LATINA Style Business
Series in San Francisco, CA
By Tania G. Davila
Photos by Roberto Gonzalez,
NuevaFoto Photography
www.nuevafoto.com
LATINA Style, Inc. hosted its 20th Annual
LATINA Style Business Series Tour in San
Francisco on Thursday, November 15,
2018, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco airport
hotel. Marking its 133rd stop, the Business
Series begun with opening remarks from Robert
E. Bard, president & CEO of LATINA Style, Inc.,
and Lory Burgos, Senior Consultant, Enterprise
Diverse Marketing, Nationwide. Also, 12 times
Emmy-Award® winner Sandra Cervantes, news
anchor for Telemundo 48 served as the Mistress of
Ceremonies.
Participants had the opportunity to network,
learn about business ownership and partake in
career development seminars designed to benefit
Latina professionals and entrepreneurs. The
Essentials of a Successful Business panel was
moderated by Jolynn Vallejo, Director of LatinSF. As
an entrepreneur herself, Vallejo started her
own company at age 20 and built a career in music
business, recruitment and public relations.
Panelists included: Tong Quin, Deputy District
Director, SBA San Francisco; Jennifer Henrie-Brown,
Stakeholder Liaison Specialist, IRS; Rene M.
Sanchez, VP & Business Banking Specialist II,
AT&T team.
Lory Burgos, Senior
Consultant,
Enterprise Diverse
Marketing,
Nationwide.
(L-R) Jolynn Vallejo, Director, LatinSF; Jennifer
Henrie-Brown, Stakeholder Liaison Specialist, IRS; Angel
Cardoz, Director, SF Small Business Development Center;
Tong Quin, Deputy District Director, SBA San Francisco;
and Rene M. Sanchez, VP & Business Banking Specialist II,
Comerica Bank.
(L-R) Victoria Sánchez De Alba, President, De Alba
Communications; Steven Eiger, Lead Channel Manager, Business
Marketing, EVP of Communications, HACEMOS, AT&T; and
Martha Hernandez, Founder and CEO, ex-Talent Acquisition and
Talent Management Executive, Occidental, Coro, MLT, madeBos,
Inc.
(L-R) John Shoup, SVP - Fraud Investigations Director,
Comerica Bank, and Frank Castaneria, Cybersecurity
Advisor, PCI Practice, AT&T.
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