Episode 9: Adis Vila - Living a life with no regrets
Having had a very rough start as a political refugee in the US when she left her dad behind and fleed with her mom from the Castro Regime to look for a better future in Miami. Adis shares how she rised from that traumatic experience and garnished significant achievements, such as being selected a White House Fellow, the premier leadership program in the US and heading International Business for Multimillion Dollars corporations. This is the story of how the circumstances don't define you, YOU define YOU.
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 & CEO of the Florida State Department of Administration; former Assistant Secretary & 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 & 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/)
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