Board

Jose O. Rodriguez, M.D., MBA, FAAP
Chairman of the Board

Born and raised in Puerto Rico and living in Georgia since 1981. Board Certified Pediatrician practicing in Cobb County since 1984. Faculty appointment in two medical schools teaching third and fourth year medical students in Pediatrics. Former Chairman of Pediatrics at WellStar Kennestone Hospital and former Chairman of the Board WellStar Kennestone Regional Board; Georgia Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics District #2 (Cobb and Douglas County) and Representative, Member of the Advisory Board Georgia Office of Child Advocate. Happily married since 1978 and proud father of two daughters physicians.  Involved in Renovacion Conyugal since 2002. The Project has been helping me help others.

Gisela M. Cordova; RPH
Board Secretary 

Graduated from the School  of Pharmacy, Medical Science Campus at the  University of Puerto Rico. Has been working on medicine manufacturing during the last eighteen (18)  years. At the present time works as Product Quality Administrator for  Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Marietta, GA. She is the proud mother of three beautiful and talented kids, Giselle (22), Héctor (21) and Edgardo (17). She began participating in one of  “Renovación Conyugal” programs,  “Renovación Juvenil” as a volunteer  on 2005. Two of her kids are also volunteers of the program. She became part of the Board of Directors in August 2009. In her own words: "I wish to offer the best of me for the continuous improvement of such a successful program that has touched and will continue touching the hearts of the Hispanic families".

Betty Capalleja, BBA
Treasurer

Born in Havana, Cuba.  Actively participant in "San Juan de Letran" Catholic Church’s community groups. Studied Cybernetics Mathematics during four years at the University of Havana. 
Immigrated to The United States on 1988.
Graduated from Florida International University with a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science.on 1993.
Working since 1998, for The Coca-Cola Company, in Atlanta, GA, on the Information Technology department in the Global Development Group.
Happily married to Jose since 1979. We have two children, Leandro, a senior at Georgia Institute of Technologies, and Laura a sophomore at Northview High School. 

Michael Urbina, BBA
Chairman Governance Committee

Moved to Georgia from Puerto Rico 10 years ago. Graduate from Georgia State University with a B.B.A. in Managerial Sciences. He is currently a second year law student at John Marshall Law School where he is a staff member of the Law Review, Service Committee Chairman of Phi Alpha Delta, and JMLS Peer Mentor. Mr. Urbina is the only Latino ever to be chosen as the Association for Corporate Counsel of America (ACC) Summer Associate. He has been involved with Renovacion Conyugal Inc. since 2001, was one of the founders of the Renovacion Juvenil project and has leaded this project since 2007.

Sandra Fantauzzi de Rodríguez, BSN
Chairman Education Committee

Born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in Nutrition and Dietetics. Resident of Georgia since 1981. Works for WellStar Health System and Kennesaw  State University as Health Educator.  Married to José O. Rodríguez, MD  since 1978. Mother of 2 physician daughters. Member of Renovación Conyugal in Georgia since 2002.

 

Maria Lecaros, MBA
Chairman Marketing and Public Relations Committee

Has a degree in Business Administration. For 10 years, she worked as the General Manager of Mundo Hispanico, Georgia’s oldest Spanish language newspaper. Distributed in a select 31-county trade area to reach the largest concentration of Spanish speaking readers in Georgia. Under her management Mundo Hispanico grew it business from $500,000 in 1997, to $5.1 Millions in 2006. Maria is a management professional with proven track record of developing and executing strategies to build businesses.

She has more than 10 years of experience conducting business with the Hispanic Market. She describes herself as adept at seeing the big picture while also focusing on areas of detail critical to success. She is the proud mother of a beautiful daughter.

 

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