Adelisa González, PNP MBA ‘97, moved back to her home island of Puerto Rico in April 2007 to work as Senior Director of Marketing & Development at Sapientis, a San Juan-based non-profit organization. Adelisa plays a key role in helping Sapientis work toward its main goal: making the improvement of the quality of public education a Top 3 priority in Puerto Rico by 2010.“People need to realize that our entire quality of life -- economic development, our health care system, our crime statistics, our social problems – depend on a high-quality public education system. We cannot rest until we connect every sector to this effort,” says Adelisa, who prior to joining Sapientis oversaw $2 million annually in charitable giving for Mellon Financial Corp. in Boston.
Her work at Mellon garnered her numerous honors, including the “Mellon Premier Achievement Award” in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, she was one of only 30 of the company’s 16,000 employees worldwide to win the prestigious “Mellon Star Award.”
Building bridges between community, parents, businesses and public schools has been one of her key challenges, and accomplishments, at Sapientis. In her short time she has built and strengthened relationships with key partners such as Bacardi Corp., Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and Banco Popular de Puerto Rico. She also is looking to extend the Sapientis network into the United States.
“Our children deserve an education that will allow them to compete at a global level,” Adelisa says. “I need the BU family to join me in this effort and donate to our cause.”
Adelisa can be reached at agonzalez@sapientis.org., or 787-977-3230, ext. 225. The organization’s Web site is www.sapientis.org.
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