He hosted “Cala,” a prime time show on CNN en Español, for more than 5 years, and The New York Times has referred to him as “the Latino Larry King”. Currently, Cala is considered to be one of the most important journalists of the American continent, as his message about social entrepreneurship, mindfulness and wellbeing has impacted millions of people that follow his work through his books, seminars, workshops and conferences.

Cala has traveled more than 35 countries around the world and is the host of his own interview show “Cara a Cala,” broadcast through YouTube and affiliated TV channels. He also publishes a weekly column in more than 50 newspapers and journals around Latin America and the United States. He’s the author of eight bestsellers and coauthor of Beat the Curve with Brian Tracy.

Cala was born in Santiago de Cuba in 1969 and earned a bachelor’s degree in Art History at Universidad de Oriente – Santiago de Cuba. He graduated from York University’s School of Communication in Toronto, Canada, and holds a Seneca diploma in Broadcasting – Television.

He has collaborated with great masters such as Deepak Chopra and John C. Maxwell and received personalized training from renowned international coaches such as Tony Robbins and Miguel Ruiz. He is President & Founder of Cala Enterprises Corporation and Ismael Cala Foundation.

Building on her background in economics and organizational psychologist, Neus has developed an expertise in corporate and family business governance, specializing in large Latin American and European Family Businesses. Neus obtained her PhD from ESADE Business School with a specialization in philanthropy in family enterprises from a governance perspective. Committed to research and education within the field of family enterprises, complementing her advising work, Neus lectures on family business governance, responsible ownership, leadership and philanthropy.

Neus grew up in a family with their own business in Barcelona, and this taught her to appreciate the special value these organizations contribute to society.

Mr. Hier is an internationally recognized expert and trusted advisor to multigenerational family enterprises. Since 2003, he has advised family-owned businesses around the world on strategies for growing and passing their enterprises to the next generation. His areas of focus include ownership issues; family and business governance; succession planning; performance evaluations of family employees; and family communication. He is a globally recognized expert on the ownership dimension of family enterprises, which encompasses ownership strategies, trust and estate planning, shareholder agreements, the owners’ council, shareholder unity, and preparing the next generation to serve as effective owners.

Mr. Hier frequently teaches around the world at conferences, education programs, and private family meetings. He lectures on the topics of family business dynamics, family governance, creating an effective board of directors, improving family communication, family business succession planning, and developing a family’s core values, mission, and vision statements. He is chair of the Preparing Owners of a Family Business program, and teaches in the Building a Worldclass Board for the Family Enterprise program at the Cambridge Institute for Family Enterprise. He is a facilitator in two programs at the MIT Sloan School of Management: The Future Family Enterprise program for post-founder families, and the Founder to Family program for founders and the second generation. For several years, Mr. Hier served as a facilitator and guest lecturer at Harvard Business School’s Families in Business program.

Mr. Hier has authored important works on the unique ownership challenges of family enterprises. He recently authored, with Professor John Davis, a chapter on “Family Unity: What Is It, Why Is It Vital, and How to Achieve It” in the book Wealth of Wisdom (Wiley, 2018). He is co-author of the forthcoming book Understanding the Power of Ownership: A Guide to the Responsibilities and Rights of Family Enterprise Ownership (Cambridge Institute for Family Enterprise, to be published soon). He authored the articles “Key Diagnostic Parameters for Family Enterprise Functionality” (The Family Firm Institute Practitioner, 2015) and “Developing an Ownership Strategy” (Cambridge Institute for Family Enterprise). Mr. Hier is active in The Family Firm Institute (FFI), the preeminent association for family enterprise professionals, and served as co-chair of the 2014 FFI Global Conference in Washington D.C.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Hier was CEO of Bennett and Co., then one of the world’s largest privately held intimate apparel companies. Prior to this, he practiced law for 15 years, most recently as a partner in a Boston law firm and earlier as an assistant district attorney in Massachusetts.

Mr. Hier earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his B.A. in Philosophy and Economics from Harvard College. He is fluent in English and conversant in French.