Pre-White House briefing
for Dominican-American Leaders
2/25/15
10:00 am
Moderated by: New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat
Agenda
Welcoming remarks:
Lorraine A. Cortés-Vázquez
Executive vice president for Multicultural Markets & Engagement at AARP
Part I- Government and Public Policy
Topic 1 - Education
Speaker: Ana Isabel Garcia Reyes
Position: Associate Dean , Office of The Associate Dean for Community and External Relations at
Hostos Community College of the City University of New York
Topic 2: Health
Speaker: Ivelisse Fairchild, CFRE
Position: Vice President Resource Development, NCLR (The National Council of La Raza)
Topic 3: Immigration
Speaker: Angela Fernandez , Esq.
Position: Executive Director and supervising attorney of Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant
Rights
Topic 4: Economic Security and Empowerment
Speaker: Manuel Segura
Position: Chairman of the Dominican-American Elected and Appointed Officials Caucus of New Jersey
Part II: Civic Participation and fairness in representation
Topic 1: Civil Rights
Speaker: Elizabeth De León Bhargava
Position: First Deputy Chief of Staff to NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito
prosecutions concerning civil rights and consumer fraud matters, and spearheaded initiatives concerning
Topic 2: Dominican population
Speaker: Frank Moran
Position: Member, Massachusetts House of Representatives
Topic 3: Voter enrollment
Speaker: NYS Senator Adriano Espaillat