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This episode features Adis Vila who has held executive appointments in the federal government and then in her home state Florida. A lawyer by training, she has taught in academia and her most recent assignment was as the Chief Diversity Officer for the US Naval Academy. She now is a speaker and consults regularly on the the value of diversity at all levels of an organization as a key to business success.

This episode features Adis Vila who has held executive appointments in the federal government and then in her home state Florida. A lawyer by training, she has taught in academia and her most recent assignment was as the Chief Diversity Officer for the US Naval Academy. She now is a speaker and consults regularly on the the value of diversity at all levels of an organization as a key to business success.

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Adis Vila is the former global head of international business development at Vigoro, a $750M international agribusiness company; former head of regulatory policy for the western hemisphere at Nortel Networks, a $22B telecom supplier; former Secretary &amp; CEO of the Florida State Department of Administration; former Assistant Secretary &amp; COO of the US Department of Agriculture. An experienced financial executive, Vila qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC and NYSE Rules. She self describes her work of the intersection of Law, Business and Policy. In 2013, Vila retired from her position as the first Chief Diversity Officer at the US Air Force Academy and founded Vila &amp; Associates, a consultancy focused on helping clients build diverse leadership and foster an inclusive organizational culture. Multicultural and fluent in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, Vila, a Cuban refugee, came to the US in 1962 at the age of 8. In 1982 she was selected a White House Fellow, the premier leadership program in the US. Passionate about corporate governance, Vila is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow; a member of Women Corporate Directors (WCD), a member of the board (Secretary) of Latino Corporate Directors Association , and a Pioneer member of Athena Alliance. Adis is always open for interesting Opportunities, including Coaching and Board Membership Postings. https://www.linkedin.com/in/adisvila/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/fellows/ Special Thanks go to Julie-Roxane Krikorian ( www.jercatime.wordpress.com) for editing this Episode of Back2Basics. You should also check out FAR OUT: Adventures in Unconventional Living with co-host Alasdair (https://thefaroutpodcast.simplecast.fm/)

Adis Vila is the former global head of international business development at Vigoro, a $750M international agribusiness company; former head of regulatory policy for the western hemisphere at Nortel Networks, a $22B telecom supplier; former Secretary &amp; CEO of the Florida State Department of Administration; former Assistant Secretary &amp; COO of the US Department of Agriculture. An experienced financial executive, Vila qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC and NYSE Rules. She self describes her work of the intersection of Law, Business and Policy. In 2013, Vila retired from her position as the first Chief Diversity Officer at the US Air Force Academy and founded Vila &amp; Associates, a consultancy focused on helping clients build diverse leadership and foster an inclusive organizational culture. Multicultural and fluent in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, Vila, a Cuban refugee, came to the US in 1962 at the age of 8. In 1982 she was selected a White House Fellow, the premier leadership program in the US. Passionate about corporate governance, Vila is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow; a member of Women Corporate Directors (WCD), a member of the board (Secretary) of Latino Corporate Directors Association , and a Pioneer member of Athena Alliance. Adis is always open for interesting Opportunities, including Coaching and Board Membership Postings. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adisvila/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/adisvila/</a> <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/fellows/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/fellows/</a> Special Thanks go to Julie-Roxane Krikorian ( <a href="http://www.jercatime.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.jercatime.wordpress.com</a>) for editing this Episode of Back2Basics. You should also check out FAR OUT: Adventures in Unconventional Living with co-host Alasdair (<a href="https://thefaroutpodcast.simplecast.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thefaroutpodcast.simplecast.fm/</a>)

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