Speakers
Learn from leaders and professionals at the forefront of their respective fields and industries…
This year, the NAAHP conference seeks to showcase the most influential trailblazers, professionals, educators and entrepreneurs to present highly-relevant presentations and content for conference attendees. Discover the leaders, disruptors and entrepreneurs who are re-thinking and reshaping how companies and people operate in this era.
Please check back frequently for updates on speakers and panelists who will be part of the 2018 NAAHP Conference.
Keynote Speakers
The Honorable Jean Henry Céant
Prime Minister of Haiti
Dr. Jean-Philippe Austin, MD
President, Haitian American Foundation for Democracy
Honorable Marnatha Irène Ternier
Minister of Haitians Living Abroad
Commissioner Jean Monestime
Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, District 2
Milka Milliance
Organizational & Change Strategist Consultant, We R Artemis Leadership Inc.
Paul G. Altidor
Former Ambassador of Haiti to the United States of America
Moderators & Panelists
Adler C. Eliacin
Managing Director, Synergy Strategy Group
Albert Decady Esq.
Attorney, US Patent and Trademark Office
Researcher for the struggle to Exercise the Diaspora Vote
Ali Noorani
Executive Director, National Immigration Forum
Alix Claude
Spokesman and Researcher for the 2006-2012 Struggle to Amend the 1987 Constitution to Win Dual Citizenship and the Current Struggle to Exercise the Diaspora Vote
Ambassador Danielle Saint-Lot
Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
President of Danielle Saint-Lot Haiti Women’s Foundation
Anide J. Eustache, MBA
Principal, Garraud Consulting
Anith Benjamin
Founder & President, Golden Vie Inc.
Anthony Teague
K-12 Partnerships Manager, Office of Community Engagement, FIU
Betty Jean
Co-Founder, ElevateHer International
Global Trauma Healing Consultant
Carel Pedre
Host, Radio One Chokarella
TV personality, Journalist, Director and Producer
Christine Sainvil, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist, Florida International University
Claude L. C. Mancuso
President, Ayiti TV
Cleve Mesidor
Founder, LOGOS
Clyde Vanel
Assemblymember, Queens Village, New York
Daniel Silva
Partner and Chief Operating Officer, DMS International
Daphnee Charles
Co-Founder & COO, COCREAD
Co-Founder, ACTIVEH
Career Services & Alumni Coordinator, Haitian Education & Leadership Program (HELP)
Delle Joseph
Chairman, Haitian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida (HACCOF)
Dieula Previlon
Founder and Executive Director, ElevateHer International Ministries
Dina Simon
CEO, USVI Hurricane Recovery & Resilience Task Force by the Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Dr. Agabus Joseph, MD
Director General, OFATMA
Dr. Jean M. Pierre
Principal, Haitian American Research Company
Dr. Marjorie P. Brennan, MD
Physician, Children’s National Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, George Washington University
Dr. Rajiv Dahiya MD
Chief Medical Officer, Blue Ocean Harvest
Dr. Ronald Cetoute
President, Georgia Haitian American Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Sidney Coupet, MD
CEO, Coupet Quality Clinic (CQC) and CQC Healthcare Systems
Dr. Vilas Saldanha, MD FACS
Orthopaedic Trauma and Adult Reconstruction Surgeon, Texas Orthopaedics
Dumas M. Siméus
Former President and COO, Beatrice Foods International
Eveline Pierre
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Haitian Heritage Museum
Faith James
CEO and Chief Brand Strategist, The Personal Branding Consultancy, LLC
Francesca Menes
Founder & Chief Community Engager, CommUnity Strategies, LLC
Florida State Coordinator, Local Progress, Center for Popular Democracy
Fritz Duroseau
Economist and Board Member, Bank of the Republic of Haiti
Garry Pierre-Pierre
Founder, Haitian Times
Co-Founder, City University of New York's Center for Community and Ethnic Media
Georges Bossous, Jr.
