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www.negociosnow.com 12 Julio 2020 Pipeline and System Operations, and Corrosion Control & Transmission Integrity. Lopez has more than 28 years of experience in gas and electric operations and contract management and has been in charge of functions such as construction contract bidding and negotiation, pipeline construction, construction project management, right of way and vegetation management, underground damage prevention, gas distribution design, and field operations. SUSANA MEZA Vice President Of Community Impact Wintrust Meza oversees the Community Impact Division at Wintrust. Under her direction, the division maximizes reporting mechanisms and develops diagnostics to ensure community partners achieve specialized goals while laying the groundwork to attract new customers and generate revenue. Previously she served as vice president of marketing for Wintrust. She is a founding member of the Wintrust Community Impact Council and serves as chair of the International Business Council for the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. OSCAR MUNOZ Executive Chairman United Airlines Inc. Now executive chairman of United Airlines, Munoz previously served as chief executive. His tenure as CEO of United Airlines began in September 2015. Munoz brings deep and broad experience in both the transportation industry and large consumer brands to his position at United Airlines. Prior to his current role, he was president and chief operating officer of CSX Corporation. He has also served in various capacities at some of the world's most recognized consumer brands, including AT&T, Coca-Cola Enterprises and PepsiCo. DAVID OLIVENCIA Managing Director, Journey to Cloud, Health & Public Accenture Olivencia is a business strategy and information technology executive who has delivered significant business outcomes to Global 500 organizations and prominent international nonprofits, transforming organizations and accelerating growth. He is a sought-after speaker who has presented in prominent forums including the U.S. Congress, National Association of Corporate Directors, NASDAQ Opening Bell, and Great Minds in STEM, among others. He serves on the advisory board of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute with 10 members of Congress and several Fortune 500 executives. corporate associate. In 1999, he joined the law department of American International Group. Most recently, Gonzalez served as chief legal officer of QBE North America, a division of QBE Insurance Group. RICHARD A. GONZALEZ Chairman of the Board and CEO AbbVie Gonzalez leads the global biopharmaceutical company that employs approximately 30,000 people and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. Prior to AbbVie's separation from Abbott in January 2013, Gonzalez was a 30-year Abbott veteran. He served as president and chief operating officer of Abbott before briefly retiring in 2007. He also held various senior leadership positions in Abbott's medical products businesses, including president and chief operating officer of the Medical Products Group. JUAN GUERRA Senior Vice President, Managing Director of International Wholesale Walgreens Guerra is responsible for the overall performance, direction and oversight of the WBA wholesale business. Prior to his current position, Guerra filled a number of roles for Alliance Healthcare, including director of wholesale and business support, deputy finance director and regional finance director. Guerra held several other senior finance and sales positions at Dako, Life Technologies and General Electric. ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ JR. Chairman and CEO Inter-Con Security Systems Inc. As chairman and CEO of Inter-Con, Hernandez leads a privately owned provider of high-end security and facility support services to government, utility and industrial customers. He also serves as non-executive chairman of McDonald's Corp. and was elected to that position in May 2016. He has served on the McDonald's board as an independent director since 1996 and most recently chaired the Audit Committee. He also serves as director of Chevron Corp. SAUL LOPEZ Director for Operations Support Peoples Gas of Chicago and North Shore Gas of Northeastern Illinois In his current position for the subsidiaries of the WEC Energy Group, Lopez provides direction to three departments: Damage Prevention, CORPORATE CHICAGO H I S P A N I C P O W E R H I S P A N I C P O W E R CHICAGO READ MORE AT NEGOCIOSNOW.COM JOSE "JOE" E. ALMEIDA Chairman, President and CEO Baxter International Almeida, a native of Brazil, was named to his current position in January 2016 and is leading the company through a period of dynamic transformation powered by accelerated innovation, operational excellence and strategic execution. Prior to joining Baxter, Almeida served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Covidien PLC from 2012 through 2015. He previously served as president of Covidien's medical devices organization, and served in several leadership roles at Covidien's predecessor, Tyco Healthcare. RUBEN CASTILLO Partner and Chair of Akerman Bench Akerman LLP Litigator Castillo focuses his practice on corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, private arbitration, and mediation. In addition, he serves as chair of Akerman Bench, one of the nation's largest panels of former judges, lawyers, and former law clerks who provide guidance on optimal trial and appellate court presentations. Prior to joining Akerman, Castillo served as chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, becoming the first