SL-SLC Special Guests

Dr. Jose Hernandez, Keynote

Dr. Hernandez is an Independent consultant and managing partner of Inclusive Planet 4 All, LLC- a limited liability corporation. He received his doctorate degree in education from the University of Central Florida; master’s degree in counseling and bachelor’s degree in psychology from Florida State University. He attended his freshman year at the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras campus, and is fluent in English/Spanish.

Dr. Hernandez retired as Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice President for the University of South Florida-USF- System, Tampa Florida (2013-2017). His previous roles included Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (2008-2013); Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of South Florida (2002-2008) and Mc Nair Scholars Program Coordinator (2000-2002); Assistant Professor at Bethune-Cookman University-BCU in Daytona Beach, Florida (1987-2000), and Program Coordinator in the college of education; and Adjunct Faculty for Saint Leo University and Stetson University.

For 8 years, Dr. Hernandez was in the field of mental health counseling at Apalachee Community Mental Health Services-Tallahassee, FL and Act Corporation-Daytona Beach, FL, and he remains a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (1985 to present). The Latin Community Advisory Committee of USF and the Tampa Hispanic Heritage Foundation recognized Dr. Hernadez for his leadership, and he has been awarded recognition in all his employment venues.

Dr. Hernandez also provided service in the Board of Directors of the National Association of Chief Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) (2015-2017), Board of Directors of Phoenix Employment Ministries-Wilmington, NC and is currently serving as President of Council 7232 Educators for Inclusive Leadership of the League for United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Miami-Dade county FL.

Francisco Ramos, Comedian
Francisco Ramos recently shot an HBO standup special “Entre Nos” that will air summer 2018. He was a top-ten finalist on Last Comic Standing 2015 and continues to flourish as an actor and voice-over artist in addition to touring as a stand-up comic across North America, most recently appearing in Showtime’s “Shameless”, “Angie Tribeca” from Steve Carell, Netflix’s “Lady Dynamite”, and voicing the role of Marmoset in the animated film “RIO” with Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg. He has also appeared on the hilarious @midnight on Comedy Central and several times on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Francisco is part of Lorne Michael’s “Mas Mejor”, where he has written, directed and performed several sketches for them. His debut album “Vayalo” has been exclusively playing on Sirius XM and has been a top 5 album on the Billboard Comedy Charts.

Early in his career, Francisco was selected to perform in the CBS Multicultural Diversity Showcase, where he was one of 12 selected from a pool of 5,000 applicants. Having won first place in the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival sponsored by NBC/COZI TV, American Latino produced a documentary on Francisco on his rise as a comic for Latino Out Loud (LOL).