Melba Acosta Febo is a

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, attorney, 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

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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 chief administrative officer, 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

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. Acosta holds a BBA in

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and a JD, both from the

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, Rio Piedras, and an

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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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