National Board
of Directors

Alina
Moran

Chair

Michael
ALICEA

Vice Chair

Lizette
ARIAS

Treasurer

Suheily Natal Davis

Secretary

OLGA
CAMARGO

Chair Emeritus

Monica Villalobos

Board Member

Silvana Montenegro

Board Member

YAHAIRA
CORONA

Board Member

SYLVIA
Gomez

Board Member

Janie
Cervera

Board Member

Salvador
Mendoza

Board Member

Dan
Soto

Board Member

Ana
Ceppi

Board Member

Mayra
Khan

Board Member

Sulema
Medrano

Board Member

Nate (Nathanial)
Bennett III

Board Member

Advisory Council

LILIA
ARROYO-FLORES

Secretary

Delia Gutierrez McLaughlin

Chair

LUIS
AMAYA

Board Member

ROCIO
GARCIA

Board Member

Juan Carlos
Avila

Board Member

Alvaro
Bonta

Board Member

Jaime di Paulo Zozaya

Board Member

Lourdes
Diaz

Board Member

Ana
Flores

Board Member

Jose A.
Suarez

Board Member

Alexandra
Garza

Board Member

Amy
Grace

Board Member

Martha
Arteaga

Board Member

Maty
Kiser

Board Member

Marisol
Martinez

Board Member

Talita Ramos Erickson

Board Member

Harold
Rivas

Board Member

Andrea
Sáenz

Board Member

Michael
Roca

Board Member

FERNANDO
DELGADO

Board Member

Tony
Tenicela

Board Member

Tish
Archie-Oliver

Board Member

Maria Elisa Martinez

Board Member

Alina Moran

Board Chair

Alina Moran, MPA, FACHE, FAB is the President at Dignity Health – California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC). Founded in 1887, CHMC is a 318-bed, general acute-care, non-profit hospital serving downtown Los Angeles and neighboring communities in South Los Angeles. The hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II trauma center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, comprehensive cardiac and surgical services, as well as extensive outpatient programs including the Los Angeles Center for Women’s Health. Read More

Michael Alicea

Vice Chair

Michael has galvanized internationally dispersed teams to deliver outstanding performances throughout mergers and divestitures, public-to-private and private-to-public transitions, reorganizations, business model and work culture transformations, and internal/external crises. He leads the people-focused tech organization as it transforms while also serving as a public board member at Emerald Expositions (EEX). Prior to his current role, Michael was Chief People Officer at NielsenIQ where he headed all HR activities for a workforce of 32K across 100+ countries. Read More

Lizette
Arias

Treasurer

Lizette Arias is a global financial ethics and compliance professional with more than 20 years of experience in the fields of business ethics, compliance programs, forensic investigations, and financial governance in both the public and private sectors. She helps organizations develop best-in-class corporate compliance & ethics programs, as well as mitigate and/or address financial fraud globally.

Board Member

In her role, Suheily partners with McDonald’s US Leadership Team to drive strategic diversity initiatives. She has been with McDonald’s since 2014. Prior to stepping into her current role, Suheily was General Counsel for McDonald’s Latin American Markets and before that, worked as Senior Counsel on McDonald’s Global Labor & Employment team. Read More

OLGA
CAMARGO

Chair Emeritus

Olga has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Olga authored a graduate thesis, that focuses on the imperative need for financial institutions to provide culturally-relevant financial services to better engage today’s culturally diverse society. Her overall mission is to join collective efforts to help close the U.S. wealth gap, for Latinas (women of color). Olga is the Founder and CEO for FARO Associates LLC (woman-owned/Minority Business Enterprise), providing consulting and financial services to various institutional entities.

Board Member

Ms. Villalobos was recently named President & CEO of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber after serving as the Vice-President and Foundation Executive Director for seven years. In this role, she is responsible for the strategic growth initiatives of the chamber. She is also the operator of the Phoenix MBDA business center. Her background and experience as a corporate marketing executive and as an entrepreneur result in a unique combination of skill and talent.

