Team

We Are The Team That Makes
Legacy Possible

Built on experience, defined by trust, and strengthened through connection, every member of our team embodies the values that have guided us for over five decades: Excellence, integrity, respect, improvement, care, teamwork and enjoyment.

People You Can Build With

With more than 100 full-time professionals on staff across multiple disciplines, we unite profound experience with forward-thinking talent to form a strategic, embedded, collaborative force capable of delivering outcomes you can visit, measure, and rely on. We are as selective with the people we bring into Interlink as we are with the projects we undertake, sustaining a multidivisional structure supported by regional and international reach. 

Discipline. Learning. Growth.
Evolution with Purpose.

Our commitment to continuous development keeps our team ahead of the curve, strengthened through programs offered by the Urban Land Institute, the National Association of Home Builders, the Associated General Contractors of America, and executive education at Harvard Business School and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. This investment in technical depth and strategic discipline enables us to deliver value that lasts and to operate with care, rigor, and purpose at any scale. 

Executive Team

Federico J. Sánchez

President & CEO - Partner

Hermand E. Méndez, P.E.

Executive Vice President - Partner

President of Interlink Construction

José E. Delgado

Executive Vice President - Partner

Armando Vilas, Esq.

Executive Vice President - Partner

Luis A. Morales

Executive Vice President & Project Director - Construction

Angel O. Vega, CPA, Esq.

Senior Vice President & Director - Finance

Vanessa de Mari AIA, MCM

Executive Vice President - Development

Joval Rodriguez

Vice President - Development

Ignacio Álvarez

Vice President - Development

Yudelka Noboa

Vice President - Human Resources

Guillermo R. Ponte, P.E.

Senior Vice President - Construction Estimating & Procurement

Jose Vales, P.E.

Senior Vice President – Construction

Rafael Colón

Vice President - Construction

Managing Director of Interlink Technologies

Hilda Torres

Comptroller

Board of Advisors

    • Responsible for completing over $ 5 billions of Real Estate transactions with the Benenson Family

    • AMDP Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design

    • Diploma in real estate finance and investment analysis from New York University

    • B.S. Boston University.

  • Over 25 years of experience in real estate spanning mergers, acquisitions, capital markets and asset management.

    • Former Partner, Fund Portfolio Manager and Head of Hospitality at Rockwood Capital

    • Seven years at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in Corporate Development and Head of Full Service Development

    • Seven years at Morgan Stanley's Real Estate Investment Banking group

    • B.A. New York University

    • M.B.A. The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

    • A.B., Harvard College

    • M.D., University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

    • Residency in Surgery and Urology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

    • Fellowship in Urologic Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

    • Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

    • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania

    • Adjunct Associate Professor of Urologic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    • Past President, American Urological Association Southeastern Section

    • Primary engaged in advising on a broad range of commercial law and creditors’ rights matters, including real estate, hospitality, commercial lending, secured transactions, asset-based finance, complex restructurings, securitizations of loans and commercial leases, regulatory matters for financing institutions, and private equity transactions.

    • B.A. University of Puerto Rico

    • J.D. University of Puerto Rico Law School

    • Bar Admissions in PR, US District Court for the District of PR and the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

    • Former Chief Executive Officer of Popular, Inc. (2017–2025), Puerto Rico's leading financial institution and a top-50 U.S. bank holding company.

    • Held senior leadership roles at Popular across more than a decade, serving as President and Chief Operating Officer and as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer.

    • Founding partner of Pietrantoni, Méndez & Alvarez LLC, with deep expertise in banking, corporate, public finance, and capital markets law.

    • Former director of Columbia University’s Master of Science in Real Estate Development Program

    • B.A., B.S. Rice University

    • M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    • Clinical Professor at the University of Texas, responsible for the Center for Metropolitan Density

    • Founder and CEO of Conway and Partners (Conway+), a global branding and marketing agency with a specialization in real estate.

    • Co-founder of BridgerConway, the integrated branding and marketing firm he built into an international practice across the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East.

    • Executive creative director whose brand work spans major global names including Starwood, Ritz-Carlton, Related Companies, Altria, and Pepsi.

    • Former Chief Executive Officer of GFR Media

    • Former VP for Multicultural Business Development of Procter & Gamble for PR and the Caribbean

    • Former Senior VP for Brand solutions at Univision Communications, Inc.

    • B.A. Wellesley College

    • M.B.A. Boston College

    • Former President & CEO of Harbor Properties (ULI award-winning developer in Seattle)

    • Former CEO of Intrawest (ULI award-winning developer in Blackcomb, Whistler, BC)

    • Some of his representative projects are:
      Harbor Steps in Seattle, WA / Mammoth Mountain Resort in CA / Seattle Biomedical Research Institute in Seattle, WA / Mont Tremblant Ski Resort in Quebec, Canada

    • B.A. Central Washington University