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The 9th Annual NAAHP Conference
We are delighted to invite you to our 10th year anniversary celebration at the beautiful UMass Boston Campus Center, located at 100 William T. Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125. Above all, we invite you to take the journey with us towards a more prominent, influential, united, and impactful Haitian diaspora. We cannot wait to see each and every one of you as we explore this year’s theme: Empowered to thrive! Charting the Way to a New Height in the Haitian Diaspora.
Nightly Events
Thursday Night
Welcome To The Opening Cocktail Reception!Friday Night
A Pan-African Affair!Saturday Night
10th Year Anniversary CelebrationAfter Party
Closing After-PartySunday Screening
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in FRENCHSponsorship & Exhibitors
Sponsorship Information | Exhibitor Information |
Highlighted Speakers
Ambassador Bocchit Edmond
Ambassador of the Republic of Haiti in the United States
Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune
City Councilor, At-Large, Boston
Etzer Emile, MBA
Economist
Garry Pierre-Pierre
Founder, Haitian Times
Co-Founder, City University of New York's Center for Community and Ethnic Media
Jacques Ted St Dic
Member, Monitoring Office of the Montana Accord
Mario Andresol
Former Commander in Chief, Haitian National Police
Michèle Oriol
Doctor of Sociology
Myrtho René
Member of the Board, Banque de la République d’Haïti
Speakers
Arielle Dominique
Executive Director, Haitian-American Foundation for Democracy
Co-Founder, Haitian Ladies Network
Ashley Narcisse
Staff Software Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Brian Concannon
Human Rights Lawyer
Brunir Olivier Shackleton
Haitian-American Writer, Actor, Activist
Carline Crevecoeur, MD FACOG
Board-Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Charlot Lucien
Public Health Manager, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Charnette Frederic
Councilwoman, Irvington, New Jersey
Chairwoman, NHAEON
Christine Coupet Jacques
CEO, DAGMAR
Claude Clodomir
Chief of Party, ATTEINDRE
Dielson Gustama
Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter
Dr. Alix Cantave
Senior Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Dr. Gabrielle P. Abelard
CEO, Abelard Psychotherapy Inc.
Dr. Gilbert Saint-Jean, PhD
ADC Project Co-Lead
Dr. Jean-Philippe Austin, MD
President, Haitian American Foundation for Democracy
Dr. Joyce Hope Scott
Clinical Professor of African American Studies, Boston University
Dr. Monalisa Ferrari
Founder, FEWGI
Founding President, DREP
Dr. Paul Etienne, DBA
Founder, Madbu
Dr. Philippe-Richard Marius
Professor and Author, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, CUNY
Dr. Yveline Alexis
Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies, Oberlin College & Conservatory
Errol L. Pierre
Senior Vice President of State Programs, Healthfirst
Esterling Accime
Founder, PG Rewards
Fadia Patterson
Broadcast Journalist
Fritz M. Clairvil, MBA, MPA
CEO, Vest Net Capital Holdings
President, SiMACT Foundation
Gepsie M. Metellus
Executive Director, Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center
Guerda Nicolas, PhD
Co-Founder & President, Ayiti Community Trust
Guerline M. Jozef
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Haitian Bridge Alliance, The Black Immigrants Bail Fund, and The Cameroon Advocacy Network
Herby Duverné
CEO, Windwalker Group
Jacques Dumarsais
Founder, AgriNova
Jamie McInerney
Head of Caribbean Advisory, CrossBoundary
Jean Gustave
Creative Director and Partner, Remora Inc
Jean-Marc Cuvilly
Manager, Haiti-INVEST
Jeannine Barthélemy-Paul
Co-Founder, ViAHSA
Jemadari Kamara, Ph.D.
Professor, Africana Studies Department, UMass Boston
Jessicah Pierre
Chief of Communications, City of Boston
Jhonson Napoleon
CEO, Azure Group
Johnny Celestin
Deputy Director, NY City’s Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
Joseph M. Chery
Mortgage Loan Specialist, Guaranteed Rate
JP Michel
Chairman and CEO to Santé Nou Health, Inc.
Jude Jean-Baptiste
CEO and Founder, Paon Bleu S.A.