Board Member

Yahaira G. Corona is a dynamic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) champion, accomplished HR Business Partner, and passionate leader with 12 + years of progressive experience leading the execution of HR initiatives and cultivating a culture of equity fairness and respect. Read More

SYLVIA
Gomez

Board Member

Sylvia Gomez is the managing director of Field Services Delivery for United Airlines. In this role, Sylvia is responsible for maintaining the critical infrastructure of United’s airports and corporate centers worldwide, leads Ground Radio engineering, supply chain operations, IT Service Desk support, global deployment of large-scale programs, end-user strategy and employee communications. Read More

Janie
Cervera

Board Member

Janie currently leads the Client Field Service organization within Wealth Management. This role oversees the U.S. field service team which is comprised of Regional Directors of Operations and over 100+ Wealth Analysts that support our client sales, investment, trust, and banking professionals nationwide. She also serves as Global Co-Chair for the Latino Alliance ERG, anadvisor to the Wealth DEI Council, and is a member of BMOs Black and Latino Advisory Council.

Board Member

Salvador Mendoza is responsible for the development of short and long-term strategies in the areas of workforce, leadership development, community partnerships and NBCUniversal’s Employee Resource Groups, with a focus on enhancing the company’s diverse and inclusive environment. In addition, he is responsible for building and maintaining partnerships with local, regional and national diverse organizations.

Board Member

Dan Soto was appointed the Chief Compliance Officer of Ally Financial in October 2010. In this role, he is responsible for leading the company’s compliance efforts in line with applicable laws, rules, and company regulatory policies. Soto joined the company as an executive compliance director in September 2009.

Before joining Ally, Soto held several compliance leadership roles within the financial services industry, including positions at Bank of America, Royal Bank of Canada, and Wachovia Bank. Soto also served for over 15 years as a bank examiner with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Board Member

Ana’s career has always been deliberately diverse and multi-disciplinary (journalist, agency, client VP, media, PR, bilingual). As a second-generation advertising professional, her goal is to continue to foster creatively diverse, magnetically forward, unexpectedly elegant solutions to drive brand and sales growth, from any seat at the table. Generously resilient, deliberately curious, first-generation corporate leader who is sought after for bringing forward the brain and the heart to challenging endeavors, and strategically influence and understand all angles of MarCom. Read More

Mayra
Khan

Board Member

Mayra Khan is a distinguished leader recognized for her impactful contributions to the Hispanic business community, economic development, and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Her career reflects a deep commitment to fostering business growth, championing diversity, and empowering underrepresented communities.

Board Member

Sulema Medrano, partner in Dentons’ Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice, resident in the Firm’s Chicago office, is an accomplished and award-winning trial lawyer with extensive experience leading trial teams to verdict, particularly in cases related to commercial disputes and insurance claims. Sulema honed her courtroom skills as an Illinois state prosecutor, and she is known for defending her clients in complex disputes related to breach of contract, regulatory compliance, business torts and professional liability. In addition to representing clients in insurance and commercial litigation, she is an active advocate for women and diverse members of the legal community.

Board Member

Nate Bennett III is responsible for leading the company’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion office. This office has been established to drive key diversity initiatives throughout the bank.

Mr. Bennett joined Comerica in 2009 as the Vice President, Texas Market Staffing Manager. He was named Senior Vice President, Talent Acquisition Director in 2010. In mid-2016, he was named the Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President, Head of Talent Acquisition. In 2022 Nate began to focus solely on leading Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies throughout the bank.

Secretary

Lilia Arroyo-Flores serves as EVP; Head of Planning & Consumer Insights in Edelman’s Chicago office. With more than 20 years of experience in branding, insight and strategy development, Lilia specializes in understanding what motivates the behaviors of today’s consumers, inspires the creative process to generate the right content to engage them and ensures every interaction delivers an experience true to a brand’s essence.

Vice Chair

Delia Gutierrez McLaughlin, President and CEO of AzTech Innovation, LLC.

An accomplished executive and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of successful experience within Technology Innovation, Supplier Diversity and Vendor Management, Delia has a proven ability to foster relationships with C-Suite, and has built a reputation for developing business strategies, incubating new business models, and building out channel programs within the organizations she has served.

Board Member

Luis Amaya is a Vice President at Northern Trust Asset Management, the investment arm of the Northern Trust Corporation, which is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Luis manages a team responsible for the oversight and operations of the Common and Collective Investment Trust (CIT) Products. Luis is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he received a BA in Economics. Immediately after graduation, Luis started his career in the financial services industry. His first role was as a Fund Accountant, which quickly progressed to more senior roles and eventually led to managing a team of fifteen that was responsible for the daily valuation of portfolios valued over $100BB.