Latino to hold this position in the district. ADELA CEPEDA Director BMO Financial Corp A finance specialist since 1980, Cepeda advised municipalities and corporations on the structuring and execution of capital markets transactions exceeding $150 billion. In 2016, she sold her firm, A.C. Advisory Inc., to PFM, the top-ranked municipal advisor, and was managing director of PFM until 2019. She is a director of the Boards of BMO Financial Corp., the U.S. holding company for BMO Harris Bank, and a director of the UBS Funds, Pathway Mutual Funds and chairs the Mercer Mutual Funds. RAMÓN CEPEDA Senior Vice President, Managing Director The Northern Trust Company Cepeda oversees two specialty lending groups with a combined $1.9 billion portfolio: the Commercial Real Estate Group and the Professional Serviced Group. He established and manages a $1 billion portfolio of commercial real estate properties, focusing on high-net-worth real estate investors who own industrial, retail, multi-family and office properties. Cepeda was appointed by former Gov. Bruce Rauner to serve on the Board of Trustees at the University of Illinois. PEDRO DEJESUS Executive Vice President and General Counsel Tampico Beverages Inc. In addition to being executive vice president and general counsel, DeJesus is head of international business and corporate secretary for Tampico. He is a member of the company's executive leadership team and serves on its board of directors. Tampico is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of flavored drink concentrates. DeJesus' areas of focus include executive leadership and management of global operations, setting strategy, domestic and international commercial negotiations, corporate governance, mergers and acquisition and intellectual property rights. JOE DOMINGUEZ CEO ComEd ComEd, an Exelon company, powers the lives of more than 4 million residential and business customers, or 70% of Illinois' population. Before joining ComEd, Dominguez served as executive vice president of governmental and regulatory affairs and public policy for ComEd's parent company. Prior to that, Dominguez was a partner in the law firm of White and Williams LLP, counseling large and small corporations, institutions, and government entities. He is a former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. DENNIS GARCIA Assistant General Counsel Microsoft Corp. Garcia practices at the intersection of law, technology and business and leads the legal support function for Microsoft's U.S. enterprise commercial, marketing and operations, and small, medium and corporate sales teams. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked as an in-house counsel for Accenture and IBM. He is a fellow of information privacy, a certified information privacy professional/United States and a certified information privacy technologist with the International Association of Privacy Professionals. JOSE RAMON GONZALEZ Executive Vice President & General Counsel CNA Gonzalez serves as principal counsel to the CEO, senior management team, and board of directors. He leads the Law Department, which is responsible for the company's legal affairs, compliance, regulatory and government affairs, corporate secretary affairs, securities and litigation. He began practicing law in 1995 as a MIGUEL PATRICIO Chief Executive Officer The Kraft Heinz Co. Prior to joining Kraft Heinz, Patricio spent more than 20 years at Anheuser-Busch InBev where he served as part of the executive leadership team in various positions, driving organic growth and industry-leading margins. He was the global chief marketing officer at AB InBev from 2012-2018. Before his career at AB InBev, he held a variety of leadership positions at other global consumer packaged goods companies including Philip Morris, The Coca-Cola Company and Johnson & Johnson. JOSE LUIS PRADO Executive Advisor Partner Wind Point Partners In addition to working with Wind Point, Prado is also chairman of Tropicale Foods, the leader in Hispanic frozen novelties in the USA, and vice chairman of Benestar/Evans Food Group. From 2016 and until July 2019 he was chairman and CEO of Evans Foods Group, based in Chicago and the world leader of Pork Rinds snacks and foods. Prado is former president of Quaker Oats North America and was the first Mexican to lead a major PepsiCo business in North America. GUSTAVO VALLE Executive Vice President & President, Latin America Mondelēz International Mondel ēz is a global snacks company with 2019 net revenues of approximately $26 billion. Valle focuses on driving growth in Latin America with his extensive experience in emerging and developed markets. He joined Mondel ēz in early 2020, bringing more than three decades of leadership experience across Latin America, North America and Europe. He started his career in finance before moving into general management. In more than 20 years at Danone, he held several roles including CEO Argentina and CEO Brazil. LIZZETTE WILLIAMS Global Head of Vertical Solutions Marketing Facebook Williams is a leading marketing and advertising executive with expertise at driving the convergence of brands and culture. In 2019 she was named an Adweek innovator and Chicago Business Journal woman of influence. She was also inducted into the American Advertising Federation Advertising Hall of Achievement, the premier industry recognition for leaders under 40. At Facebook she leads a global team tasked with developing progressive marketing approaches to inspire and enable businesses across 10 industries including e-commerce, retail, gaming, and entertainment.

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