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Philip Berry Philip Berry President,
NHCA North

Philip Berry is the President of Philip Berry Associates LLC which is a global management consulting, executive coaching and training practice. They will specialize in the areas of leadership training, global talent management, global diversity, innovation, team building, corporate social responsibility, employee relations effectiveness and affirmative actions compliance.
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Jay Rosario
Jay Rosario President,
NHCA South

Jay Rosario is the dealer principal of Wesley Chapel Nissan in Tampa, Florida. It was one of only two add points that Nissan Noth America has awarded in eleven years. His outstanding community involvement and high level of customer satisfaction made him worthy of such a great opportunity. In its first year of operations he quickly ranked among the top five dealers in his market.
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Danny RamosDanny Ramos Chairman NHCA

Daniel Ramos is a community activist and corporate marketing public relations consultant specializing in serving firms that wish to market their products and or services to the Hispanic market. In 1978 he was selected by a special presidential commission to be one of 12 U.S. representatives to counsel system leaders behind the iron curtain on the marketing system of the free world.
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Melba C. VastiMelba C. Vasti Operating Committee

Melba Cruz Vasti is former assistant vice president and Latin America regional lead for international compensation and benefits programs for MetLife.  In her role, Melba is focused on enhancing and developing international rewards-based initiatives across the corporation and region to attract, retain, and motivate global talent.
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Alexandra ContrerasAlexandra Contreras Operating Committee

Alexandra Contreras is Sr. Analyst, Global Diversity & Inclusion for Colgate-Palmolive.  In this role, Alexandra is focused on supporting the overall development of the company’s strategies for recruiting and retaining the best people from a broad base of worldwide talent, and to create an inclusive work environment that furthers Colgate’s commitment to Becoming the Best Place to Work.
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Eugene KellyEugene Kelly Operating Committee

Eugene Kelly is Worldwide Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion for Colgate-Palmolive, a $15.3 billion consumer products company serving people in more than 200 countries and territories.  In this role, Eugene’s focus is on furthering Colgate’s efforts to attract and retain the best people from a diverse and broad base of global talent. 
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Irene Rivera
Irene Rivera Operating Committee

Irene Rivera’s career at KeySpan, a National Grid Company began in 1980 in the Customer Relation Area where she held various positions in the Call Center Operations area. Over the years, she worked her way up through the ranks becoming a Human Resource Partner, Employee Services Effectiveness Manager and now a Marketing Manager responsible for achieving growth and new customer satisfaction goals by leading operational performance, development and change management.
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Carla Abonia
Carla Abonia Operating Committee

Carla Abonia is an agency owner for Allstate Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company and one of the nation’s largest publicly held personal insurers. She has 12 years of experience with Allstate Insurance and a total of 14 years in the insurance industry. As an agent she represents Allstate and provides products and services to help protect families with their personal (auto, property, and life) insurance, commercial insurance, and retirement and investment products.
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Angelica WongAngelica Wong Operating Committee

Angelica Wong is VP, Operations Leader Emerging Markets, Pfizer Inc. She joined Pfizer in Peru in 1980. She held a series of leadership positions in Quality Control and Production before moving to Venezuela as Quality Operations Manager. She was appointed Production Manager in 1995 and the Central Latin America Regional Quality Operations Leader in 1997. She was named Site Leader of Valencia, Venezuela Manufacturing Operation in 1999. Angelica subsequently consolidated the manufacturing operations of the two plants in Valencia into a single organization.
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Maria-Dolores (Loli) Vazques-AbadMaria-Dolores (Loli) Vazques-Abad,
Operating Committee
Loli is a physician licensed to practice medicine both in Mexico and in the US (Connecticut) & Senior director in WWD at Pfizer. She is an internist and a rheumatologist, with special training in molecular, cellular and humoral immunology. She joined Pfizer in 1998 as an Associate Director.  In 2002 she was promoted to Senior Associate Director, in 2003 to Director and in 2007 Senior Director and was appointed the Therapeutic Area Clinical Lead for Inflammation in World Wide Development at Pfizer.
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Denise SingletonDenise Singleton Operating Committee

Denise Singleton is President of ThrivePROS Consulting – a business advisory firm providing practical advice and solutions to small and medium-sized companies.  The firm offers a broad range of services including strategic planning, business development, sales and marketing techniques as well as operational analysis and training.  
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Lisa Pietri
Lisa Pietri
Executive Director NHCA

Lisa Maureen Pietri-Pozzi was born in New York, and raised in Puerto Rico.  She went to College at the University of Puerto Rico, where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Secretarial Sciences, career that brought her new bridges to further her education. She has Master Degree studies in Business Administration specializing in Human Resources and a minor in Marketing.
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Adam SudburyAdam Sudbury Attorney of Record

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Dr. Angela Anselmo Dr. Angela Anselmo

Reverend Doctor Angela Anselmo is an associate professor at Baruch College in the Department of Counseling and Student Development. She is the Director of the SEEK Program (Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge), the Director of the Black Male Initiative and founder of the Special Programs Urban Male Leadership Academy for under represented groups.
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