Karen André
Associate Director for Consumer Education and External Affairs, CFPB
Ketsia Saint-Armand
Senior Nonprofit Strategist, PNC Institutional Asset Management
Kwani A. Lunis
Social Media Producer , NBC10 Boston
Leonie Marie Hermantin
Director of Development, Communications and Strategic Planning, Sant La
Linda Dorcena Forry
Former Massachusetts Senator and State Representative
Lyse Fedjanie Barronville
Executive Director & Strategy, Konbino
Macollvie J. Neel, M.B.A.
Executive Editor, The Haitian Times
Macollvie Nell
Executive Editor, The Haitian Times
Marc Prou
Senior Researcher & Dean of Students, Université Quisqueya
Nadia Valentin DNP, FNP-BC
CEO and Co-founder, NewVision Healthcare Group, P.C.
Nathalie Liautaud, M.A.
Project Manager,TRANSFORM, Cargill
Patrick Dessources
Executive Director, Centre d’Appui et de Services aux Entreprises Locales et Internationales (CASELI)
Pierre Andre Noel
Executive Director, Haiti Development Institute
Ralph Edmond
CEO, Farmatrix
Rebecca Obounou
Assistant Dean, Social Innovation MIT Public Service Center
Regine O. Jackson, Ph.D.
Dean, Morehouse College
Régine René Labrousse
Founder & CEO, Replenish 509
Santra Denis
Founder, Avanse Ansanm
Saurel Quettan, MBA, PMP
Chair of the Board Development Committee, GAHCCI
Steve Desrosiers
Family Education Coordinator, Boston Public Schools
Steven Fondriest
EGAD Office Director, USAID-Haiti
Tarah Ernest
First-Officer, American Airlines
Vania Andre
Digital Media Executive
Vladimir Laborde
Project Executive, MBE & Corporate Engagement
Vladimir Sterlin
Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Whitney Lubin
Founder, Haitians in Tech
Executive Director, Code for South
Yselande Pierre, Ed.D.
Senior Associate Director of Operations for Campus Life, FIU
Yvette Modestin (Lepolata)
Founder/Executive Director, Encuentro Diaspora Afro
Yvrose Joseph
Head of the Financial Inclusion Unit, Bank of the Republic of Haiti
Host Committee
Adler C. Eliacin
Managing Director, Synergy Strategy Group
Ambassador Danielle Saint-Lot
Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
President of Danielle Saint-Lot Haiti Women’s Foundation
Charnette Frederic
Councilwoman, Irvington, New Jersey
Chairwoman, NHAEON
Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune
City Councilor, At-Large, Boston
Dr. Alix Cantave
Senior Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Dr. J. Keith Motley
Chancellor Emeritus, UMass Boston
Professor, College of Management, UMass Boston
Consultant President/CEO, The Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
Dr. Monalisa Ferrari
Founder, FEWGI
Founding President, DREP
Garry Pierre-Pierre
Founder, Haitian Times
Co-Founder, City University of New York's Center for Community and Ethnic Media
Harry E. Dumay, Ph.D., MBA
President, College of Our Lady of the Elms
Herby Duverné
CEO, Windwalker Group
Jacques Teddy Chery MPA MSPS
Community Engagement Officer, Urban Edge
Haitian Language Instructor, Harvard University
Jemadari Kamara, Ph.D.
Professor, Africana Studies Department, UMass Boston
Jessicah Pierre
Chief of Communications, City of Boston
Karen Keating Ansara
Board Member, Haiti Development Institute
Marie Evangéline Roussel-Lucien
VP Marketing, Social Media and Public Relations, GRAHN-USA
Pierre Andre Noel
Executive Director, Haiti Development Institute
Suze François
Principal, Mileus Global Consultancy, LLC
Sponsors & Partners
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Visa Invitation Letter Request
If you are traveling from a country that requires you to apply for a visa to enter the United States, please send an email request to:
Please make sure that you have registered and paid in full for the conference before submitting this request. Requests will only be granted to complete registered attendees.
- Only a PDF invitation letter will be emailed to the attendee.
- Original invitation letters cannot be mailed.
- If a visa is denied, NAAHP will refund according to our Cancellation/Refund Policy
- The invitation letter does not financially obligate NAAHP in any way. All expenses incurred in relation to the 9th Annual NAAHP Conference are the sole responsibility of the attendee.
- NAAHP is not authorized to assist with the visa process beyond providing an invitation letter.