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 NAAHP Conference.
Highlighted Speakers
Ambassador Bocchit Edmond
Ambassador of the Republic of Haiti in the United States
Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune
City Councilor, At-Large, Boston
Etzer Emile, MBA
Economist
Garry Pierre-Pierre
Founder, Haitian Times
Co-Founder, City University of New York's Center for Community and Ethnic Media
Jacques Ted St Dic
Member, Monitoring Office of the Montana Accord
Mario Andresol
Former Commander in Chief, Haitian National Police
Michèle Oriol
Doctor of Sociology
Myrtho René
Member of the Board, Banque de la République d’Haïti
Speakers
Arielle Dominique
Executive Director, Haitian-American Foundation for Democracy
Co-Founder, Haitian Ladies Network
Ashley Narcisse
Staff Software Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Brian Concannon
Human Rights Lawyer
Brunir Olivier Shackleton
Haitian-American Writer, Actor, Activist
Carline Crevecoeur, MD FACOG
Board-Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Charlot Lucien
Public Health Manager, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Charnette Frederic
Councilwoman, Irvington, New Jersey
Chairwoman, NHAEON
Christine Coupet Jacques
CEO, DAGMAR
Claude Clodomir
Chief of Party, ATTEINDRE
Dielson Gustama
Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter
Dr. Alix Cantave
Senior Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Dr. Gabrielle P. Abelard
CEO, Abelard Psychotherapy Community Mental Health Clinic
Dr. Gilbert Saint-Jean, PhD
ADC Project Co-Lead
Dr. Jean-Philippe Austin, MD
President, Haitian American Foundation for Democracy
Dr. Joyce Hope Scott
Clinical Professor of African American Studies, Boston University
Dr. Monalisa Ferrari
Founder, FEWGI
Founding President, DREP
Dr. Paul Etienne, DBA
Founder, Madbu
Dr. Philippe-Richard Marius
Professor and Author, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, CUNY
Dr. Yveline Alexis
Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies, Oberlin College & Conservatory
Errol L. Pierre
Senior Vice President of State Programs, Healthfirst
Esterling Accime
Founder, PG Rewards
Fadia Patterson
Broadcast Journalist
Fritz M. Clairvil, MBA, MPA
CEO, Vest Net Capital Holdings Group
Gepsie M. Metellus
Executive Director, Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center
Guerda Nicolas, PhD
Co-Founder & President, Ayiti Community Trust
Guerline M. Jozef
Founder and Executive Director, Haitian Bridge Alliance
Herby Duverné
CEO, Windwalker Group
Jacques Dumarsais
Founder, AgriNova
Jamie McInerney
Head of Caribbean Advisory, CrossBoundary
Jean Gustave
Creative Director and Partner, Remora Inc
Jean-Marc Cuvilly
Manager, Haiti-INVEST
Jeannine Barthélemy-Paul
Co-Founder, ViAHSA
Jemadari Kamara, Ph.D.
Professor, Africana Studies Department, UMass Boston
Jessicah Pierre
Chief of Communications, City of Boston
Jhonson Napoleon
CEO, Azure Group
Johnny Celestin
Deputy Director, NY City’s Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
Joseph M. Chery
Mortgage Loan Specialist, Guaranteed Rate
JP Michel
Chairman and CEO to Santé Nou Health, Inc.
Jude Jean-Baptiste
CEO and Founder, Paon Bleu S.A.
Karen André
Associate Director for Consumer Education and External Affairs, CFPB
Ketsia Saint-Armand
Senior Nonprofit Strategist, PNC Institutional Asset Management
Kwani A. Lunis
Social Media Producer , NBC10 Boston
Leonie Marie Hermantin
Director of Development, Communications and Strategic Planning, Sant La
Linda Dorcena Forry
Former Massachusetts Senator and State Representative
Lyse Fedjanie Barronville
Executive Director & Strategy, Konbino
Macollvie J. Neel, M.B.A.
Executive Editor, The Haitian Times
Macollvie Nell
Executive Editor, The Haitian Times
Marc Prou
Senior Researcher & Dean of Students, Université Quisqueya
Nadia Valentin DNP, FNP-BC
CEO and Co-founder, NewVision Healthcare Group, P.C.
Nathalie Liautaud, M.A.
Project Manager,TRANSFORM, Cargill
Patrick Dessources
Executive Director, Centre d’Appui et de Services aux Entreprises Locales et Internationales (CASELI)
Pierre Andre Noel
Executive Director, Haiti Development Institute
Ralph Edmond
CEO, Farmatrix
Rebecca Obounou
Assistant Dean, Social Innovation MIT Public Service Center
Regine O. Jackson, Ph.D.
Dean, Morehouse College
Régine René Labrousse
Founder & CEO, Replenish 509
Santra Denis
Founder, Avanse Ansanm
Saurel Quettan, MBA, PMP
Founder & CEO, exeQfit, Inc.
Steve Desrosiers
Family Education Coordinator, Boston Public Schools
Steven Fondriest
EGAD Office Director, USAID-Haiti
Tarah Ernest
First-Officer, American Airlines
Vania Andre
Digital Media Executive
Vladimir Laborde
Project Executive, MBE & Corporate Engagement
Vladimir Sterlin
Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Whitney Lubin
Founder, Haitians in Tech
Executive Director, Code for South
Yselande Pierre, Ed.D.
Senior Associate Director of Operations for Campus Life, FIU
Yvette Modestin (Lepolata)
Founder/Executive Director, Encuentro Diaspora Afro
Yvrose Joseph
Head of the Financial Inclusion Unit, Bank of the Republic of Haiti