NORTH MIAMI, Florida – October 7, 2013 – (HISPANICIZE WIRE) – Florida International University\u2019s School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) today announced the participation of Dan Restrepo, a former Special Assistant to President Obama, as a panelist in the school\u2019s upcoming Hispanic Communication Conference: Bridging Culture and Behavior event. The two-day conference will take place at FIU\u2019s Biscayne Bay Campus on November 7 \u2013 8, 2013.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very pleased to have Mr. Restrepo as a speaker in this national conference,\u201d said Raul Reis, dean of the SJMC. \u201cWe are certain his background and expertise in effectively engaging the Latino community on a political level will provide ample discussion points and insights that will be beneficial to our attendees.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dan Restrepo \u2013 Founder and Managing Director of Restrepo Strategies LLC, an international strategic consulting firm \u2013 has built a career crafting strategies and solving problems at the intersection of policy, politics, communications, and law. He is a regular conference speaker; and is an on-air contributor for CNN Espa\u00f1ol. For nearly six years and through two presidential campaigns, Restrepo served as the principal advisor to President Obama on issues related to Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, serving as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security Council from March 2009 to July 2012, and as an advisor to Obama for America in 2008 and 2012. He also served as a principal Spanish-language media surrogate for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns, among many other positions. <\/p>\n
Mr. Restrepo will participate in the conference’s round table discussion, \u00abLegacy and Prospects of Latin American Communication Research: Hispanic Media Markets Here and There,\u00bb together with Dr. Leonardo Ferreira, Worlds Ahead Scholar in International Communication at the SJMC; Dr. Jake Beniflah, the Executive Director of the The Center for Multicultural Science; Millie Carrasquillo, Senior Vice President of Research at Telemundo Media; Dr. Manuel Chavez, Professor in the School of Journalism at Michigan State University; Dr. Kenton T. Wilkinson, Thomas Jay Harris Regents Professor and director of the Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication in the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University; Dr. Sallie Hughes and Dr. Gonzalo Soruco, professors at the School of Communication of the University of Miami, among others. <\/p>\n