Panelists
Judge Lionel Jean-Baptiste
Cook County Circuit Court Judge in the State of Illinois
Founder and Former Chairman, Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti
Dr. Marjorie P. Brennan, MD
Chair of the Advisory Board of the National Alliance for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals (NAAHP)
Physician specializing in pediatric anesthesiology at Children National Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine George Washington University
Jacques M. Jean
Business Relationship Manager (BRM) for Industry at Schneider Electric
Jeff Lozama
President and CEO of CMS International Group
Chairman of the Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce of Florida
Suze François
Co-Chair of the Content Committee of the 2015 NAAHP National Conference
Senior Manager for the Walmart Foundation
Cassandre C. Théano
Associate Legal Officer at the Open Society Foundations (The Justice Initiative)
Marc Alain Boucicault
Chief external relations officer at HFund
Co-founder and former president of Groupe ECHO Haiti
Dr. Eduardo Gamarra, Ph.D
Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University (FIU)
Nedgine Paul
Co-founder & CEO of Anseye Pou Ayiti (“Teach For Haiti” in Haitian Kreyòl)
Sandra Marcel
Electronics Engineering Student at the Faculty of Science, State University of Haiti
Executive Member of IEEE-Haiti (IEEE FDS UEH)
Angie Bell
Author
TV / Radio Personality
Founder of the SEproject
Ernst Junior Cadet
President of Junior Chamber International Haiti (JCI Haiti)
Head of Handicap International’s protection unit
Calvin Hughes
Emmy Award-winning newscaster
Co-Anchor of Local 10’s
Nadine Leslie
President, Environmental Services, SUEZ North America
Patrick Brutus
President, Haitian-American Professsional Network
Senior Advistor, Chicago's Young & Powerful Group
Coordinator of Economic Development, Department of Planning Development, City of Chicago
Luckny Guerrier
Jeune-déléguée de la diaspora, Gouvernement de la Jeunesse en Haïti
Pierre A. Saliba
President of the Haitian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida (HACCOF)
Joann Milord
Executive Director of the Haitian Neighborhood Center Sant La
Garry Pierre-Pierre
Founder of The Haitian Times
Executive director of the Community Reporting Alliance
Founder of the City University Graduate School of Journalism ‘s Center for Community and Ethnic Media
Marie-Nancy Charles Larco
Doctor, Physician, Diabetes Educator, Author and Lecturer with focus on diabetology and endocrinology
Alain Lafalaise
Assistant Finance and Administration Director of Societe du Rhum Barbancourt
Stéphane Gilles
Chief of Mission, Consulate General of the Republic of Haiti in Miami
Joseph Makhandal Champagne
Ambassador of Peace from the Universal Peace Federation
Former Mayor of the Borough of South Toms River, New Jersey
Nancy Morisseau
Founding member of the Board of Directors of the Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York, Inc. (HALANY)
Maryse Pénette-Kedar
Founder and Board President of the Progress through Development through Education Foundation (PRODEV)