Luz Cárdenas-Virilli

Chair

Luz Cárdenas-Virilli is the first Latina Director of Communications in the history of Philadelphia’s City Hall. In 2007, Ms. Cardenas received the Delaware Valley Most Influential Latina Leader Award from the Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Council & Impacto Latin Newspaper. Ms. Cardenas the founding partner of Cardenas Grant Communications (CGC), the » read more »

Hilda Rayas

Chief Operations Officer

Hilda Rayas is a global executive with expertise in leadership strategic planning advocacy and management. She has over 25 years of documented success in global leadership, minority business advocacy and executive level management skills in the private and non-profit sector. She has had the opportunity to work both vertically and » read more »

Luis J. Diaz, Esq.

President and CEO

Luis J. Diaz has over 20 years of extensive experience in a wide range of complex matters including intellectual property law, technology related joint ventures and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, sales and marketing, and government relations. Mr. Diaz provides legal and business counsel to business units in the United » read more »

Alex Garcia, RA, AICP

Director

Mr. Garcia has over 30 years of experience in the fields of architecture and engineering. He holds two Master of Science degrees in the fields of urban design, urban planning and transportation engineering. He is the founding member of El Taller Colaborativo, PC (ETC), a prominent engineering and architectural firm » read more »

Betty Manetta

Director

Born in Argentina , Betty grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Accounting from Rutgers University and holds a Masters Degree in International Studies from Seton Hall University. Additionally, she attended Thunderbird University's Corporate Education program, International Consortium, while employed with » read more »

Michael Reuter

Director

Michael Reuter, Director - Center for Leadership Studies at Seton Hall's Stillman School of Business, is a native New Yorker having been born and raised in Brooklyn. He attended Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception and the Jesuit Seminary in Poughkeepsie, New York, and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from » read more »

Belarmino Suarez, CPA

Director

Mr. Suarez is a principal with the accounting firm of Mendoca & Suarez, LLC. He is directly responsible for numerous clients of the firm, with special emphasis in advertising, professional service organization, retailing, manufacturing and distribution industries. Mr. Suarez has significant experience in litigation support, mergers, acquisition, start-up businesses, and » read more »

Manuel Rey

Director

Manuel (Manny) Rey is Managing Director - Investments at Rey Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors in the Short Hills, N.J., office. Mr. Rey has over 29 years experience in the investment industry with 22 of those at A.G. Edwards & Sons before merging with Wachovia Securities, LLC., » read more »

Jesus F. Linares

Advisor

Jesus Linares is the President of Business Relocation Services, Inc. (BRS).

In 1987 Mr. Linares founded BRS and infused the industry with an innovative approach establishing “The Relocation Specialist” process. Mr. Linares created a unique relocation management methodology integrating advanced logistics, warehousing and installation with project and » read more »

Graciela Diaz

Advisor

Ms. Diaz is a seasoned technology manager and entrepreneurial professional with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. She is a principal at Omni Solutions International, a software development and consulting firm that provides information management solutions to its clients. At Omni, Ms. Diaz manages a team of » read more »

Hon. Nelson A. Diaz

Chairman Emeritus

Nelson A. Diaz served as a Judge for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas from 1981 through 1993. The youngest judge appointed to the Court and the first Latino judge in Pennsylvania history, he was also appointed administrative judge by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, where he saved the state millions » read more »

Tere Araujo, CPA

Director

Ms. Araujo is a licensed financial professional with expertise in regulatory compliance and auditing. 

Tere is » read more »

Rafael J. Fabre

Director

20 years of direct/channel sales, marketing & software production experience in national, regional and international markets including Brazil, Mexico, Caribbean, Eastern Europe & India.  Projects included training and resource development, operations, » read more »

Martin Perez, Esq.

Advocacy Advisor - Civil Rights

Martin Perez, founder and President of the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey, is one of the most prominent and respected Latino leaders in the United States. Mr. Perez grew up in Coamo, Puerto Rico where he was President of the student body and his graduating class of 1968. He » read more »

Angie Armand

Advocacy Advisor - Community Based Organizations

The CHPRD was created in 1975 with the mission of empowering the state’s Latino community through the process of inclusion in policy development and direct social services. It funds about 30 Hispanic community-based organizations offering a wide range of services to the state’s Latino community. Such services include day care, » read more »

Barbara Johnson, Esq.

Advocacy Advisor - Government Relations

Barbara brings over 20 years of health and social policy experience to the legislative process. She has proven to be an influential figure in Trenton through her tenacious pursuit of results for her clients. Barbara's most recent experience as a Senior Associate for the second largest lobbying firm in Trenton, » read more »

Dilia Mojica Plotkin

Ambassador - Multicultural Marketing

Dilia Mojica-Plotkin is a well respected leader in the New Jersey business community. She serves with great distinction on the Board of Directors of the Morris County Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce.  Most recently, Ms. Plotkin was the summit co-Chair of the Green Agenda Summit at the United Nations for » read more »

Anna del Rosario

Ambassador - Multicultural Marketing

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Sara Manzano-Diaz, Esq.

Ambassador - Economic Development

Sara Manzano-Diaz has spent her career in public service advocating on behalf of working class families, women and girls. She has more than 25 years of federal, state and judicial experience including 16 years in senior management. Most recently, she was appointed by Governor Edward G. Rendell as Deputy Secretary » read more »

Rick Huet

Ambassador - Technology

Mr. Huet has over twenty years experience as a technology leader in the fields of software and product development, quality assurance, wireless and wireline communications. Mr. Huet is currently Vice President of Product Assurance at IDT and responsible for leading an organization of 30 engineers certifying a suite of communication » read more »

Steve Ma

Advocacy Advisor - Consumer Issues

Over the past 17 years, Steve has been devoted to public interest and advocacy work. A founding Board Member of Live Green, he was previously worked on both the state and Federal level for AARP, the nation’s largest membership organizations. There, he organized a grassroots campaign for the passage of » read more »

Juan Guillen

Ambassador - Multicultural Marketing

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