Camalia Valdés

Camalia Valdés (born October 14, 1972) is a Puerto Rican business leader who was the president and CEO of Cerveceria India, Inc., Puerto Rico's largest brewery for 15 years.

Early years Valdés was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her grandfather was Alfonso Valdés Cobián, who in 1937, together with his brothers, Sabino and Ramón Valdés founded Cerveceria India, Inc. (Indian Brewery) in the City of Mayagüez. Her grandfather, who was the chairman and president of the company, was a successful leader whose leadership converted the company into Puerto Rico's largest beer brewery and manufacture of canned and bottled soft drinks. When her grandfather died in 1988, her grandmother Grace Valdes over the company.

As a child she would often visit the company's manufacturing plant, where she would spend most of her time. In 1994, she earned a degree in liberal arts with a minor in legal studies from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Valdés continued her legal studies in the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico and in 1998, earned her Juris Doctor degree.

Cerveceria India

Valdés practiced law for a short time before joining the company in the position of manager of operations. She implemented new production methods and was responsible for improving the manufacturing plants infrastructure.

Personal life Camalia Valdés lives in San Juan with her husband Craig T. Hylwa. According to an interview with Dennis Costa Pacheco, Valdés sponsors projects in education that promote innovation and new ways of thinking.