Yanire Brana has more than eighteen years of international experience in marketing, training, leveraging information technology, and change management processes. Since 2007, she has dedicated most of her time to supporting women business leaders through mentoring, training, communications and networking activities. She previously worked for Accenture, Banco Popular, IDB, World Bank, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Yanire has a Law Degree from Deusto University and she is also a graduate of the IE Business School, Harvard Business School and Georgetown University.

In a key month for women, USEC had the honor of discussing a variety of issues with Yanire in this exclusive interview.

On March 16 and 17 , the US Spain Executives Community (USEC) participated in the 3rd Conference of Spanish Associations in the US and Puerto Rico, organized in New York City by the Employment and Social Security Office of the Embassy of Spain in the US.

The conference was opened by Mr Pedro Morenés, Ambassador of Spain to the US, Ms Petra Rodríguez, President of the Federation of Spanish Associations in the US (FAEUSA), Ms Lucía Ortiz, Counselor of Employment and Social Security in the US and Puerto Rico, and Ms Marina del Corral, Secretary General of Immigration and Emigration.

Representatives of the main associations participated in the conference and discussed a series of topics through several panels. Jose Miguel Sobrón acted as the representative of USEC, he has recently joined its board of directors.

USEC is grateful for the invitation to participate in this event and the support displayed by the Ambassador of Spain, as well as the rest of the members of the Embassy of Spain in the US.

February 2018 Newsletter, which includes an interview with Javier Salgado, Managing Director of Atrevia in the USA, as well as links to a few articles and news that should be of interest for our community.

Javier Salgado leads ATREVIA’s office in Miami. ATREVIA is one of the global communication consulting firms and one of the references in its sector in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries. He has a degree in Journalism from the University of Navarra and a Masters in Corporate Communication. He has been with Atrevia since 2000. After assuming different positions at its office in Barcelona, where he led the Corporate Communication team, he was involved in the expansion strategy of the company in Latin America and the US. He has acquired a wide experience in crisis communication and is the author of one of the few blogs on this topic in Spanish (http://jscomunicaciondecrisis.com).

USEC had the privilege to talk to Javier in this exclusive interview.

January 2018 Newsletter, which includes an interview with Iñaki Berenguer, cofounder and CEO of CoverWallet, as well as links to a few articles and news that should be of interest for our community.