Board Member

Rocio Garcia is a thriving corporate and a dedicated community leader offering over 15 years of experience in both the business and civic sectors. She is a motivated and driven individual with years of marketing, communication, sales and strategic planning experience. Rocio Garcia is currently with Bimbo USA Bakeries leading 15 states in the US for Foodservice frozen.

Chair Emeritus

Juan Carlos Avila is Managing Director and Partner at Toroso Investments, LLC, a registered investment advisor firm. Toroso is committed to providing its clients with strategies that allow them to express their economic point of view, consistent with their risk tolerance and time horizon, through core asset allocation and income strategies that are intended to perform well in all economic climates. Mr. Avila has 22 years of financial service industry experience.

Board Member

Alvaro Bonta is Vice President of U.S. Franchising Strategy for McDonald’s USA. In this position, Alvaro leads the franchising strategy for over 14,000 restaurants. Alvaro and his team are responsible for developing long-term strategic franchise plans in each U.S. Market to improve the customer experience. Alvaro oversees the selection and training of new franchisees as well as sale between operator transactions and new term franchise decisions for over 1,800 franchisee organizations.

Board Member

Lourdes Diaz is Vice President of Diversity Relations for Sodexo USA, a leading provider of Quality of Life Services, where she is responsible for establishing strategic partnerships with diverse organizations, minority owned businesses and community leaders in key markets around the country as well as driving the diversity and inclusion message to internal stakeholders and lines of business. Her commitment and leadership role in representing Sodexo in the marketplace continues to promote best diversity practices, as Sodexo ranks #1 in the Diversity, Inc. 50 top companies in the diversity arena.

Board Member

Amy Grace is the Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President of Talent at Hydro One and based in Toronto, Ontario. Among Grace’s responsibilities are the development, implementation, management and delivery of the talent management infrastructure as well as strategic human capital planning for the enterprise. Within the role are the leadership development, talent management, diversity and inclusion and performance management functions. Grace also oversees the recruiting function.

Board Member

Martha Arteaga is the Vice President of Human Resources at AMLI Residential, a private real estate development, management and investment company owned by PRIME Property Fund and managed by Morgan Stanley. In her role, Martha oversees employee relations for the company as well as is the main contact for California employment law requirements/compliance. She manages Talent Acquisition as well as HRIS for the organization.

Board Member

As vice president of Experience Management (XM) Services & Support, Maty is responsible for leading the Technical Consulting and Support teams involved in the implementation, customization, testing, and support of Verint Experience Management solutions. Maty leads services & support Customer Experience (CX) with a focus on providing a better experience for customers, providing analysis and insights that increase the value of their solution, and effective transitions from services to support to minimize customer effort.

Treasurer

Marisol Martinez, CPA is an Enterprise Operational Risk Manager at Allstate.

Marisol has obtained diversified experience in audit, accounting, and risk management including audit services for non-profit organizations, investment partnerships, private sector financial institutions, operational internal audit, and enterprise risk management. Currently, Marisol drives the management and advancement of operational risk management across Allstate Financial Businesses.

Secretar

In her legal capacity, Talita Ramos Erickson manages legal, compliance, and crisis management for the Region, with focus on U.S., Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. Since 2018, she has an additional business role managing the company’s restaurants division. From 2013 to 2016, she served as Barilla’s first Global Chief Diversity Officer, leading the company’s Global D&I Board and managing the implementation of a comprehensive Global D&I program.

Advisory Council Member

As Executive Director of Omnicom Media Group’s Cross-Cultural Center of Excellence, Michael Roca leads the charge in helping Fortune 500 brands unlock growth through culturally relevant media strategies that drive measurable business results. He has partnered with industry leaders like Diageo, Google, and P&G to authentically engage diverse consumer segments—boosting brand equity, customer loyalty, and ROI.

By expanding the portfolio of media partnerships to include more representative and multicultural platforms, Michael directs investment toward high-impact, underleveraged audiences. His work not only strengthens client performance but also reshapes the media supply chain to better reflect today’s consumer landscape...Read More

Fernando
Delgado

Board Member

Fernando Delgado joined the Johnson and Johnson family as the new Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition in July of 2020. In this role Fernando sets the strategies and direction for a global team to attract and hire the top executive talent in all countries that J&J operates.
Fernando has also an entrepreneurial spirit and became Partner at Claremont Consulting where he helped establish, build, and scale their business in the Americas. Prior to Claremont he was with Johnson Controls where he served as the VP of Global Talent Acquisition.

