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Boardmembers

 

Bryan Robinson

Director

Has a JD from the University of Utah and Speaks both Spanish and Portuguese fluently. He has been involved with the Latinx community for over a decade providing mentoring on a volunteer basis for Utah’s Latinx Community. He has retired from his law practice and now owns a successful translation company.

 
 
 
 
 

Antonella Packard Antonella Packard has served in Senior Management capacitiesfor various international companies, among them Fortune 500 corporations. Her professional background includes banking where she focused on small businesses. She is experienced in leading market penetration campaigns across different cultures and has authored various articles and white papers in marketing. She owns several businesses in various industries from a Medical Device Company to a Construction Materials Company. Ms. Packard has a B.S. in Business and holds a Masters of Business Administration. In 2008, Ms. Packard was named as one of Utah’s 20 Most Influential Hispanics by Business Connect Magazine and is one of the 2011 national “Freedom From Fear” Award recipients. She served as the Executive Director for the Utah County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce based in the City of Orem, Utah. In this capacity, Ms. Packard promoted workforce diversity initiatives with mainstream business and supplier diversity certifications among Latino businesses, among other initiatives geared toward strengthening Hispanic businesses.

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Antonella Packard

Director

 
 

Community Service is very important to her. Her past service includes chairing the board of a large ethnic chamber of commerce, she is a past Co-Chair of the Utah Hispanic Latino Legislative Task Force, and was the first State Director for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Utah, the largest and oldest Latino Organization in the United States founded in 1929.

In June 2016, Ms. Packard was reelected as State Director for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Utah. As State Director, she has focused her efforts toward Latinx Civic Engagement, Education, and building bridges.

 
 
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Karen Becerra

Account Manager

Karen Becerra, a proud American born in Venezuela, moved to the United States in 2003. She understands the challenges faced by Utah’s Immigrant Community. Karen has been involved in for the community since 2009. She was a paralegal at Alldox, LLC, she is the co-founder of Translations Solutions LLC and current Chair of Immigration and Citizenship for Utah LULAC. Presently, she is an account manager at Prime Acceptance Corp. She has always believed that an educated community is a community that is empowered and cannot be defeated.