Agenda

• Dr. Wilkerson Compere – Chairman of the Board of Directors of National Alliance for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals (NAAHP)
• Serge Renaud – Executive Vice President of National Alliance for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals (NAAHP)
• Newton Sanon – President/CEO of OIC of South Florida and Co-Chair of the Conference
  

Introduction: Members of the Conference Host Committee

• Ambassador Danielle Saint-Lot, Ambassador–at-Large of the Republic of Haiti for Women’s Empowerment & President of Danielle Saint Lot Haiti Women’s Foundation
• Dr. Smith Joseph, Mayor of the City of North Miami
• Chairman Jean Monestime, Commissioner of Miami-Dade County

• The Honorable Robert Labrousse, Minister of Haitians Living Aboard

Moderator: Kesner Pharel, President of Groupe Croissance

Participants:

• Michael Gay – GDG Beton & Construction, S.A.
• Nadine Leslie – President Environmental Services – SUEZ North America
• Alain Lafalaise – Assistant Finance and Admin Director, Societe Du Rhum Barbancourt
• Guy Francois – Consul General for the Republic of Haiti in Miami
• Maryse Penette-Kedar – Senior Consultant to Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and President of SOLANO

• The Honorable Dr. Garry Connille, Former Prime Minister of Haiti

Moderator: Cleve Mesidor, Global Solutions Consultant at the Raben Group

Participants:

• Jeff Lozama, President and CEO of CMS International Group and Chairman of the Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce of Florida
• Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Moise, Physician/President of Comprehensive Health Center
• Harold Charles, President of CEEPCO Contracting

Speakers:

• Chairman Jean Monestime, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
• Dotie Joseph, Deputy City Attorney of North Miami Beach
• Newton Sanon – President/CEO of OIC of South Florida and Co-Chair of the Conference 
• Connie W. Kinnard – Vice President, Multicultural Tourism & Development for Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Ambassador Danielle Saint-Lot – Ambassador-at-Large of the Republic of Haiti for Women’s Empowerment & President of Danielle Saint Lot Haiti Women’s Foundation

• Ambassador Paula Caldwell St-Onge, Embassy of Canada in Haiti
• Kimberly Green, President of the Green Family Foundation
• Jean-Claude Brizard – Former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Anseye Pou Ayiti Board

Moderator: Nedgine Paul, CEO of Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti)

Participants:

• Jean-Claude Brizard, Former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Anseye Pou Ayiti Board
• Dr. Francois Pierre-Louis, Associate Professor at CUNY
• Dr. Paul Pierre, Fulbright program alumnus and Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Partners In Health
• Dr. Marjorie Pierre Brennan, NAAHP Chair of the Advisory Board and Physician specializing in pediatric anesthesiology at Children National Medical Center
• Richard A. Berman – Founder and CEO: Consulting, Health Care, Education, Housing, and Youth development

• Mr. Thomas Debass, Deputy Special Representative for Global Partnerships of U.S. Department of State

• The Honorable Jean-Max Bellerive, Former Prime Minister of Haiti

• The Honorable Wilson Laleau, Minister of Economy and Finance of Haiti

Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Jean-Philippe Austin, MD – Board certified in Radiation Oncology, Chairman of the Florida Democratic National Committee and Executive Board Member of the Haitian-Americans for Progress (HAP)
• Charles Castel – Governor of the Central Bank of Haiti

Moderator: Cassandre Theano, Open Society Justice Initiative

Participants:

• Nancy Morisseau, Esq. – Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York
• France François – Rights4AllinDR
• Edwin Paraison – Fondation Zile
• Joseph Makhandal Champagne Jr. Esq. – National Association of Haitian Elected Officials
• Soeurette Michel, Esq,. LL.M – The Michel Law Firm

Speakers:

• Mayor Smith Joseph, City of North Miami
• Mark B. Rosenberg, President of Florida International University
• Councilman Mr. Alix Desulme, City of North Miami
• Councilman Philippe Bien-Aime, City of North Miami
• Ambassador Danielle Saint-Lot, Ambassador-at-Large of the Republic of Haiti for Women’s Empowerment & President of Danielle Saint Lot Haiti Women’s Foundation

• Ambassador Paul Altidor, Haitian Ambassador to the United States
• Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Moise – Physician/President of Comprehensive Health Center
• The Honorable Alcee Hastings – U.S. Representative for Florida’s 20th congressional district
  

Moderator: Elizabeth Guerin, Anchorwoman NBC Miami

Participants:

• Ambassador Danielle Saint-Lot, Ambassador–at-Large of the Republic of Haiti for Women’s Empowerment & President of Danielle Saint Lot Haiti Women’s Foundation
• Carline Joseph, President of Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie d’Haiti
• Suze Francois, Senior Manager at Walmart Foundation
• Dotie Joseph, President of the Haitian Lawyer Association and Deputy City Attorney of North Miami Beach
• Marleine Bastien, Executive Director of Fanm Ayisyen nan Miyami

• Ambassador Kenneth H. Merten, Haiti Special Coordinator and Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State

• Honorable Karl Racine, Attorney General for the District of Columbia

• Honorable Laurent Salvador Lamothe, Former Prime Minister of Haiti

Speakers:

• The Honorable Frederica Wilson, U.S. Representative for Florida’s 24th congressional district
• Dr. Smith Joseph, Mayor of the City of North Miami

Keynote Speaker:

• The Honorable Evans Paul, Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti

Moderator: Vania Andre, Editor of the Haitian Times

Participants:

• Dr. Eduardo A. Gamarra, Ph.D, Professor of Florida International University (FIU)
• Francois Guillaume II, Former Minister of Haitians Living Abroad
• Garry Pierre, Founder of the Haitian Times
• Dr Ludovic Comeau Jr. Ph.D, Vice President of GRAHN-World, President of GRAHN-USA, and Associate Professor at DePaul University