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Alma mater Southwestern Adventist University, University of Colorado, The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Occupation Co-founder and managing partner of XL Alliance, Business and politics media contributor for various networks Education Master of Business Administration Profiles | ||
Liliana "Lili" Gil Valletta is the co-founder and managing partner of XL Alliance.
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Education and career
Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Lilliana Gil immigrated to the United States as a teenager. She attended Southwestern Adventist University, earning a Bachelor’s in Business, as well as an MBA from the University of Colorado. In 2000, she became the youngest female executive at Johnson & Johnson. There she held positions including the company's global marketing services director, co-founder of the company's chapter of the Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Achievement (HOLA), and as head of “Proyecto MAS2”, an initiative to bring increased visibility to the Hispanic segment of the company's customer base.
In 2009, Valletta founded XL Alliance with Armando Martin, Manny Fields and Enrique Arbelaez. The company is a cross-channel and cross-cultural marketing and strategy agency and is 100 percent minority owned. The company currently has offices in New York City, Denver, Los Angeles and Bogota.
Media appearances and public speaking
Valletta has appeared in the media to the Hispanic markets, including on FOX News, MSNBC and CNN. She has appeared in Spanish-speaking media for networks including Univision, Telemundo47, Television Dominicana, Telemicro Internacional, Caracol Television and NTN24 Noticias. She is also an independent contributor for the Huffington Post and Fox News Latino.
Valletta has hosted the Miss Dominican Republic U.S. pageant, and is the host of the YouTube channel Moments to CultuRise with multicultural news and commentary. Valletta has also spoken before organizations and universities. Valletta has frequently mentioned the idea of the "Brown Elephant" in the room, which represents a Latino market that is currently being ignored, despite the fact that it's growing in size and income.
Awards
In 2008, Valletta was named in PODER Magazine's Top 20 Under 40. In 2009, she was named Business Woman of the Year Award by Latin Pride Awards, an Outstanding Business Woman by the National Association of Professional Women, and received the Latina Leadership Award from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). In 2011, she won a Latino Trendsetter Award. In 2013, she was named one of New York's 25 Top Rising Latinos by Latino Leaders Magazine.
Affiliations
In 2011, Valletta was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. She is a board member of the Women’s Leadership Board of Harvard’s Kennedy School. She is a member of The Global Diversity and Inclusion Foundation, and a member of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs. In 2010 she served as co-chair of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital's Gala por la Vida NY.
Personal life
Valletta resides in New York City and is married to former NFL player Chris Valletta.
