Meet our Renovad Team
Pilar Avila, MCLC, RYT200
Founding Leader, interDUCTUS|Renovad
Life & Business Abundance Coach
pilar@renovad.co
Doing well and doing good is the path to living abundantly free - this is my ethos and my North Star. Having worked across the finance, hospitality and nonprofit sectors for 25 amazing years before becoming an entrepreneur, I have led many institutions and individuals through the process of turning vision into action, and action into impact.
I have had an immensely rewarding life and career as a business leader, civic activist and change agent, while living my passion of fueling the rise of diverse leadership, promoting access to economic opportunity, and investing in education. But no matter what I have done or accomplished, I always have new goals and dreams. Renovad is the expression of that endless desire to live a meaningful and purposeful life, doing well and doing good.
As humans, most of us have the need to solve the equation of existential and financial freedom. I can tell you by experience, the easiest and most rewarding way to live in abundance of every kind is to give to others, so they too can live in their own purpose in abundance. This is my ethos, the essence of my being and the foundation on which Renovad is being built.
Ashley Hayes
Director of Global Operations & Programs, interDUCTUS | Renovad
Executive Director, Renovad GIVE Foundation USA
ashley@renovad.co
I am an International and Russian studies graduate, proficient in Spanish with intermediate knowledge of Italian, French and Russian. I am privileged to have the opportunity to build my career and life aligned with my passion for culture, languages and diverse ways of life.
As a U.S. Presidential Volunteer Award recipient, I value what human beings give back to society and the earth. In 10 years as a U.S. Navy wife and a new mother, I have learned to adapt and overcome many different challenges and circumstances. I find value and fulfillment in carrying out a common mission with like-minded humans as I connect with my life's tribe.
My goal is to promote diversity and equality while also helping to embolden and elevate other humans to success - whether it be in wellness, intellectually, professionally, or in their philanthropic endeavors. I am committed to magnifying the capacity and impact of current and emerging generations of global leaders.
Esther Colom Medina
Finance & Programs Director, interDUCTUS | Renovad
Vice Chair of Finance, Renovad GIVE Foundation
esther@renovad.co
I am so grateful to have the opportunity to combine my professional career as an accountant with something so powerful as giving back. I have always been passionate about helping other people, it is something I will never regret as it gives me a sense of purpose. It is an opportunity for me to grow as a person and to better understand how I fit into the world around me. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, in a middle-class family, with access to health care, food, and education, fortunate and privileged. I give back because I have been given so much and because helping others is one of the best ways to create, maintain and strengthen social connections.
My mission as the Finance Vice Chair of Renovad GIVE Foundation is to make sure that finances are managed appropriately and effectively, making sure budgets and projections are aligned with the Foundation’s current and future financial strategies.
Our Morocco Team
Inasse Adoumaz
Partner & Resident Manager, Amazigh Free People Riad & Spa
Program Manager, Renovad Retrats
Founding Board Members & Executive Director, Renovad GIVE Foundation Morocco
Born in Morocco to an Amazigh family, I was the first in my village to complete a higher education, a Mathematics Degree from Semlalia Cadi Ayyad University.
While working as a manager at Henna Cafe Cultural Center in Marrakech, we collaborated with Renovad GIVE Foundation to present the inaugural VOICE English summer program to youth in the Atlas Mountains.
While I considered pursuing an engineering degree, life presented entrepreneurial opportunities such as co-founding Flavors of Marrakech, a Moroccan cooking class and private dining business, and joining as a partner at Free People Management and resident manager of our first property, Amazigh Free People Riad & Spa.
