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Alejandra Y. Castillo serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YWCA USA and its network of 210 associations serving 2.2. million women and girls around the country in 46 states and the District of Columbia. With over two decades of professional experience in Washington, D.C., she has served in senior leadership in two presidential administrations. Given her policy, legal and business expertise, Alejandra has worked in various public, private and non-profit settings.

Angela Fernandez, Esq., is the Executive Director and Supervising Attorney of the Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights. Angela is a first generation immigrant, whose mother migrated to the United States from Baitoa of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.

As Deputy General Counsel at McKinsey & Company, I advise firm partners globally on legal and reputational issues, ensuring that the firm's business is conducted in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements and consistent with the firm's professional policies.

As a New York-based M&A partner, Ms. Lozano represents a variety of clients in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, private equity and other corporate matters. Among many others, she has represented:

Maria Fernandez is Vice President and Head of Ethics and Compliance North America, Direct Energy. Direct Energy is the North American brand under Centrica, a U.K. company. Maria supports the North America business and ensures that its lines of business, Home and Business, are operating in accordance with the standards developed by Centrica, its customers and the regulators and Centrica's commitment to best practice across the regulatory landscape within North America and the global enterprise.

Growing up in the Argentine district of Kansas City, Kansas, my family experienced the American Dream firsthand. My parents taught me the value of hard work and sacrifice and the importance of giving back, and these same values were evident everywhere in my community, in our contributions, and in our resilience. I was taught by their example, and it inspires and motivates me today to lead this great American institution, which creates opportunities and helps break down barriers for Latinos in this country.

Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department, focusing on general corporate and securities matters. She heads the firm’s Latin American Practice.

A National Science Foundation Fellow from 1981 to 1984, Joyce has over 35 years of experience working in program development and social services delivery. As a consultant and grant writer, her expertise in HIV prevention and harm reduction has made her a local and national leader in the field of AIDS and drugs.

A top human capital executive and workplace culture strategist, Daisy Auger-Dominguez transforms the leading organizations of our times by showing them how to shift their mindsets and operations with a lens on inclusive leadership. With two decades’ experience leading organizational transformations at The Walt Disney Company, Google and Viacom, she has driven innovation, collaboration and profitability by forging more diverse and inclusive workplaces.