Latinas Today 6 www.latinastyle.com LATINAStyle Vol. 26, No.3, 2020
Marilyn Alverio, Founder, Latinas & Power Symposium
Having grown up in an urban
neighborhood Marilyn Alverio
learned early on about the impact
of giving back to the community, volunteerism
and paying it forward. Her parents migrated to
the U.S. from Puerto Rico in the early 1950s
and instilled the importance of “La Familia,”
culture, our language and being involved in
“La Comunidad.”
She earned her B.A from the University
of CT
in Storrs, CT and later an M.B.A. from the
University of Phoenix. Alverio worked in the corporate
arena for more than 20 years where she has held
numerous management positions within the airlines,
pharmaceutical, education, financial and health
insurance industries. As an entrepreneur, she led
Ethnic Marketing Solutions for eight years, an agency
that focused on strategic marketing for companies
interested in learning about and tapping into
multicultural markets. Alverio works for MassMutual
in Enfield, CT. where she is a member of the
Workplace Solutions marketing team. She volunteers
for MassMutual’s “Leading with Diversity” manager
trainings several times a year and speaks at
numerous national events on the topic of Diversity &
Inclusion and Women & Leadership.
Her most recent success as founder and
producer of the Latinas and Power Symposium®
(LPS), is achieving national recognition and celebrated
its 15th anniversary in May of 2018. The annual
one-day inspirational and professional development
platform is attended by over 400 participants from
across New England and is designed for Latinas on
a career or entrepreneurial path.
Nathalie Rayes
named President
& CEO of Latino
Victory
Priscilla Rojas Elected as First
Woman and Latina to Chair the
Boston Planning & Development
Agency Board
The Boston Planning &
Development Agency (BPDA)
Board unanimously voted to
elect Priscilla Rojas as Board
Chair. She will be the first
woman and Latina to hold the
position. Appointed by Mayor
Martin J. Walsh, Rojas has
served on the BPDA Board
since 2015 and as interim
chair since December 2019.
“Through many years of
dedicated service to her
community and to the City of
Boston, Priscilla Rojas has
shown she is well-qualified to
serve as chair of the BPDA
Board,” said Mayor Walsh.
Rojas serves as board
treasurer and audit committee chair for Futuro Media Group, an
independent nonprofit organization committed to producing ethical
journalism from a POC perspective. She also served as a member of
the Boston Cultural Council for six years and is the head of Internal
Audit & Compliance at Takeoff Technologies.
Nathalie Rayes is the President and
CEO of Latino Victory, an organization
working to grow Latino political
power by increasing Latino
representation at every level of
government.
Formerly, Rayes was Vice
President of Public Affairs for Grupo
Salinas in the U.S., Rayes served as
Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn
Deputy Chief of Staff. Prior to that, she was Senior Policy Advisor
to Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Feuer, heading all aspects of
Councilmember’s activities with respect to citywide legislation and
ordinances impacting the Fifth Council District. Rayes also served as a
Department of State Fellow in the Economic/Political Section of the United
States Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
Rayes serves as a United States Presidential appointee to the Board
of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, she is
the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Hispanic Federation, as well as
Chair of the National Advisory Group for Hispanas Organized for Political
Equality (HOPE) Binational Fellowship, and member of the Board of
Directors of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and the Congressional
Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI). LS
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