KEYNOTE: Uniting Hispanics Amidst Our Differences

Camille Villafañe is a consultant in APCO Worldwide’s NewYork office. Ms. Villafañe focuses on international and domestic policy developments and issues management. While at APCO, she has advised various clients in the technology industry on the effects of policy and regulatory actions. She provides strategic communications support to multinational companies in the consumer goods space, and has assisted organizations with multilateral engagements, corporate social responsibility, and social impact initiatives. Ms. Villafañe is a member of APCO’s Diversity & Inclusion Council and is the founder and co-chair of the LatinAPCO Employee Resource Group.

Prior to joining APCO, Ms. Villafañe worked for the public affairs practice at Edelman and provided communications support to the United Nations’ Ocean Generation. She previously worked on defense issues for the Bureau of Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce and on strategic partnerships for the Office of the Secretary of Education at the U.S. Department of Education. She has had extensive international experience, advising the Delegation of the European Union in the U.S. on energy and environmental issues as well as helping develop European security strategies for the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium.

Licy Do Canto, a veteran of public policy, corporate strategy, health care communications and diversity and inclusion, is managing director of APCO Worldwide’s Washington D.C. office headquarters and mid-Atlantic region lead. A well respected expert in public health and health care policy, with nearly three decades of experience at the international, national, state and local levels across the nonprofit, philanthropic, corporate and government sectors, Mr. Do Canto is an accomplished, values-driven leader with unparalleled experience in developing and leading integrated public affairs campaigns combining strategic communications, public relations, political/legislative initiatives, policy, coalition building, grassroots efforts and advocacy. Mr. Do Canto has held a wide range of positions and has worked across diverse sectors and industries over the course of his successful career, making him uniquely qualified to understand and support leaders and organization to successfully navigate both the opportunities and the diplomatic, technical, and multifaceted industry challenges with which they are confronted. Mr. Do Canto has vast inside knowledge of the Washington political process, and deep substantive experience on a wide range of public policy issues from public health, health care and social impact to immigration, trade and economic development.

David Sánchez is creative technologist director, machine learning and artificial intelligence strategist within APCO Studio, APCO’s full-service multidisciplinary group that enables ideas, delivers innovation and business value to products, services and experiences.

Mr. Sánchez is a skilled storyteller, strategist and industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in advertising and marketing leveraging his skills in creative and art direction, paid and social media, technology and engineering, user experience and information architecture, CRM and data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence, product delivery and visual design. Mr. Sánchez provides a hands-on approach to conceptualizing insights that bring impactful brand experiences to life. He quickly develops a deep understanding of his clients’ KPIs and business challenges and applies it to creating strategic insights, ideas, products and services that help articulate their stories.