Melba Acosta Febo is a corporate executive,

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, and

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. She is a former

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of the

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and a former chief public finance officer of

. Acosta also served as the Secretary of the Treasury of

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of the

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and

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of the municipality of

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Private sector career

In the private sector, she held various corporate positions at R&G Financial Corporation, such as

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, corporate risk manager, and

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(CFO). She was also a corporate counsel at Puerto Rico's largest law firm, McConnell Valdés, LLC, and a tax consultant with Price Waterhouse. Acosta holds a BBA in

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and a JD, both from the

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, and an MBA from the

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, where she was an Eli Lilly scholar. She has been a member of the board of directors of the Puerto Rico Museum of Art (Chairwoman, Treasurer, and Secretary), the Fundacion Luis Munoz Marin (Treasurer, Secretary) and United Way of Puerto Rico.

References

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