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NETWORKING BREAKFAST -- Registration
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY EXPO - 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
BUSINESS SERIES WORKSHOPS - 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Welcome & Business Series Introduction: (8:30 am - 9:00 am)
Robert Bard, President & CEO, LATINA Style
Opening Remarks: Francis Blanco, Director of the Division of Minority and Women Business Development.
Macy's Speaker: Yamilena Racuya, Associate Buyer, Macy’s, Inc.
Accessing Capital in Today’s Economy (9:00 am - 9:30 am)
Moderator: William C. Boone, Assistant District Director, Small Business Administration (SBA)
Speaker: Rick Greenebaum, Counselor, SCORE Representative
Speaker: Laine Rolóng, Director, Business Development, ACCION USA
The Essentials of a Successful Business (9:30 am - 10:10 am)
Moderator: Hilda Porrata-Doria, Agent, State Farm Insurance
Speaker: Katty W. Cohen, Regional Sales Coordinator, AFLAC
Speaker: Ivette Alvarez, Attorney at Law, Einhorn, Harris, Ascher, Barbarito & Frost P.C
Speaker: Mittie Grayson, Senior Stakeholder Liaiso, Internal Revenue Service
Greening Your Business Sponsored by Wal-Mart (10:10 am – 10:40 am)
Moderator: Norma Pacheco, Sam’s Club Representative
Speaker: Karen K. Nathan, Founder, Olivine™
Speaker: Emanuel Psyhojos, Client Services Director Enterprise EST Region, Cisco Systems, Inc.
BREAK (10:40am - 10:50 am)
Lessons Learned: Latina Entrepreneurs’ Financial Survival Guide (10:50 am -11:30 am)
Moderator: Esperanza Porras-Field, President & CEO, HopeSeasons, LLC
Speaker: Elisa Charters,Partner, Toussa Corporation
Speaker: Glisel Jimenez, CHFC, Agent, State Farm Insurance
Speaker: Esther Novak, Founder & CEO, Vanguardcomm
Healthy Worker; Healthy Business (11:30 am – 12:00 pm)
Moderator: Saara Marte, Diversity Relationship Manager, Prudential
Speaker: Melissa Bishop-Murphy, Esq., Senior Director National Government Relations & Multicultural Affairs, Pfizer Inc.
Speaker: Yvette Soto, Director of Development & Public Affairs, American Red Cross Southern Shore Chapter
Speaker: Mirian Zavala, RN, MS, Doctoral Candidate and Chair of AHHE's Policy Committee
Speaker: George A. Zeppenfeldt-Cestero, National President, Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives (AHHE) and President & CEO, National Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on Health
Look Successful…Be Successful Sponsored by Macy’s, Inc. (12:00 am – 12:30 pm)
Moderator: Macy’s by Appointment Representative
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LATINA ENTREPRENEUR
AWARD LUNCHEON
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Welcome: Robert Bard, President & CEO, LATINA Style
Mistress of Ceremony: Andrea Romero, Anchor, Telemundo
Keynote Speaker: Miriam Lopez, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC® / US Financial Services, LLC
Special Speaker: Honorable H.E. Ambassador Francis Lorenzo
Macy’s Speaker: Yamilena Racuya, Associate Buyer, Macy’s, Inc.
Award Recipient Sponsored by Macy’s: Esther Novak, Founder & CEO, Vanguardcomm
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