Sandra Font - Interim President

Sandra Font joined the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) in 1997. Working directly alongside the President as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Sandra helped the GHCC experience tremendous year after year growth these last ten years.

Sandra was recently named Interim President. In addition to continuing with her role as primary fundraiser and Chamber representative, she is concurrently responsible for the daily administrative and strategic operations of the Chamber, managing and supervising memberships, while at the same time developing and leading the economic development of the Hispanic community in the Atlanta area and beyond.  Sandra has extensive, long-term relationships with top tier business executives and government leaders at the local, state and national levels and serves as primary liaison to the GHCC’s Board of Directors.

For the last ten years, Sandra has spearheaded the GHCC’s largest fundraising event, “The Annual Awards Gala,” raising approximately $500,000 for the Chamber’s operations every year.
  
Sandra is one of the strategic creators of the GHCC’s prioneering “How to Open Your Own Business” seminars. These courses, which Sandra helped develop and structure, eventually evolved into HACED (Hispanic American Center of Economic Development), the first Hispanic business incubator in Georgia, which has received significant national and international acclaim.

Sandra, with her unique background and experience in Atlanta successfully helping put the Hispanic agenda on the map, is fully apprised of the specific business needs of the Hispanic community both in Georgia and throughout the US. Sandra is responsible for increasing business opportunities for Hispanic entrepreneurs; delivering benefits and value-added services to member Chambers and corporate partners; maximizing effectiveness and efficiency of Chamber operations all while aligning GHCC’s strategic objectives in support of the organization’s continued path of growth and success.

Since 2005 Sandra has served as Vice-Chair of DeKalb Technical College, and as a member of the Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, District 4, of the State Bar of Georgia.  Since 2004, Sandra has been a board member of the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council. In 2007, Sandra joined the Better Business Bureau as a board member. Recently she was appointed to the Fulton/DeKalb Advisory Local Board of BB&T. Sandra is a graduate of Regional Leadership Institute 2006 and Leadership Atlanta 2008. She was born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, where she obtained a degree in Business Administration. Sandra is fully bilingual and has lived in England, Germany and Holland.

Jordi Viñas, Director, Office Operations Jordi is a native of Caracas, Venezuela. He came to the United States in 1982 to finish his education. Jordi has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Georgia State University. He has worked as an employment coordinator for a non-profit organization. He is knowledgeable of employment issues such as worker's compensation, wage and hour, and discrimination. Jordi has been working at the GHCC since June 2000 and is the Director of Office Operations. Jordi is also the liaison of the new chapter of the Argentine American Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta and the Dominican American Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta. Among many of his duties, Jordi oversees the creation of the GHCC Membership Directory and the logistics for the Annual Hispanic Business & Career Expo.

Joanna Lindsey, Director, Business Development & Executive Assistant to the President Joanna is a native of Sinaloa, Mexico.  She has primarily resided in the United States and is fluent in both English and Spanish.  She brings to the GHCC extensive nonprofit background and Hispanic community relations. Primary duties will consist of spearheading both the Legislative and Economic Development Committees for the GHCC under the supervision of the Vice President. Joanna will also provide support to the CEO and participate in the planning of Annual Awards Gala and Annual Hispanic Caucus Breakfast.

Rodrigo Infante, Membership Director will be in charge of recruiting new companies and developing new strategies to reach not just the Hispanic Business Community but any company who wants to do business in Georgia. Previously, he was working as a Membership Representative and Community Initiative for the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, where he developed different events for the Hispanic Community, including Red Gwinnett and Hispanic Community Connection. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Communications from Universidad Santo Tomas de Aquino in Bogota, Colombia in 2002. Rodrigo was born in Brooklyn, New York, and then later moved to Colombia with his family at the age of 3.  Rodrigo is a graduate of Gwinnett Neighborhood Leadership Institute 2006.