Board Member

Tony Tenicela is the Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in North America for Sodexo. He is responsible for leading DE&I initiatives to help foster an inclusive workplace culture and ensure that Sodexo attracts, develops, engages, advances and retains a high-performing workforce that reflects the communities we serve. This includes shepherding the development of strategies, action plans, partnerships and thought leadership to drive accountability and outcomes through data and metrics. Read More

Tish Archie-Oliver

Board Member

Tish Archie-Oliver is the Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Officer for Unilever, North America. In this role, she leads Unilever's mission to achieve equity in talent management, branding, and supplier diversity. Before Unilever, she served as the Second Vice President of Enterprise Diversity & Inclusion at Travelers Insurance. In this global role, she integrated diversity and inclusion strategies into business practices and processes across the company.

Board Member

Maria Elisa Martinez is the SVP of HR for North America Pharmaceuticals at Johnson & Johnson. In this role, she oversees the Organizational, HR and talent strategy for our pharmaceutical business across the North America region, which includes the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. Before moving to the US, Maria Elisa was the Head of HR for Latin America (LATAM). In this Cross-Sector role, she served as chair of the Regional HR Leadership Team. Read More

National Boardof Directors

AlinaMoran

Chair

MichaelALICEA

Vice Chair

LizetteARIAS

Treasurer

Suheily Natal Davis

Secretary

OLGACAMARGO

Chair Emeritus

Monica Villalobos

Board Member

Silvana Montenegro

Board Member

YAHAIRACORONA

Board Member

SYLVIAGomez

Board Member

JanieCervera

Board Member

SalvadorMendoza

Board Member

DanSoto

Board Member

AnaCeppi

Board Member

MayraKhan

Board Member

SulemaMedrano

Board Member

Nate (Nathanial)Bennett III

Board Member

Advisory Council

LILIAARROYO-FLORES

Secretary

Delia Gutierrez McLaughlin

Chair

LUISAMAYA

Board Member

ROCIOGARCIA

Board Member

Juan CarlosAvila

Board Member

AlvaroBonta

Board Member

Jaime di Paulo Zozaya

Board Member

LourdesDiaz

Board Member

Ana Flores

Board Member

Jose A. Suarez

Board Member

Alexandra Garza

Board Member

AmyGrace

Board Member

MarthaArteaga

Board Member

MatyKiser

Board Member

MarisolMartinez

Board Member

Talita Ramos Erickson

Board Member

HaroldRivas

Board Member

Andrea Sáenz

Board Member

MichaelRoca

Board Member

FERNANDODELGADO

Board Member

TonyTenicela

Board Member

TishArchie-Oliver

Board Member

Maria Elisa Martinez

Board Member

National Board
of Directors

Alina
Moran

Michael
ALICEA

Lizette
ARIAS

OLGA
CAMARGO

YAHAIRA
CORONA

SYLVIA
Gomez

Janie
Cervera

Salvador
Mendoza

Dan
Soto

Ana
Ceppi

Mayra
Khan

Sulema
Medrano

Nate (Nathanial)
Bennett III

LILIA
ARROYO-FLORES

LUIS
AMAYA

ROCIO
GARCIA

Juan Carlos
Avila

Alvaro
Bonta

Lourdes
Diaz

Ana
Flores

Jose A.
Suarez

Alexandra
Garza

Amy
Grace

Martha
Arteaga

Maty
Kiser

Marisol
Martinez

Harold
Rivas

Andrea
Sáenz

Michael
Roca

FERNANDO
DELGADO

Tony
Tenicela

Tish
Archie-Oliver

Lizette
Arias

OLGA
CAMARGO

Monica
Villalobos

Yahaira
Corona

SYLVIA
Gomez

Janie
Cervera

Salvador
Mendoza

Dan
Soto

Mayra
Khan

Sulema
Medrano

Nate (Nathaniel)
Bennett III

LILIA
ARROYO-FLORES

Delia Gutierrez
McLaughlin

Luis
Amaya

ROCIO
GARCIA

JUAN
CARLOS AVILA

Alvaro
Bonta

Lourdes
Diaz

Amy
Grace

Martha
Arteaga

Maty
Kiser

Marisol
Martinez

Talita Ramos
Erickson

Michael
Roca

Fernando
Delgado