Episode 9: Adis Vila - Living a life with no regrets

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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