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Laura Quevedo will be joined on the advisory board by Zulay Ciffoni of Canon and Carlos Hernandez of American Airlines
Laura Quevedo
Diageo Human Resources Director
WorldCity announced today that is has appointed Diageo’s Laura Quevedo to serve as one of the first three members of the HR Connections Advisory Board.
At the same time, WorldCity accounced it has appointed two other members to the HR Connections Advisory Board, Carlos Hernandez of American Airlines and Zulay Ciffoni of Canon, as well as three members to the new advisory boards for the CEO Club, Government Affairs Connections and Marketing Connections.
Quevedo and the other 11 board members will be responsible for overseeing the growth and projection of their specific event series, all relatively new, and in helping WorldCity create the first “Best Practices Manual” for multinationals, with a heavy emphasis on Latin America.
“Laura has been an active and enthusiastic participant in HR Connnections since the start of the event series in the fall of 2008,” said WorldCity President Ken Roberts. “In addition to her enthusiasm, she brings knowledge and ideas that will be helpful to the group and the multinational community at large.
“Working with Carlos and Zulay, and others as we enlarge the advisory board, Laura will help make sure that the group grows and prospers and that the best practices manual is a success.”
HR Connections is held six times per year and open to anyone overseeing human resources for a multinational with either South Florida operations or an interest in Latin America. The sponsor is the University of Miami School of Business Executive Education Center.
The advisory board members for the CEO Club, which is also held six times per year for the top person at each of the roughly 1,100 multinationals in South Florida, will be Liz Alicea-Velez of Western Union, James Hogan of Medtronic and Henry Martinez of Discovery.
As is the case with most of the board members, the three oversee Latin America and, in some cases, have additional responsibilities.
The three board members for Government Affairs Connections, which is open to public policy officials at South Florida multinationals, are Don Johnson of FedEx, Rafael Jaen Williamson of Chevron and Malvina Longoria of MasterCard.
The three board members for Marketing Connections, open to top marketing officials with the South Florida-based multinationals, are Cesar Sebrosa of Ole/A&E, Roberto Ricossa or Nortel and Bertha Merikanskas of LAN. Both meet every other month, as do the CEO Club and Government Affairs Connections.
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