2022 Speakers

Speakers & Special Guests

Domingo Garcia

LULAC National President

Sindy Benavides

LULAC National CEO

Pedro Pierluisi

Governor of Puerto Rico

Miguel A. Romero Lugo

Mayor of San Juan

Miguel Cardona

Secretary of Education

Randi Weingarten

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President

Cid Wilson

HACR President & Chief Executive Officer

Veronica Sandoval

Principal, Patient Inclusion & Health Equity, Chief Diversity Officer, Genentech

Raquel Tamez

Chief Inclusion and Engagement Officers, Charles River Associates

Carlos Mellado López

PR Secretary of Health

Cameron Mackenzie

Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce President

Donald M. Remy

Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary

Adrianne Todman

HUD Deputy Secretary

Tom Vilsack

USDA Secretary

Michael S. Regan

Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Adrianna Nava, PhD, MPA, RN

President, National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)

Polly Trottenberg

Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation

Timothy M. Keller

Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico

Ambassador Katherine Tai

United States Trade Representative

Lucille Roybal-Allard

U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard

Linda T. Sánchez

U.S. Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez

FTI Speakers

Judge Frank Montalvo

United States District Judge Western District of Texas - El Paso Division

Joseph Gonzalez

Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Gabriel Camarillo

Under Secretary of the Army

Maribel Duran

Chief of Staff, United States Department of Agriculture

Nicholas Reyes

Director, Western Hemisphere, Office of International Affairs, Federal Aviation Administration

Anthony Lopez

Founder, CEO and Managing Partner, L&L Associates, a Leadership & Management Consulting Firm

Monserrate C. Roman

Program Manager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Miguel “Joey” Avilés

Global D&I Keynote Speaker, MJA International, LLC.

Lorena Orozco McElwain

Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, Drug Enforcement Administration, FTI Advisory Board Member

Felícita “Feli” Solá-Carter

Former SSA Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Human Resources , FTI Advisory Board Member

Anaury Angeles

Reasonable Accommodation Specialist, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Victoria Vargas

Director of Program Administration, Office of Securities Operations, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Zina B. Sutch, PhD

Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Civil Rights, Small Business Administration

Amneris Caba

SEPM & Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Program Manager, Office of Inclusion and Civil Rights, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Marissa Jimenez

Senator of Carolina, Puerto Rico

Oliver C. Allen, Jr

CEO, Training & Development Strategies LLC

Alba I. Nuñez

Senior HR Strategists/Program Manager, Employee Services/Strategic Workforce Planning, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Glorimar Maldonado

Diversity Program Manager, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Dr. Ana Valentín

Enterprise Service Program Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Virginia Andreu

Assistant Director of Special Operations Division, Office of Federal Operations, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Patricia St. Clair

Assistant Director, Outreach, Training, and Engagement Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Damishia R. King

Records Information Management & Equal Employment/Diversity & Inclusion Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services

Dwayne E. Campbell

Center for Minority Veterans, Hispanic Veterans Liaison, Department of Veterans Affairs

Alberto Crespo

EEO Facilitator/Training, Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute

Alex D. Tremble

CEO and President, GPS Leadership Solutions LLC

Norma Fuentes

Executive Administrative Assistant, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Cynthia (Cin-dee) D. Dunn

Director, IRS, Tax Exempt and Government Entities, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Laura E. Colón-Marrero

EEO Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

Migdalia Gonzalez

Office of Civil Rights Hispanic, Employment Program Manager, Federal Aviation Agency

Dr. María Mayita Meléndez

Former Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico

Patrick Malone, PhD

Director of Key Executive Leadership Programs, American University

Aisha Hernandez

Program Support Assistant, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Yvette R. Delgado

EEO Specialist, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Gabriela Hernandez

FTI Tiger, Swarthmore College

Gaven Green

FTI Tiger, Swarthmore College

Dr. Supreet Anand

Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of English Language Acquisition, Department of Education

Brenda DePuy

President, DePuy HR Associates

Honorable María Vega

Mayor of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

Jeffrey Vargas

Generationology, LLC.

Dr. Francisco “Cisco” Werner

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National

Dr. Michelle Pacheco Turner

Conflict Resolution & Affirmative Employment Program Manager, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC)

Maria Mercedes Olivieri

Former Director, Strategic Recruitment, U.S. Department of Commerce

Denise Viera

Senior Advisor, Office for Civil Rights, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

Nydia Roman Albertorio

Acquisition Group Manager, General Services Administration, Federal Systems Integration and Management Center

Dr. Terri A. Dickerson

U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Civil Rights

Dr. Gladys Brignoni

U.S. Coast Guard, Deputy Commander and Chief Learning Officer

Milton Hunt

Consultant, Milton Hunt

Stuart Bender

Director, USDA Office of Ethics

Javier E. Inclán

Assistant Inspector General for Management/CIO for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General

Karina Castillo

FTI Tiger and Internal Organizer, SEIU Local99