Felícita Solá-Carter, President of Conexiones since June, 2007, also serves on the Equity Council and the District Planning Team, Howard County Public School System, and is a graduate of the 2011 Leadership Howard County Premier class.

A native of Puerto Rico, Ms. Solá-Carter graduated from the College of Mount St. Vincent in 1971, and began her career with the Social Security Administration in New York City. Prior to her retirement in January, 2009, she served as the Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources of the Social Security Administration (SSA), sharing national leadership of the Personnel, Training, Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, Labor, Management and Employee Relations, Human Capital Planning and Executive Services Support programs. Ms. Solá-Carter currently serves as a Leadership Coach with the Partnership for Public Service and as a consultant in human capital planning and development.

Professional affiliations include service as a Senior Advisor to the Federal Training Institute of the League of United Latin American Citizens and sponsorship of the Maryland Hispanic Youth Symposium. In 2008, she was named a Hispanic Hero by the United States Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur Education and as one of the Maryland Top 100 Women by The Daily Record. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Horizon Foundation.

She is married to Maryland native Bruce W. Carter, and they are the proud parents of two sons, Robert and David, both graduates of Howard County schools.

Murray Simon, Immediate Past President founded Conexiones in 2000 because he wanted to address the problem of Hispanic student dropout rate in Howard County. At the July 2, 2007 meeting of the Howard County Council, an Honorary Resolution was presented to Dr. Murray Simon, in recognition of his service as the founder and retiring President of Conexiones. He is married to Juana and has 4 children.

Roger J. Lerner, Vice-President, is currently a principal, in Q STREET PARTNERS, LLC, Washington, D.C., a venture focused on acquisition of distressed real estate assets including loans, loan participation and real estate owned. He is also Of Counsel to SACK HARRIS & MARTIN P.C., McLean Virginia, where his practice is focused on transactional work including: real estate lending and leasing; mergers & acquisitions; workouts, restructuring and bankruptcy and early stage businesses.

Roger is a graduate of The Washington University School of Law, Saint Louis, Missouri, where he received a Juris Doctor, (1979), and The George Washington University, Washington, DC, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

Neta Griffin Warren, Treasurer is currently the Executive Officer for the Office of the Chief Actuary at the Social Security Administration. She is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Neta graduated from Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended graduate school at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

She and her husband, Davey Warren, have lived in Howard County for almost 35 years and have two children, Leslie and Drew, who graduated from Howard County public schools.

Maryann Maher's, Secretary academic and professional backgrounds are in Computer Science for which she holds Bachelor and Master Degrees. She met her husband, Steve, while in graduate school at Purdue University. Eventually they moved to Maryland to work for the U.S. Government; Steve for NASA and Maryann as a Department of Defense contractor. Currently, Maryann takes on part-time consulting in order to allow time to raise her two sons and to stay involved in her community. She has had a long-time interest in public service, volunteering with the League of Women Voters and other community organizations such as the Lions Club and PTA. In 2010, she was candidate for the MD House of Delegates. She and her husband reside in Ellicott City, MD with their two sons who attend their neighborhood public schools.

David Rodriguez is currently a Board Member and serving as the Awards Committee Co-Chair. Mr. Rodriguez is currently employed by Kraft Foods as a Distributor Development head within Kraft’s Foodservice Division. David has held numerous sales and marketing positions to include assignments as corporate sales planner, marketing business associate, district sales manager, regional chain account executive, and account manager.

David was most recently Kraft Foods’ Chair of the Hispanic-Asian Sales Council. David is currently a candidate and involved in Kraft Foods Emerging Leadership Program. Before Kraft Foods, Mr. Rodriguez was employed by Macy’s Inc. in various management positions to include department manager, assistant buyer, executive trainer and personnel manager. Upon graduating from college, Mr. Rodriguez was commissioned an officer in the United States Marine Corps in which he served as an infantry officer. Mr. Rodriguez held unit command positions at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and Parris Island, South Carolina. Mr. Rodriguez deployed with various commands to Norway, Western Europe, South America, West Africa and the Caribbean. He is a graduate of the Marine Corps’ Infantry Officers Course and the Naval Justice School. His personal decorations include the Navy Achievement Medal, the Meritorious Unit Citation, as well as two Commanding General Citations.

Mr. Rodriguez is a graduate of Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. He and his wife, Melissa Rodriguez, have lived in Howard County for 10 years and have two children, Jason and Alison, who are both enrolled in Howard County schools.

Danilsa M. Marciniak is currently  the Director of Community Relations for the Ellicott City based caregiver service company, Caring Companions.  Danilsa's recreational hobbies include  serving as Chair of Conexiones' Fund Raising Committee,  serving our community, and spending time with her family.   

Gus Mendez, Board Member, is a graduate from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Physical Therapy, and a proud father of his three boys. Currently, Gus is the President of the Parents of Hispanic Students at their High School, and is active in Community Service.