Dynamic executive with extensive experience in driving innovative change across human conditions, organizational growth, grant writing, fiscal management strategy, business development, Leadership, Fiscal responsibility, and entrepreneurship. Fluent in Spanish
E X PE R I E N C EFounder / OwnerTrue North LSP | Stow, OH Present
Help companies reach peak supply chain performance by developing and improving the metrics critical to success.
Spearheaded initiatives in manufacturing to ensure success in cost, speed, and delivery.
Provide educational outreach on supply chain and logistics to schools and industries.
Consulted on forecast planning, winning RFPs, and government contracts.
Consults The National Museum Of Education on offering educational programs and training to schools
Consulting Plaid Mug in co-marketing
Foundation President and Chief Executive OfficerInterChez Family of Companies | Stow, OH
Managing 40MM Business growth while ensuring that the company maintains high social responsibility wherever it does business
Communicating on behalf of the company with government entities, customers, the banking community, and the public
Leading the development of the company’s short- and long-term strategy and goals
Creating and implementing the company’s vision and mission
Evaluating the work of other executive leaders within the company, including the COO, CFO, vice presidents, and Directors,
Maintaining awareness of the competitive market landscape, expansion opportunities, and industry developments.
Assessing risks to the company and ensuring they are monitored and mitigated.
Executive Director for Non-Profit Resource CenterThurgood Marshal Family Resource Center | Ashtabula, Ohio
Overseeing a government-funded pilot project
Developing programs for an underserved community in the city of Ashtabula
building a relationship of excellence between the community, families, social service agencies, and schools.
Coordinating wrap-around services from agencies in what would be considered a closed community.
ESL, GED Parenting Classes, Nontraditional Girl Scouts, and Boy Scouts.
Creating a functioning social, cultural, and economic environment
Grant writing, collaborating with school systems, police, courts, government entities, other nonprofit service providers, churches, gangs, Kent State Ashtabula, Immigrations, community leaders, Head Start, immigration, Courts, and diverse communities.
Representing the children of the community as they re-entered the school system after being expelled or dropped out
Serve as an interpreter for the non-English speaking community members who would find themselves in the courts or with
Trained in identifying satanic and Gang tagging and signing
Head Of Foreign Language Department Old Trail School| Bath Ohio
• Trained in Mel Levine Schools Attuned Program– No Child Left Behind-All Kinds of Minds
• Head of the Language Department in a prestigious NAIS private school
• Setting foreign language curricula and helping change the culture to appreciate and understand the value of learning not only a language but also the culture
• Spanish Teacher for seventh and eighth-grade students (promoted to head of the department)
L E A D E R S H I P A N D C O M MU N I T YC U R R E N T
Trustee & Committee Chair, NEOMED
Board Co-Chair Kent State University School Of Fashion
Board Member Summit/Medina Workforce
Development Board DEI advisory board at Kent State University
Portage County NAACP board member and Education Chair
ITAC 12 Board Department of Commerce DC
P R E V I O U S
President Ambassador Kent State University
Sponsored by Kent State’s Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the President’s Ambassador is expected to help promote pluralistic understanding and mutual respect among diverse constituencies of students, staff, faculty, and administrators at Kent State; help address diversity challenges; implement diversity initiatives; engage students; and assist with other responsibilities that advance university-wide goals.
GCP Board member
U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Advisory Committee Stokes Fellow and Leadership Scholar with the Cleveland LeadershipHost Committee Member, Cleveland Museum of Art (Black Vanguard Exhibit) Member of WWC Incubator
Keynote Speaker Kent State University Graduation Main Campus
Keynote Speaker Kent State University Ashtabula
Speaker Key For Women
Speaker NOMSD Awards conference
Speaker and Education Chair Portage County NAACP
Speaker Linken West High School Global Studies
Chesnes Ramos Family Scholarship at Kent State University
R E C O G N I T I O N
Greater Cleveland Partnership Summit Magazine.
Summit County Minority Health Department 2017 Crain's Women of Note
2013 Key Bank Key4Women Achievement Award Outstanding Volunteer Contribution Awards
Latino Networking Caucus Outstanding Alumni Award National Association of Professional Women2011-2012 Businesswoman of the Year Award from the office of Senator Frank LaRose. 2010 Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year, Kent State University2009 Northeast Ohio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center's Volunteer Leadership Award
2008 People to People Leadership Award Hispanic Entrepreneur of the Year
1997 Thurgood Marshall Community Award for civil and human rights activism