BoardReady Institute Certified


BoardReady Institute Curriculum Partners

A special thank you to our BRI Curriculum Partners, KPMG US and University of California, Hastings College of the Law, who together with our BRI Faculty, make this programming possible!


Congratulations to Our Fall 2022 BoardReady Institute Certified Members


Celebrate the following LCDA members who are certified by the Latino Corporate Directors Education Foundation’s (LCDEF), BoardReady Institute (BRI) program in corporate governance excellence. 



Maria C. Alonso: Independent Director, US Century Bank (NASDAQ: USCB)

Augusto Aragone: EVP, Secretary & General Counsel, Ingram Micro Inc.

Elizabeth Atlee: SVP, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, CBRE, Inc.

Carolina Barcenas: Head of Platform Data Science, Airbnb Inc.

Ana Lucia Bastiani-Posner: EVP & CFO, Kyowa Kirin US, Inc.

Guillermo Beade: CEO, Lifestyles Brand, SC Johnson

Maria-Elena Carrión: Founder & Managing Partner, Multicultural Capital, LLC

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera: CEO, MCC Productions

Desiree Castillejos: VP, Business Development & Strategy, Johnson Controls

Oscar H. Castro: SVP, Digital & eCommerce, Dollar Tree, Inc.

Tina Castro, CFA: Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Avivar Capital, LLC

Marcelino De Santiago: President & COO, Hope Global

Faquiry Diaz Cala: COO, Lionheart III Corp.

Adam Dumey: Principal Strategic Manager, Amazon Web Services

Angel Gallinal: Senior Advisor, Egon Zehnder

Rodrigo Garcia: Global CFO, Talipot*Holding

Ignacio Giraldo: Partner, TPG Capital

Tabata Gomez: Independent Director, Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ: HELE)

Javier Gonzalez: Chief Information Security Officer, Mexico, Barclays

Rose Hartwig: Fmr SVP, Global Brand & Product Marketing, Peloton Interactive

Anthony Heredia: SVP, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Target Corporation

Jose J. Hernandez: VP & Chief Information Security Officer, Corning

Maurice Herrera: CMO, Adtalem Global Education

Boris Hirmas Said: Founder & Chairman, SouthAm Freeze Dry

Vanessa Jacoby: CFO, Shoreline Biosciences

Marcela Kirberger: EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Elanco Animal Health

Roberto Magaña: SVP & Chief Procurement Officer, The Estee Lauder Companies

Samantha Melting: SVP & Head, Consumer Banking, Synchrony

Tricia Montalvo Timm: Former General Counsel, Looker, Google

Regina Montoya: CEO, Regina T. Montoya, PLLC

Marisa Moret: Director, Global Affairs & Strategic Partnerships, Airbnb

Andy Navarrete: EVP, Head of External Affairs, Capital One

Yonesy Núñez: Chief Information Security Officer, Jack Henry & Associates

David Olivencia: Managing Director, Cloud Advisory, Accenture

Raul Perez: General Manager, Accessory Engineering, Toyota North America

Juan Fernando Posada: Fmr President, Latin America, Procter & Gamble

Eddie Ramos: Independent Director, Optimum Trust Fund

Sharon Rodriguez: Fmr Chief Customer Officer & Executive Advisor, Unqork

Anthony D. Romero: independent Director, Ariel Investments/Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Adam Salgado: CMO, Cardenas Markets, LLC

Sofia Santos: Managing Director/Head of Retail, Preferred and Small Business Strategy, Bank of America

Rodrigo A. Sierra: SVP & Chief Communications Officer, American Medical Association (AMA)

Teresa Stinson: EVP, Florida Commercial Banking Executive, Cadence Bank

Steven Wolfe Pereira: Chief Business Officer, 3Pas Studios


Additional BoardReady Institute Certified Members (2017 - 2022 Spring)


Anne Alonzo: Fmr SVP, External Affairs & Chief Sustainability Officer, Corteva, Inc.

Alex Alvarez: Chief Production and Sustainability Officer, Brown-Forman

William Alvarez Jr.: Fmr CFO, Harvest Capital Credit Corporation

Raul Anaya: President, Business Banking, Bank of America Corp.

Jose Avalos: CEO, Austin GIS, Inc.

