The 2020 LATINA Style 50 Special Report
11. Marriott International, Inc.
Brenda Durham
Senior Vice President and Regional General
Counsel
Brenda Durham, Senior Vice President & Regional
General Counsel for Marriott International, Inc., has
been with Marriott for 21 years and is Marriott’s
senior ranking Latina. Durham serves as
primary legal counsel for Marriott’s hotels and
resorts located throughout the Caribbean and
Latin America. In this capacity, she provides
oversight guidance to Marriott’s law department
group supporting the region. Her team is
comprised of 14 attorneys, paralegals, and
support staff located in offices in Bethesda,
Maryland, and Aventura, Florida, and together,
they support development, operations, asset
management, compliance, and casino oversight.
She has a comprehensive practice that
includes negotiating financial, equity, and
management agreement transactions, hotel
owner relationship development and dispute
resolution, and global safety and security.
During 2012 to 2014, Durham took on
additional responsibilities in Madrid, Spain
supporting Marriott’s JV partner/founder of the
AC Hotel brand in the integration of the AC by
Marriott brand.
She is one of the region’s executive
representatives on the Owner Franchise
Advisory Council.
12. Wells Fargo & Company
Carly Sanchez
Executive Vice President; Head of Talent
Acquisition Strategy and Delivery
Carly Sanchez has a passion for maximizing
opportunities for all people regardless of
background, a passion she gets to fulfill every day
through her role as head of Talent Acquisition
Strategy and Delivery at Wells Fargo.
Sanchez was taught equality at a young age,
was raised to work hard, and continuously learn,
three values she has carried with her throughout
her career. She has held a variety of roles from
leading global Talent Acquisition and Diversity
at AIG to director of admissions for Harvard
University’s Graduate School of Education. It was
during her job at Harvard helping students follow
educational dreams, that she realized her desire to
help with the next stage of their lives: pursuing a
career.
She joined Wells Fargo in September of
2013 and is responsible for leading the strategy
and execution of global enterprise recruiting
delivery teams, Diversity Sourcing, Global Talent
Attraction, Selection & Assessment and
Affirmative Action. She is also actively involved
in the Enterprise Diversity and Inclusion
Council, which ensures that human capital
diversity programs are aligned and support
enterprise diversity priorities and expectations.
LATINA Style 50 Report: Behind the Scenes
LATINA Style, Inc. wants to thank all the companies who participated in
the Report and submitted the survey this year. For the past 23 years,
we have received an overwhelming response from all over the country.
This year the current pandemic created very difficult circumstances to conduct
our program. In spite of all challenges, companies made accommodations and
participation was one of the most successful we ever had. LATINA Style, Inc. has
recognized Fortune 500 companies who create and use best practices in
retaining, nurturing and promoting women, specifically Latinas. We assess
factors that assist Latinas to be promoted to the highest levels of corporate
America, such executive sponsorships, “angel programs”, Hispanic affinity
groups, recruitment and retention efforts, supplier diversity information,
education programs, employee benefits, advance opportunities for women,
military and veteran programs, and Latina representation on board of directors.
The selection committee judiciously reviews and evaluates the survey data
and thoroughly evaluates each using a point system. The final ranking is not
based only on the published chart, it is only a portion of the final review. In
addition, an extensive research effort contributes to the final evaluation. The
evaluation period takes a few months to ensure more opportunities for Latinas
are taken into consideration.
Your participation helps us raise awareness and provide the most accurate
insight into the top companies for Latinas to work for in the United States. We
thank all the companies for providing valuable information which allows
companies to track their progress and benchmark themselves against other
companies. The LATINA Style 50 Report is the most extensive research effort
that we produce at LATINA Style. We are certain that the companies listed
represent the best of the best in career opportunities for Latinas.
Congratulations to our 2020 top 50 best companies for Latinas to work for
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in the United States.
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