Augusto Failde, Principal.  Mr. Failde brings with him over 20 years of senior management experience in the Online Education, International Campus-Based Higher Education, Media and Venture Capital Industries.  Prior to joining AboutEdu, he was Senior Vice President of Global Business Development and a member of the start-up team of what today is a billion dollars world leader in International Higher Education - Laureate International Universities / Laureate Education, Inc.  He came to Laureate from New York University's Online Education division (NYUonline), where he headed Global Business Development efforts.  Prior to entering the International Online Education industry, he co-founded and managed a media advisory firm, TropiX Media, Inc.  Tropix, a joint-venture with Time Warner's Home Box Office, leveraged new delivery technologies to launch new multilingual international (Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese), and US Latino cable channels for large entertainment groups that included Time Warner, Disney's ESPN, FOX, and others.  Earlier in his career, he evaluated venture capital investments as an Associate at Merrill Lynch Venture Capital.   In 2006, Mr. Failde was honored by being selected as one of the recipients of the Maryland International Business Leadership award.  Mr. Failde is also the co-author of one of the first Business Self-Help books targeting the US Latino population - Simon & Schusters' "Latino Success" (English) / "Exito Latino" (Spanish).  He is a frequent industry speaker, and media consultant on a variety of topics.   Mr. Failde holds a MBA from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration, and an undergraduate degree in International Relations / Economics from Stanford University.   In 2008, Mr. Failde served on the Board of  HETS: Hispanic Educational Technology Services Consortium - www.hets.org, and he currently represents AboutEdu on the Board of the World Trade Center Insitute - www.wtci.org.                                    email: augusto.failde@aboutedu.org

R. Ivan Lugo, D.M.D., MBA, F.A.C.D - Prior to joining AboutEdu, Dr. Lugo was Associate Dean of Temple University's School of Dentistry.   At Temple, he headed the Office of Institutional Relations and Community Affairs, and the Division of Continuing Education. He was also an Associate Professor in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral Medicine and Surgery. During his previous position as Director of the Special Patient Care Clinic, Dr. Lugo expanded dental services to Philadelphia`s uninsured and HIV+/AIDS community through the creation of three additional outreach clinics and mobile dental services to reach homebound individuals. Understanding "oral health as health", he has moved vision into practice by integrating nutritional services within these dental sites.  As past Dental Director for the Philadelphia Public Health Department, Dr. Lugo has successfully maintained seven dental clinics, which serve over 30,000 individuals a year, and has created an innovative delivery model even with the limited financial and human resources available for dental services. He is a trustee and past President of the Hispanic Dental Association. Dr. Lugo is a member of various other national and local organizations that advocate for improving health access in underserved communities. He understands that policy is a tool for creating sustainable change and that a combination of policy and practice is needed to address current problems of health and oral health care disparities. Dr. Lugo’s academic interests are in the areas of online education, health services research and policy. A strong advocate and effective spokesperson for public health, Dr. Lugo has been integral to the policy efforts of various organizations, representing them at meetings with legislators and testifying before Congress. Dr. Lugo was an invited participant to the National Governors Association Oral Health Policy Academy in 2001, a Secretary of Health and Human Services Primary Care Fellow in 2002, and has been awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to expand community-based dental education. A graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Lugo received his AEGD certificate and his MBA from Temple University.                                                  email: ivan.lugo@aboutedu.org

Rosa Garriga, Director - Finance and Administration

Debby Soliz Montelongo, Associate - Research

Clara Isabel Cid, Associate - Research

Carmen Cid, Associate - Research

Ana Boeckh, Associate - Community Outreach & Volunteers, email: ana.boeckh@aboutedu.org

Ana Arrendell, Manager - Communications, email: ana.arrendell@aboutedu.org

Devin Leon, Intern - Research

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