We are honored to introduce our 2017 Conference guests, including chairs, speakers, moderators, panelists and keynotes. Click on a speaker for a full bio, contact and session information.
2017 Honorary Co-Chairs
Honorary Congressional Host Committee
Host Committee

Assemblymember Rodneyse Biochotte
Assemblymember and State Committee Woman / District Leader, New York State’s 42nd Assembly District

Cassandre Theano
Associate Legal officer for for Equality and Inclusion at the Open Society Foundations (The Justice Initiative)
2017 Featured Speakers

Ambassador Kenneth Merten
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Haiti Special Coordinator, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State
2017 Speakers

Anide J. Eustache
Marketing consultant, professional coach, & speaker, trainer
Founder of Overcomer Consulting

Christina Pardo Maxis, MD MPH
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Medicine, StonyBrook Medicine

Christine Souffrant Ntim
Co-Founder of Global Startup Ecosystem
Host of the Haiti Tech Summit & Ghana Tech Summit

Dr. Wilkerson Compere
Chairman of the Board, National Alliance for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals (NAAHP)

Ernest J. Barthélemy, M.D., M.A.
Resident Physician in Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Health System
Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellow 2017-2019
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Global Health and Social Medicine

Jean Marie Altema
Senior IT Specialist
Commissioner of the National Commission for Innovation and Socio-professional Integration of the Youth
Advisor to the Minister of Finance

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, PhD, MBA
Technical Advisor in Innovation, Science and Competitiveness, Office of the President of the Republic of Haiti

Jeffrey R. Gardere, Ph.D., ABPP
Board Certified Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor and Course Director at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

Joseph Makhandal Champagne
Chairman of the National Haitian-American Elected Officials Network (NHAEON.)

Lee Parker
Vice President and Private Client Associate at U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Lesly Kernisant, M.D., FACOG
Chief Medical Officer, Broooklyn Plaza Medical Center, Inc Brooklyn, New York

Ludovic Comeau, Jr
Professor, Economics, DePaul University
President, GRAHN-USA
Vice-President, GRAHN-Monde

Lyne Vanessa Alexandre
US Alumni, YLAI 2016
Medical practitioner, Leader, Activist, & Entrepreneur
Former president and general secretary of youth association or medical foundation

Marjorie Brennan, MD, MPH
Chair of the Advisory Board, NAAHP
Medical Director of Children’s National Health System Ambulatory Surgery Center in Montgomery County

Michele V. Boisrond
Data Center - Plant Engineering Supervisor / Social Entrepreneur / Diversity Advocate

Nadege Dady, Ed.D
Dean of Student Affairs & Assistant Professor, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

Noel Jonathas, Jr., M.Sc., LL.M.
Managing Director of INSSI Group (a boutique management consulting firm)

Raymond Janvier
Vice President and Private Client Associate at U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Sandra Florvella-Pierre
Public Administrator
CEO & Founder of Haitian Businesses, LLC
Co-Founder of Haitea

Usha E. Pitts
Foreign Service Officer & Diplomat in Residence for New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania