GALEO Board of Directors
GALEO Executive Board of Directors
VICE-CHAIR
Adriana Varela
GALEO Board Members At Large:
Evelyn “Mimi” Woodson
Columbus City Council, District 7 & serves as customer service supervisor at TSYS
(2004-present)
Claudia Caycho Acosta
(2023-present)
Dr Christian Bello Escobar, EdD, CSAEd
Director, Academic & Community Engagement. Principal Investigator, IME Becas Grant College of Education.
University of North Georgia
(2024-present)
Reynaldo Pol
Financial Advisor | Investment Specialist
Ameriprise Financial Services
(2024-present)
Former GALEO Board Members:
Sarah M. Lopez
(2021-2024)
Adela Yelton
(2021-2024)
Peter R. Villegas
(2019-2023)
Leonard Gomez
Former Mayor Pro-Tem for the Grantville City Council
(2014-2023)
State Senator Jason Esteves (District 9)
(2021-2023)
Alicia Hernandez
(2019-2022)
Former State Rep. Brenda Lopez (HD-99)
(2016-2020)
Former Georgia State Rep. Deborah Gonzalez (HD-117)
(2018-2020)
Katherine Vega
Former Chair of the GALEO Leadership Council, Project Manager, Global Payments, Inc.
(2015-2020).
Adolfo Santos, Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, Georgia Gwinnett College,
(2017-2018)
Former Chair:
Laura Murvartian
Founder & Chair of Fiesta de Libros, Senior Director, Client Deal Team, Equifax
(2012-2018)
Rocio Del Milagro Woody
The Road to Recovery, Inc.
(2005-2016)
Former State Court Judge Tony Del Campo
Del Campo Weber & Grayson, LLC
(2003-2010, 2011-2015)
Judge Dax Lopez
DeKalb County State Court
(2004-2015)
Rey Martinez
Loganville City Council
(2014-2015)
Judith Martinez-Sadri
(2013-2016)
Rey Pascual
Paul Hastings LLP
(2009-2015)
David Lefkovits
CEO at LEFKO Design + Build
(2015)
Tom Mars
Taylor English Duma LLP
(2015)
Charles Kuck
Kuck Immigration Partners
(2007-2014)
Douglas Rohan
Rohan Law PC
(2011-2014)
Honorary Past Chairman 2012:
Former State Sen. Sam Zamarripa (SD-36, D-Atlanta)
Founding Chairman of GALEO
(2003-2011)
Luis Aguilar
Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(2006-2008)
Georgia State Representative Pedro Marin
(Democrat, Duluth, HD:96)
(2003-2010)
Georgia State Representative Tony Sellier
(Republican, Fort Valley, HD:96)
(2008-2010),
Passed away in November 2010.
Rudy Beserra
The Coca-Cola Company
(2004-2013)
Judge Tony Del Campo
DeKalb County State Court
(2003-2010)
Luz Borrero
Former Deputy Chief Operating Officer, City of Atlanta
(2008-2010)
David Rodriguez
Former City Council Member in Lawrenceville
(2006-2010)
Jason Anavitarte
Former City Council Member in Doraville
(2006-2009)
Vanessa Olcese-Inman
Formerly with the Hispanic Contractors Association of Georgia
(2009-2010)
