AP serves as Assistant General Counsel at TD SYNNEX, one of the world’s largest distributors of technology products, services, and solutions. Previously, AP served as Director of Ethics & Compliance for Tech Data, and Associate General Counsel of Global Ethics & Compliance at Laureate Education, a leading higher education provider with more than 70 universities in 25 countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. AP is responsible for legal support of the Americas region, including corporate transactional matters, litigation, and operations. Additionally, AP focuses her work on counseling the business on a variety of topics related to labor, employment, internal investigations, and regulatory matters. Previously she was lead counsel for the company’s Latin America region and the export division and the company’s global IP portfolio. Ms. Capaldo formerly led the Americas team and compliance efforts in the region as Director of Ethics & Compliance and was responsible for assisting with the full range of activities associated with maintaining the ethics & compliance program of the Company, with a focus on anti-corruption activities, internal investigations, and regulatory issues. She was also responsible for the implementation of a broad-ranging anti-bribery/anti-corruption compliance program, including policy development, risk assessment, training delivery, communication, controls, as well as due diligence protocols for third party agents and consultants and acquisitions. She has obtained her Leading Professional in Ethics & Compliance (LPEC) certification - the symbol of excellence, competency, and credibility in the E&C industry around the world. Formerly she was with the Miami-based boutique compliance firm MDO Partners, where she focused on corporate law, global compliance, and business ethics. Ms. Capaldo has represented clients on a variety of corporate and compliance matters internationally, including Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, and Spain. She has represented a broad range of clients in various sectors, including the hospitality, medical device manufacturing, luxury goods, restaurant, commercial printing, automotive, and technology industries. Prior to law school, Ms. Capaldo worked at the United States Department of State in the Office of Foreign Missions (OFM), where she focused her work on compliance with federal and international treatises and regulations in the consular community and assisted in coordinating logistics during the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Ms. Capaldo has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Latin America, is a native Spanish speaker, and is fluent in Italian. Ms. Capaldo received her law degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School and completed her undergraduate studies in English Literature at Florida International University. During law school, Ms. Capaldo worked on a micro-venture consulting team that provided an expansion strategy and legal advice to various innovative enterprises including the revitalization of a historical theater into an environmentally sustainable mixed-use property. Ms. Capaldo also drafted an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in the case of María Isabel Véliz Franco v. Guatemala. Ms. Capaldo is a Supreme Court of Indiana CLEO Fellow, and served as Secretary of the Hispanic Law Students Association and Academic Chair of the Black Law Students Association at Notre Dame. She was a visiting scholar at the University of Bocconi School Of Law in Milan, Italy and worked at the St. Joseph County’s Public Defender’s Office in South Bend, Indiana. In the community, Ms. Capaldo has served as Legal Guardian at Miami Cerebral Palsy and volunteered with His House Children’s Home.