Pursuing Doctorate in Public Health, Walden University
Guerda Nicolas, PhD
Co-Founder & President, Ayiti Community Trust
Guerline M. Jozef
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Haitian Bridge Alliance, The Black Immigrants Bail Fund, and The Cameroon Advocacy Network
Guylene Berry
Director, Sak Pase Media
Hadassah St. Hubert, Ph.D
CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow at dLOC
Honorable Fred Seraphin
County Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida
Jacquelyne Hoy, Ph.D.
Vice President, Hoy Global Consultants
James Pierre
Radio and TV Personality
Jean Armand Mondelis
Deputy Director, Bank of the Republic of Haiti
Jean G. Orelien, DrPH, MStat
Founder, SciMetrika LLC
CEO, ScitoVation, LLC
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Science and Innovation Advisor to the President of the Republic of Haiti
Jean-Robert LaFortune
President, Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition
Jeff Lindor, MS
Founder & CEO, The Gentlemen's Factory and Groomed Success
Jeff Lozama
President and CEO of CMS International Group
JP Michel
Chairman and CEO to Santé Nou Health, Inc.
Jude Celiscar
CEO and Co-Founder, Goodoo Courier
Judge Lionel Jean-Baptiste
President, United Front of the Haitian Diaspora
Kara V. Ferrier, Esq.
President and Founder, Vaval Ferrier Law Group
CEO, InPowerment Institute, LLC
Luis Echebarria
Representative in Haiti, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Magdalah Racine-Silva
President, CEO and Co-Founder, DMS International
Marcel Fontin
Chief Operating Officer, Simact Inc.
Former Chairman and CEO, Banque de l’Union Haïtienne, S.A.
Maritza T. Adonis, J.D.
CEO, MTA Visions LLC
Founder, Society of Global Impact Entrepreneurs
Global Innovation Fellow-China, U.S. Dep’t of State
Emerging Young Entrepreneur Fellow, NMSDC
Mark B. Rosenberg, Ph.D
President, Florida International University
Marleine Bastien, MSW, LSW
Executive Director, Family Action Network Movement (FANM)
Maryse Pénette-Kedar
Founder and Board President, PRODEV
Mayor Smith Joseph
Mayor, City of North Miami
Michael Baptiste
Digital Marketing Strategist, BGM Agency
Michael Gay, P.E.
President, GDG Beton et Construction
Michelle Austin Pamies
Member, Austin Pamies Norris Weeks, LLC
Nadege Fleurimond
CEO, ROAR Consulting, LLC
Natacha J. Janac, M.S./ M.Ed
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, Albizu University
Research Assistant, CRECER Lab, University of Miami
Newton B. Sanon
President/CEO, OIC of South Florida
Noel Jonathas, Jr., M.Sc., LL.M., Esq.
Managing Director, InSI Group
Patricia Elizee
Managing Partner, Elizee Law Firm
Patrick F. Martin
Shareholder, Law Firm of Greenberg Traurig
Philome Joseph Raymond Magloire
Former Haiti Ambassador to Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the European Union
Rubens Jean-Baptiste
Financial Analyst, Blue Ocean Harvest
Sacha Perez
Sales Manager, Buteau Hospitality
Saif Y. Ishoof, Esq
Vice President for Engagement, Florida International University
Sandra L. Jean, Esq.
Managing Founder & Senior Attorney, Jean Consulting Group
Santra Denis
Founder, Avanse Ansanm
Saurel Quettan, MBA, PMP
Founder & CEO, exeQfit, Inc.
Senator Dieudonne Luma Etienne
Haitian Senate
Serge Renaud, MBA, MSA
President, NAAHP
Shaina Silva
Director of Industry Accelerators, RocketSpace
Sinclair Skinner
Co-Founder, BitMari
Soeurette Michel, Esq., LLM
Event Chair, NAAHP Conference
Suze François
Principal, Mileus Global Consultancy, LLC
Sylvain Kakou
Resident Representative for Haiti, International Finance Corporation
The Honorable Dotie Joseph
State Representative, Florida House District 108
Vanessa Joseph, Esq.
City Clerk, North Miami, Florida
Vania Andre
Digital Media Executive
Vladimir Laborde
Project Executive, MBE & Corporate Engagement
William Michel
Evaluation Program Manager, InnovEd Research