OUR TEAM

Nubia Abaji
Founding Director
Cultural Manager, Event Designer, Public Relations.
Graduated in Advertising and Marketing, New Professions University Institute.
Graduated in Administration, Computer Science Mention, Monseñor de Talavera University Institute.
Director of the Latin American Summit for Democracy and Development MDC.
Founder and Director of the non-profit foundation “Andrea the shine of an angel”.
Founder and Director of Wings Marketing and Events.
Vice-Chairman of the Cultural Affairs Advisory Board, City of Doral.

Felix Suazo Fuente
Director Curator
Professor, art critic, researcher, curator.
Graduated in Art, Sculpture Mention and Master in Museology, Higher Institute of Art of Havana.
Books published:
“A right and left. Comments on art and politics”, (2005).
“Thresholds. Museum, Curatorship, Research”, (2013).
“Panoramic, emerging art in Venezuela 2000-2007”, (2014).

Yarmeli Lares
Board of Directors
Over 30 years of experience as a business development and project management consultant to the oil and gas, hospitality, real estate, and non-profit industries.
Promotes the culture of inclusion to increase diversity in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Founder and CEO of YL Consulting Inc, a boutique business consultancy based in Miami, FL.
MBA from DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management in the USA.
Certification in consulting from the University of Salamanca in Spain.

Yelka Mikolji
Board of Directors
More than 30 years of experience as a Technology Advisor.
Specialist in research, web technologies, artificial intelligence, and social networks.
Founding Member of Green Earth Alliance and Fundación Peces de Venezuela.
Executive Director of Indigo Technologies Inc, a boutique technology consultancy in South Florida.
Computer Scientist and Economics- Rutgers College, NJ.

Mauro Berchi
Marketing and Communication Director
Graduate in communication University of Buenos Aires.
Director of Mauro Berchi Tech Press Coverage PR & Com.
Graduate Austral University.
Master in Journalism at the University of San Andrés.
Machine Learning at IBM.
Professor of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Course in Artificial Intelligence and Law at the University of Buenos Aires.
Co-author of technological innovation books.

Isaac Bencid
Audiovisual Advisor
Teacher, Visual Artist.
Graduated in Social Communication from UCAB, audiovisual mention.
Co-founder of Fenix Media.
Founder of NGO ArtePorvenir.
Winner of the Telly and Reed Awards.
Audiovisual Director and Producer.

Maria Flames
Network Coordinator
Graduate in Business Law. CEU San Pablo University. Valencia. Spain
Business promoter and facilitator
Founder of Zurichsee Connections
Branding and Digital Marketing Advisor
Partnerships and Sponsoring Coordinator
Initiative Coordinator #we4ukraine

Maria Ortega Gálvez
Guest Curator
Culture management: general director, curator and jury.
General Director of the X International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA, 25 years WTA, Spain and VIII International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA (Sustainable City) Madrid 2019.
Co-curator of the 12th “From Lausanne to Beijing” International Fiber Art Biennale, China and the X International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA, 25 years WTA, USA.
Curator of more than 25 national and international exhibitions.
Director of Cultural Events parallel to exhibitions and Biennials.
Jury at the Spanish National Fashion Design Award, Ministry of Culture Spain, 11th and 9th International Fiber Art Exhibition “From Lausanne to Beijing”, China.
Board of directors of the Association Women in the Visual Arts MAV.
Madrid Convention Bureau MCB Award (Ambassador of Madrid 2019).