Scholarship Banquet Keynote Speaker:

2006: Attorney Maria Rosario Simao, Manager, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, Central Connecticut State University
2005: Dr. Antonio A. Cirurgiao, Author, Comendador da Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique, Professor Emeritus of Spanish & Portuguese University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2004: Hon. Paul J. Tavares, General Treasurer, State of Rhode Island
2003: Dr. George Monteiro, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
2002: Ronald J. Cruz, Executive Director of PALCUS, Washington, D.C.
2001: Dr. Patricia Raposa Aucella, Optometrist, Newington, Connecticut
2000: Hon. Angelo L. dos Santos, Commissioner, Workers' Compensation Commission, State of Connecticut
1999: Domitila A. dos Santos, Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of Salomon Smith Barney, New York, New York
1998: Dr. Burke A. Cunha, Chief of the Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York
1997: Dr. Lisa Seabra Veiga, DMD, Dentist, Waterbury, Connecticut
1996: Dr. Onesimo Teotonio de Almeida, Professor, Director of the Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
1995: Hon. Tony Coelho, former U. S. Representative of California, President & CEO Werthein Schroder Investment Service, New York, New York
1994: Maria Fernanda Miranda -Principal, Magnet Cultural School, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1993: Carlos Batista, Vice President, Engineering Bristol Babcock, Watertown, Connecticut
1992: Dr. Antonio Simoes, Dean of Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions, Fairfield University, Fairfield Connecticut