
stand well the challenges
of entrepreneurs as well as
the wonderful support one
can receive in the Houston
Business community. The
most wonderful things is
that at the FACC we can
help business thrive in
Houston”.
Joana Videgain
Executive Director
FACC Houston