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Registration Pre-Function
Area: 9th Floor
Event Center
NETWORKING BREAKFAST
* BUSINESS SERIES
WORKSHOPS
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
EXPO * Macy’s MAKE
UP LOUNGE
9th Floor
Welcome & Business
Series Introduction:
(9:00 am - 9:30 am)
Welcoming Remarks:
Robert Bard,
President & CEO,
LATINA Style
Macy’s Speaker:
Ralph Hughes, Vice
President of
Corporate
Communications of
Macy's
Keynote Speaker:
Illinois State
Senator Iris Y.
Martinez
The Essentials of
a Successful
Business
(9:30 am -10:15 am)
Focus: Panelists
will present the
fundamentals for all
entrepreneurs
including structure,
accounting,
accountability,
certification,
financing, and
available resources
to build capacity
and position a small
business for growth.
Moderator: Jenny
Tola, Agent, State
Farm Insurance
Speaker: Judith
Roussel, District
Director, SBA
Illinois
Speaker: Priscilla
Cordero, Senior Loan
Officer, ACCION
Chicago
Speaker: Maria
Prado, CPA, Partner
& President, Prado &
Renteria
Speaker: Yolanda
Ruiz, Senior
Stakeholder Liaison-Central
Area, Internal
Revenue Service
Greening Your
Business Sponsored
by Wal-Mart
(10:15 am – 10:45 am)
Focus: Experts will
provide education,
insights, and
solutions to help
small business
owners see the value
and relevancy of
going green.
Moderator: Rico
Cortez, Club
Manager, Sam’s Club
Speaker:
Commissioner Michi
E. Peña, Department
of General Services,
City of Chicago
Speaker: Robin
Baltierra, President,
Green Tech Group
Inc. (GTGI)
7th
Floor
Break
(10:45 am - 11:00 am)
9th Floor
Lessons Learned-
Latina Entrepreneurs’
Financial Survival
Guide
(11:00 am -11:45 am)
Focus: Successful
Latina entrepreneurs
at different stages
of business maturity
discuss lessons
learned, insight
gained through their
experiences,
challenges
encountered, and
ways to overcome
these. The current
economic state has
caught many ill-equipped…these
women will share
ways to be ready for
new opportunities.
Moderator: Nancy
Andrade, President &
General Counsel,
Mexifeast Foods,
Inc.
Speaker: Pat Pulido,
President & CEO,
Pulido Sanchez
Communications, LLC
Speaker: Letty
Hudson, President &
CEO, Chicago Mini
Bus Travel, Inc.
Speaker: Maria
Capetillo, Agent,
State Farm Insurance
Look Successful-
Be Successful
Sponsored by Macy’s,
Inc.
(11:45 am – 12:30 pm)
Focus: An integral
part of being a
successful Latina
entrepreneur is a
consistent and
winning image. From
what you wear, to
your body language,
to your attitude,
these are tell-tale
signs of your
success. Learn how
to always present
your best possible
self to others.
Moderator: Wilka
Varela Toppins, OVP
Diversity Strategies,
Macy’s, Inc.
Speaker: Loida
Rosario, Founder &
Chairperson,
ElCoquiGalleries.com
Speaker: John
Bourgeois, Regional
Manager, Macy’s by
Appointment
Speaker: Dianna
Hernandez, Heath
Consultant,
Naturismo ProSalud
Speaker: Melany
Silva, Group Sales
Manager, Cosmetics,
Macy's, Inc. |
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LATINA ENTREPRENEUR
AWARD LUNCHEON
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: 7th Floor
Narcissus Room
Mistress of Ceremony:
Zoraida Sambolin,
Anchor & Reporter,
NBC5 News
Keynote Speaker: Janet
Murguía, President &
CEO, National
Council of La Raza (NCLR)
Macy’s Speaker:
Wilka Varela Toppins,
OVP Diversity
Strategies, Macy’s,
Inc.
Award Recipient
Sponsored by Macy’s:
Nancy Andrade,
President & General
Counsel, Mexifeast
Foods, Inc |
