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Director of Oriental Financial Group since 2005. She was a also director of the company from 1998 to 2000.
Mari Carmen Aponte, Esq., is the former Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA) in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Aponte is considered an expert in legal and policy support in diverse matters involving federal government relations in the areas of banking, tax legislation and regulations, as well as negotiations with federal government agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Fannie Mae. She began her career in Washington in 1979 after earning her J.D. from Temple University School of Law.
Her government positions have included serving in the Carter Administration as a Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and in the Clinton Administration as Special Assistant in the Office of Presidential Personnel. As PRFAA's Executive Director from 2001 to 2004, Ms. Aponte represented the Governor of Puerto Rico on all federal matters to U.S. state and federal agencies as well as to Congress and the Executive branch. Her private practice positions included being an Associate of the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy and a Partner at Alexander, Gebhardt, Aponte & Marks, both of Washington. | 