Planty & Associates is a strategic consulting firm founded in 2001 by Ambassador Donald J. Planty, a former career Ambassador of the United States. Ambassador Planty has over 40 years of experience in the public and private sectors, including three decades in the US diplomatic service. The Ambassador is an expert on Latin American and Caribbean affairs and European security issues.

In addition to his business activities, Ambassador Planty is Adjunct Professor of Government at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is a regular commentator on Latin American and Caribbean events for a number of publications, including the Latin American Advisor published daily by the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D. C. Ambassador Planty also serves on the Board of Advisors at the Center for Latin American Studies, George Washington University and is a Trustee of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N. Y.

Planty & Associates focuses primarily on assisting US companies with investments, acquisitions and the establishment of commercial relationships in the international marketplace. The company offers extensive financial and business expertise in the global arena, including supporting foreign companies to conduct business in the United States.

Planty & Associates has assisted leading US companies, universities and entrepreneurial enterprises with international projects that have achieved significant results. Services provided include the financial restructuring of a major power plant in Guatemala for Consolidated Edison Development, a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, the power company of New York City; creating and implementing a regional fisheries conservation project for the Rosenstiel School of Marine Science at the University of Miami; securing funding from the Inter-American Development Bank for a major socio-economic study of Central America’s recreational fishery, the first of its kind in the region and advising Glamis Gold, a major multinational mining firm, on operations and investments in Central America.