NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Rotunda
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Registration & Networking in the Exhibit Area 

BUSINESS SERIES WORKSHOPS
Trianon Ballroom
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM

(8:30)

Business Series Introduction
Robert Bard, President & CEO, LATINA Style Magazine
Veronica De La Garza, Director of Strategic Alliances, LATINA Style Magazine

(9:00)

Access to Capital panel

Moderator: Evelyn Mattos, Private Advisory Leader, Wachovia
Panelist: Jose Sifontes, District Director, US Small Business Administration
Panelist: Jennifer A. Neil, Community Relations Manager & Director of Women’s Link, Accion New York
Panelist: Mercedes Gomez, Deputy Director, Business Outreach Center Network

(9:55)

Successful Marketing Strategies for You and Your Business panel

Moderator: Jerusha Ramos, Princor Registered Representative, Principal Financial Group
Panelist: Jason Magi, Property & Casualty Field Underwriter, State Farm Insurance
Panelist: Carmen Sepulvedo, President, ACT-é Marketing Solutions
Panelist: Marilyn Alverio, President, Ethnic Marketing Solutions

(10:50)

Innovations of Your Business
John Haley, East Director for the Data Solutions Group of Cingular Wireless

(11:10)

Small Businesses’ Insurance Needs: Protecting your Growing Business
Marta Gomez-Llorente, Vice President, Chubb
Kathleen Marvel, Senior Vice President, Chubb

(11:45)

Your Business on the Web
Don Doane, President & CEO, OpenDemand Systems Inc.

(12:05)

Making Mine A Million
Nell Merlino, President & CEO, Count Me In

 LATINA ENTREPRENEUR AWARD LUNCHEON
sponsored by ExxonMobil
12:30 - 2:00 pm  (Mercury Ballroom)

Sponsor’s Remarks: David “Corky” Calhoun, Dealer Recruiting – U.S. Retail Support, ExxonMobil

Welcome: The Honorable Carol Robles-Roman, Deputy Mayor, City of New York

Keynote & Latina Entrepreneur Recipient: Deborah Rosado Shaw, President, Dream Big LLC

LATINA ENTREPRENEUR PANEL: LESSONS LEARNED
Trianon Ballroom
2:00 – 3:00 PM

Moderator: Theresa Torres, Director, Merrill Lynch
Panelist: Awilda Velez, President, AV Financial Consulting Services
Panelist: Raquel Nunez, President, Nunez Electric
Panelist: Ana Madan, President, McDonald’s New York Tri-State Owners & Operators Association

NETWORKING RECEPTION - Foyer
Networking in the Exhibit Area
Drawing – fabulous prizes donated by our sponsors