Anthony Barrueta: SVP, Government Relations, Kaiser Permanente

Brenda Bazan: Operating Partner, TWV Capital Management LLC/Fmr President, EPSoft Technologies

Vanessa Benavides: SVP and Chief Legal Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals

Ana-Mita Betancourt: Fmr General Counsel, World Bank Group

David Carbajal: Fmr Group Head, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Alejandro Cestero: President and CEO, AccuFleet International

JoAnn Chavez: SVP and Chief Legal Officer, DTE Energy

Anna Maria Chávez: Chief Impact Officer, President-Encantos.org, Encantos

Manny Confresi: EVP, Global Head of M&A/Corporate Development, Elavon, Inc.

Margarita Colmenares: Director, Outreach and Recruitment, White House Fellows Foundation and Association

Noel Colon: SVP and Chief Quality Officer, Medtronic

Lizette Corro: President & CEO, Corro Nobil Associates

Ignacio Cortina: EVP, General Counsel & Secretary, Oshkosh Corporation

Celeste De Armas: CEO, RiskRator & President, CSMB International

Alberto de Cardenas: EVP, Secretary and General Counsel, MasTec, Inc.

Sergio Vicente De Castro: CFO, Aera Energy LLC

Hector de la Barreda: President, Amplify Snack Brands & New Ventures, The Hershey Company

Marcelo De Santis: Chief Digital Officer, ThoughtWorks

Tim DeSoto: Head of Membership Programs, Partnerships & Innovation-Sam's Club, Walmart

Patricio Diaz: Head-Investment Solutions Group-Capital Markets, Bank of America

Romulo "Romy" Diaz: Fmr VP, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer-PECO Energy, Exelon Corporation

Ixchell Duarte: SVP and CFO, CNL Healthcare Properties, Inc.

Carmen Fernandez: Chief People Officer, Marsh & McLennan Companies

Manny Fernandez: Fmr Dallas Office Managing Partner, KPMG

Ricardo Fernandez: President, U.S. Morning Foods, General Mills Inc.

Pedro L. Figueroa: VP, Sales & Marketing, Michigan Sugar Company

Indrani FranchiniChief Legal Officer, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Marcos Gabriel: Chief Transformation Officer, McCormick & Company

Deborah Gallegos, CTP, FP&A: Fmr Chief Investment Officer, New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS)

Hilda C. Galvan: Partner-in-Charge, Jones Day

Carlos Garcia Jr. : Co Founder and CEO, Service Desk Group, LLC

Sergio Garcia: Fmr SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc.

Marcela Garcia-Conti: CEO and Fmr International Operations Manager, OpenCard 

Alberto Garofalo: Chief CRA Officer/Head of Community Banking & Development, Bank of America

Terhilda Garrido: Fmr Vice President, Health Information Technology (HIT) Transformation & Analytics, Kaiser Permanente

Jordi Gayolà Guitart: SVP, Global Marketing, Monster Beverage

Denise Godreau Rodriguez: Executive in Residence, KSL Capital (Private Equity)

Luis Gomez: CEO, Wellmark

Rick Gomez: EVP and Chief Food and Beverage Officer, Target Corporation

Veronica Gontier: Managing VP-Prospect & Customer-Digital Marketing, Capital One

JC Gonzalez-Mendez: Fmr President-Latin America, McDonald's Corporation

Mauro Gregorio: President, Performance Materials & Coatings, Dow Inc.

Norma Grubb: Director, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, Cummins, Inc.

Cynthia Guerrero: Partner, California Strategies

David Rogelio Guzmán: Fmr Chief Information Officer, Staples Solutions

Samara Hernandez: Founding Partner, Chingona Ventures

Miriam Hernandez-Kakol: Fmr Global Head, Managment Consulting, KPMG US LLP

Veronica Hinojosa-Segura: Associate Vice Chancellor, The University of Texas System

Robert Kozmann, Jr.: Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer of the Latin America Group, Bank of America

Ofelia Kumpf: Field Vice President (Regional VP)-USA, McDonald’s Corporation

Christopher Lalan: Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Teacher's Federal Credit Union

Julieta LaMalfa: CFO, Canela Media

Keyla Lazardi: Chief Scientific Officer, Revlon Inc.

Fabio Lievano: VP, Safety Science & Medical Evaluation, AbbVie

Anthony Lopez: Fmr Division President/General Manager-Medical Global Business Unit, Ansell Ltd.

