(L-R) Nancy Rosales, Owner, Founder & Co-Owner, NR Consulting, Pepito's
Paletas; Karla Garcia, President, Bris’s Creations; Griselda Quezada-Chavez,
President & CEO, GQC Global Group; Marisela Barbosa-Cortez, Vice-President,
Monarch Engineers; and Nancy Marmolejo, Owner, Founder, Talent and Genius.
Comerica Bank, and Angel Cardoz,
Director, SF Small Business Development
Center.
The Successful Marketing
Strategies: Promote Your Business
and Yourself panel was moderated by
Victoria Sánchez De Alba, President,
De Alba Communications. Speakers
included: Steven Eiger, Lead Channel
Manager, Business Marketing, EVP of
Communications, HACEMOS, AT&T,
and Martha Hernandez, Founder and
CEO of madeBos, Inc.
Presented by Nationwide®, the For
Your Leadership Side custom session
was conducted by Lory Burgos.
The Cyber Security: Today’s Threat
panel was moderated by LATINA Style
Inc., CEO Robert Bard. Speakers
included: John Shoup, SVP - Fraud
Investigations Director, Comerica Bank,
and Frank Castaneria, Cybersecurity
Advisor, PCI Practice, AT&T.
The Entrepreneurs Spotlight:
Learning Strategies for Success panel
was moderated by Nancy Rosales,
Owner, Founder & Co-Owner, NR
Consulting, Pepito's Paletas, and former
LATINA Style Entrepreneur of the Year for
2014.
Panelists included: Nancy
(L-R) Mistress of Ceremonies: Sandra
Cervantes, News Anchor, Telemundo
48 Bahía/ KSTS; and keynote speaker
Pati Jinich, Chef, Author and TV Host,
PBS.
(L-R) Carlos Solórzano, CEO, Hispanic Chamber of San
Francisco; Lupita Colmenero, COO, LATINA Style, Inc.,
LATINA Style Entrepreneur of the Year: Marisela
Barbosa-Cortez, VP, Monarch Engineers; and, Robert Bard,
president & CEO, LATINA Style, Inc.
DoD remarks
provided by Ashley
Merryman, Diversity
& Inclusion Advisor
to the Chief of Naval
Operations.
Marmolejo, Owner, Founder, Talent
and Genius; Marisela Barbosa-Cortez,
Vice-President, Monarch Engineers;
Karla Garcia, President, Bris’s Creations,
and Griselda Quezada-Chavez, President and
CEO, GQC Global Group.
The successful Latina business owners
shared lessons learned, insights gained through
their experiences, challenges encountered, and
ways to overcome obstacles.
(L-R) LATINA Style Advocate of the
Year: Mark L. Madrid, CEO, Latino
Business Action Network (LBAN),
and Professor Jerry Porras Chairman
Emeritus.
During the Awards Luncheon, Pati Jinich, Chef,
Author and TV Host, provided the keynote message,
Marisela Barbosa-Cortez was recognized with
the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award for the San
Francisco bay area, and the Latino Business Action
Network was honored with the “Advocate of the Year”
award for their Stanford Latino
Entrepreneurship Initiative (SLEI),
accepting this recognition were
Professor Jerry Porras Chairman
Emeritus, and Mark L. Madrid, CEO, of
Latino Business Action Network (LBAN).
LATINA Style is thrilled to
count on Nationwide's
continued support as title
sponsor of the business
series. City Sponsors:
AT&T, Comerica Bank.
National Sponsors and
Partners: Parents Step
Ahead, CapitalWirePR, and
Telemundo. Community
Partners: Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce of
San Francisco, California
Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce, San Mateo Area
Chamber of Commerce,
Oakland Latino Chamber of
Commerce, Prospanica S.F.,
Renaissance
Entrepreneurship Center,
ALPFA S.F.,
EveryCircle.com, Fondo
Adelante, MEDA, San
Francisco Small Business
Development Center
(SFSBDC), NorCal PTAC,
SBA, and IRS.
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