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canonization (1317-2017). She has been collaborating with the International Society for the Study of Medieval
Latin Culture (SISMEL) and writing about the Latin Middle Ages since 2004; she has been a member of Centro
Studi Santa Rosa da Viterbo since 2019.
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Celso Marranzini Pérez
Marranzini Pérez has a degree in Economics, with a specialization in Cost Control and concentration in Plastic
Materials Processing. In the private sector, he has served as the president of several local companies, includ-
ing: Multiquímica Dominicana, SA; Global Pack, SRL; TMQ Dominicana, SA; Penny’s; RSL; and Inverlogic,
SRL. He has worked as a business representative in the country for the stores Baker’s, Naturalizer, Kenneth
Cole, EPK, Gef and Punto Blanco. He was president of MPB Multivalores Puesto de Bolsa S.A. In the Latin
America region, he served as president of the companies Multiquímica Centroamericana in Guatemala and
Farmoquímica in Costa Rica.
He is the first deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Asociación Dominicana de Rehabilitación, a
non-profit and pioneer in the Dominican Republic for the comprehensive rehabilitation of individuals with con-
genital or acquired physical and intellectual disabilities, with 33 care facilities located throughout the country.
He also heads the board for the Development of Major Donors of Habitat LAC; he is a member of the board
of directors of Habitat International and of the Habit Circle of Leaders in the Dominican Republic. He is a
housing advocate in Latin America and the Caribbean.
He is currently the President of the Dominican-Italian Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the
board of directors of Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM); a board member of Fun-
dación Sur Futuro; a board member of Fundación Institucionalidad y Justicia (FINJUS); a board member on
the Crime Prevention council; and a member of the board of directors of the Dominican Association of Free
Zones (ADOZONA).
Previously, he served as president of the following associations: Acción para la Educación Básica (EDUCA);
the National Paint Asociación; the National Council of the Private Enterprise (CONEP); Asociación Nacional
de Industrias de la República Dominicana (AIRD); and Asociación Industrias de Haina (AIEHAINA). He is also
a former member of the National Ethics Commission.
Marranzini Pérez is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the National Competitiveness Council of
the Dominican government. In other government positions, he served as the Secretary of State and Executive
Vice President of the Dominican Corporation of State Electrical Companies (CDEEE) from 2009 to 2012; Pres-
ident of the board of Edesur, Edenorte and Edeeste during the period 2010 to 2012; and President of the board
of directors of the Dominican Electricity Corporation from 1996 to 1998.
During the course of his career, Marranzini Pérez has received the following honors: the Industrialist of the
Year award as part of the 2004 Industrial Excellency Awards; “Industrial Exporter Award, 2011” from ADO-
EXPO; Honorary Rotarian; and the Paul Harris Fellow award.
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Arturo Martínez Moya
Martínez Moya was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1949. He holds a bachelor’s degree in
Economics from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, a master’s in Economics and a master’s in
Political Economics (MAPE) from Boston University, and a doctorate in History from the University of Seville
in Spain. He is a national correspondent member of the Dominican Academy of History. He was granted
the José Gabriel García History Award in 2011. He is a professor of Dominican Economics at Pontificia Uni-
versidad Católica Madre y Maestra, and at the Center for Caribbean Studies of this same university as part
of the master’s and doctorate programs. He teaches Economics of the Caribbean I and II, and Comparative
Economics of Plantation in the Hispanic, French, English and Dutch Caribbean I and II. He is the author of
the books
Inflación y estancamiento
, 1989;
La caña da para todo: Estudio histórico cuantitativo del desarrollo azucare-
ro dominicano (1500-1930),
2011; and
Crecimiento Económico Dominicano (1844-1950),
2014. He has also written