Michael Lopez: SVP, Environmental, Social, & Governance, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

Miguel "Mick" Lopez: CFO, Ribbon Communications, Inc.

Francisco Lopez-Balboa: CFO, Cumulus Media, Inc.

Maybel Marte: Managing Director & Head of Leveraged Finance Product Strategy-Global Credit Group, BlackRock

Annette R. Martinez: Fmr Chief Human Resources Officer, State Farm Insurance

Herbert Mazariegos: Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer, BMO Financial Group

Joseph Medina: CEO, The Asia Pacific Strategies & Solutions Group

Roberto Medrano: Fmr Global General Manager HP Software, HP Inc.

Adriana G. Mendizabal: Group President-Latin American, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Ana Mims: Founder & CEO, Ana Mims LLC

Rita Mitjans: Former Chief Diversity & Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, ADP Inc.

Isaac Mizrahi: CEO and Co President, Chief Operating Officer, Alma Ad Agency

Ralph Monte: Partner and Former Short Hills Office Advisory Leader, KPMG US

Jose Morey: CEO, Ad Astra Steam Media, LLC

Ileana Musa: Managing Director/Head of International Banking & Lending, Morgan Stanley

Carmen Ortiz-McGhee: EVP, National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC)

Benjamin R. Ostapuk Yrun: Vice President, Intellectual Property & Legal Group, Intel Corporation

Elena Otero: Director, Helen of Troy Limited

Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D.: RWJF Professor Emeritus/Fmr Executive Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health

Amilcar Perez: EVP, National Media Sales & Chief Revenue Officer, Nielsen

David R. Perez: Founder and Fmr CEO & Chairman, Seamless Medical

Pedro Pierluisi: Governor, Puerto Rico

George L. Pita: EVP & CFO, MasTec, Inc.

Julio Ramirez: CFO, Kimball West

Melissa Ribeiro: Chief People Officer, Actian Corporation

Robert Rodriguez: CEO & Founder, Cambria Solutions

Mercedes Romero: Chief Procurement Officer, Primo Water Corporation

Gloria Romero Roses: Managing Partner, Nexus Living LLC

Debra Rosado Shaw: Former SVP, Chief Global Diversity & Engagement Officer, PepsiCo, Inc.

Gisel Ruiz: Fmr EVP, COO-Sam's Club, Walmart Inc.

Javier Saade: Partner, Fenway Summer & Impact Master Holdings

Anelise Sacks: Chief Customer Officer, Analog Devices

Anthony Salcido: Fmr Chief Accounting Officer, Toyota Motor Sales and Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A.

Diana Sanchez: Fmr President and CEO, Telefonica USA

Carlos Schuler, Ph.D.: Chief Operations & Technology Officer and Co-Founder, InCarda Therapeutics Inc.

Jesus Soto Jr.: Chief Operations Officer, Mears Group, Inc.

Tom Soto: Founder and Managing Partner, Diverse Communities Impact Fund (DCIF

Elias C. Tavarez: CFO, Edward Don & Company

Jose Tavarez: President of New York City and Vice Chair, Private Bank, Bank of America

Rachel ten Brink: Co-Founder and Former CMO,

Denice Torres: Fmr Chief Strategy & Business Transformation Officer, Johnson & Johnson

Rene Torres: VP, Sales & Marketing Group/General Manager Global IOT Sales, Intel Corporation

Peggy Turner: Vice President, Lexus Customer Service, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.

Francisco Uriarte: Partner, ONEtoONE Corporate Finance

Linda Urrutia-Varhall: Fmr Major General, US Air Force

Gilberto Vargas: VP and General Manager, Cloud & Enterprise Sales, Intel Corporation

Louis Vega: President, North America, Dow, Inc.

William M. Velez: Chief Information Officer, Harvard Maintenance, Inc.

Oskar Vides: SVP, Enterprise Risk Management, Synchrony Financial

Ovi Vitas: CMO, AmeriLife Group LLC

Mary Ann Walker: Managing Partner, WH Legal Group LLP

Yasmine Winkler: Fmr Lead-Diversity & Inclusion/CEO-Central Region, UnitedHealthcare

Sebastian Zugman: General Auditor, Global Banking and Markets, Bank of America