Our Leadership

Board of Directors

President
Gerry Alvardo
Company: Geralex Inc.
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Vice President
Alex Cabrera
Company: Lalo’s and La Taberna (Owner)
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Treasurer
Antonio Guillen
Company: Wintrust Financial
Antonio R. Guillen is Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending and Diverse Markets Manager for Wintrust Financial. He has over 30 years of banking experience. He also specializes in Commercial Banking, for small and medium-sized business lending and commercial real estate finance and development. Most recently with Park National Bank (now a part of U.S Bank), he spent his last four years as Senior Vice President and Market Manager responsible for overseeing $60 million in small business/commercial and industrial loans in a variety of business sectors as well as commercial real estate and development loans. Prior, he was with Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust (FBOP Corporation) and Cosmopolitan National Bank of Chicago.
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Board Member
Rey Rivera
Company: CSI 3000 (Owner)
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Board Member
Jose Melendez
Company: Melendez Insurance (Owner)
Prior to starting Melendez Insurance Group, Jose Melendez Spent over 12 years in various leadership roles that consisted of strategic development, sales, service & operations management in the financial services area. Having most recently served as Vice President at Lasalle Bank/Bank of America in consumer retail banking, Mr Melendez managed a portfolio of over 330 million in deposits, over 20,000 clients & a staff of up to 37 people. Mr Melendez has also worked with companies such as Charter One Bank (AVP of a Regional Firm) and American General Finance a subsidiary of AIG.
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Board Member
Rafael Vargas
Company: Cicero Vargas Law Firm