Adis Vila, NACD.DC
Harvard Kennedy School
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Adis Vila, NACD.DC is a highly experienced global CXO with 30 years of driving success for multibillion-dollar public and private sector organizations. She specializes in navigating highly regulated industries and empowering organizations undergoing transformation. Adis has extensive public policy and foreign affairs experience, bringing an informed global, regulatory, and public policy perspective to executive teams and boards. She has a proven track record of driving organizational transformation and facilitating diversity, equity, and inclusion. Adis has held various leadership positions, including VP of International Business Development and VP of Government Relations and Regulatory Policy. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has received numerous international fellowships.
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Adis Vila is a global CXO with 30+ years of experience driving success for multibillion-dollar public and private sector organizations. She specializes in navigating highly regulated industries and empowering organizations undergoing transformation. Adis is an expert in international business and regulation, with extensive public policy and foreign affairs experience. She brings an informed global, regulatory, and public policy perspective to executive teams and boards.As a private sector executive, Adis enabled profitable global growth and expansion. As VP of International Business Development for $750 agri-business Vigoro, she drove market access for products in Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, and Scandinavia and negotiated agreements with distributors and business partners. As VP of Government Relations and Regulatory Policy (Caribbean and Latin America) for $22b telecom supplier Nortel Networks, Adis led trade, infrastructure development, investment, and social responsibility across 40 countries. In the public sector, Adis has managed complex government agencies in C-level positions, including as as Secretary (CEO) of the Florida State Department of Administration and Assistant Secretary for Management (COO) for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).Adis has guided organizational transformation in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. As the first Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), she designed and executed comprehensive DEI strategy and was recognized with an Innovation Award by the Profiles in Diversity Journal for her work enabling cadets to develop on-the-job management at multinational companies.Adis’s command for driving cross-cultural understanding for businesses is rooted in her personal experience. Cuban-born, Adis came to the US as a political refugee and speaks four languages. She has lived and worked throughout the US, Latin America, and Europe and is a 30-year member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Adis is the beneficiary of prestigious global fellowships including the US-Japan Leadership Fellowship, the Eisenhower Fellowship (US to Argentina), and Rotary International’s Group Study Exchange to India and Graduate Ambassadorial Fellowship to Geneva, Switzerland.Named a “Leading Latina” by Hispanic Executive and a “Director to Watch” by Directors & Boards, Adis leverages her governance knowledge gained from serving on the Board of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Telephone Bank and on the Advisory Board of Global Asset Management (GAM), a subsidiary of UBS.
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Adis Vila, NACD.DC's Professional Milestones
- Chief Diversity Officer (2010-11-01~2013-06-01): Transforming communities by adopting inclusive practices and fostering a more inclusive work environment.
- Graduate Ambassadorial Scholar (1975-01-01~1976-01-01): Conducted groundbreaking research and fostered collaboration to foster knowledge and knowledge sharing.
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