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/) Please leave a review or send us a Voice note letting us know what you enjoyed at:Back2Basics reconnecting to the essence of YOU (podpage.com)Follow us on IG and FB @Back2BasicsPodcast