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Corporate achievers summit
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Launched in 2011, the HACR Corporate Achievers Summit™ (CAS) was created to offer Young
Hispanic Corporate Achievers™ (YHCA) a platform to network with previous YHCA classes and
participate in training sessions that use critical thinking to become better executives and leaders
within their companies in order to fuel the pipeline in Corporate America.
HACR CAS participants are moving rapidly within their corporations and industries, finding new
opportunities and challenges. This program is designed to address those challenges, provide
insight, and learning.
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2015 HACR
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Claudya Arana Sanchez
Ford Motor Company
Mariana Fagnilli
Johnson & Johnson
Alberto Ortega
Sodexo
Ernesto Arredondo, Jr.
Wells Fargo & Company
Ibelka Fernandez
ESPN
Diana E. Ortega
General Motors
Mariely Bandas-Franzetti
Dell
Jason Luis Fernandez
Wyndham Worldwide
Omayra L. Padilla De Jesus
The College of Saint Rose
Karina Baril
Lowe’s
Maria Jose Gatti
MGM Resorts International
Daniel Pinho
PNC Bank
Selene Benavides
Consero Global
Ariel A. Gonzalez, Esq.
AARP
Barbara Quiroga
Delta Air Lines
Edgar Bermudez
Wells Fargo & Company
Erika Gonzalez Mercedes
Wyndham Worldwide
Luis A. Rivera
The Hartford
Gerard Borda
Veritiv, Inc.
Harold González
Lexmark International, Inc.
Nydia J. Sahagún
Target Corporation
Christian Campos
Wells Fargo & Company
Juan Gonzalez
KeyBank
Adrianna Samaniego
Google
Dolores Campuzano-Pignatello
MGM Resorts International
David Guzman
Wells Fargo & Company
Artemio San Martin
Dell
Gloria Candelario Hossri
Johnson & Johnson
Velvet Hernandez-Johnson
Unum
Gloria Schoch
MillerCoors
Zeferino Cisneros
General Electric
Angelica Hurtado
Voya Financial
Luis Tavárez
DuPont
Nydia Correa
General Motors
JD Laboy
AT&T
Alexander Toland
General Electric
Manuel “Manny” Diaz
Johnson & Johnson
Carlos Armando Lora
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Robert Trujillo
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Karina Diehl
MillerCoors
Beatriz Medina Pratt
Cisco Systems
Carlos Villasana
Capital One
Raul Duany
American Cancer Society
Jessica Montoya
Sodexo
Sylena Echevarria
MassMutual Financial Group
Michael Muñoz
Aetna, Inc.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24
TIMEEVENT
3:00 PM-6:30 PM
Hotel Check-In Time
6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Joint CDS/CEF/CAS Welcome Reception
7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Joint CDS/CEF/CAS Welcome Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Carlos Rodriguez, President and CEO, ADP, LLC
9:30 PM-11:30 PM Best of the Boardroom Reception
Sponsored by Hispanic Executive & Morgan Stanley
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
8:00 AM-9:00 AM CAS Networking Breakfast
9:00 AM-9:15 AM Break
9:15 AM-10:30 AM CAS Business Session: Are You a 21st Century Leader?
Roselinde Torres, Renowned Leadership Expert and Sr. Partner and BCG
Fellow, Boston Consulting Group
10:30 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:00 PM
CAS Business Session: Leadership from the Inside Out - Giving Voice to
the Leader Within
Monique Berke, VP, Business Transformation, CBL & Associate
Properties, Inc.
12:00 PM-12:30 PM
Break
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
CAS Networking Luncheon
1:30 PM-2:00 PM
Break
2:00 PM-3:30 PM
CAS Business Session
Keith Eigel, Co-Founder, The Leaders Lyceum
3:30 PM-3:45 PM
Break
3:45 PM-5:30 PM
CAS Strategic Planning Session
5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Free Time
6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Joint CAS/YHCA Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson and MillerCoors
8:30 PM
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SUNDAY, APRIL 26
8:00 AM-9:00 AM CAS Networking Breakfast
9:00 AM-10:30 AM
CAS Business Session
Corporate Executives Forum™ (CEF) Participant Panel
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM-12:30 PM
CAS Business Session
John Rosero, Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary of Prudential Annuities Distributors Inc. Sponsored by Prudential Financial
12:30 PM-12:45 PM
Break
12:45PM-2:15 PM
CAS Networking Luncheon: Unleash Your Practical Genius
Gina Rudan, President, Genuine Insights, Inc. and Best-Selling Author,
Practical Genius
2:15 PM-2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM-3:45 PM
Joint CAS/YHCA Business Session
Richard Montañez, Executive, Multicultural Sales and Community Activation,
PepsiCo North America, and Author of A Boy, A Burrito, and a Cookie: From
Janitor to Executive
3:45 PM-4:15 PM
Joint CAS/YHCA Meet & Greet
Led by Juana Bordas, President, Mestiza Leadership Intl.
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Group Photo
5:00 PM-5:45 PM
Free Time
MEET IN THE LOBBY AT 5:45 PM – BUSES DEPART FROM THE LOBBY FOR OFF-SITE RECEPTION & DINNER
5:45 PM
Shuttle bus departs for Off-site Reception & Dinner
6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Joint CDS/CEF/CAS/YHCA Closing Reception & Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Julio Portalatin, President and CEO, Mercer
Sponsored by Target Corporation
LOCATION: The Atlanta Botanical Garden
9:30 PM
Shuttle Bus departs for The Ritz-Carlton Buckhead
10:00 PM - 12:00 AM Post Dinner Reception
Sponsored by Anheuser-Busch
LOCATION: Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead
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Claudya
Arana Sanchez
Ernesto
Arredondo, Jr.
Claudya Arana
Sanchez works at
Ford’s Sustainability
Environment and
Safety Engineering
department. She
supports sustainability
initiatives and new vehicle
programs, and environmental compliance for
U.S. and Latin American facilities. In 2014,
Arana Sanchez led the development of
“Best in Ford”, a sustainability program
aimed to reduce waste and water usage at
Ford Manufacturing facilities by identifying
the best performer and sharing global
best practices.
Ernesto Arredondo, Jr.
is the area president
for the San Diego
Community Bank in
Southern California. An
18-year banking veteran,
Arredondo oversees 837
financial professionals
and 55 retail stores, with over $4.9 billion in
total deposits and $1.5 billion in total loans.
Ford Motor Company
She began her career at Ford in 2005 after
earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in
mechanical engineering from the University
of Illinois. She held a position with Ford’s
Global Policy department, where she led the
development of Ford’s CO2 manufacturing
strategy and implemented processes to
meet mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
requirements. She is also responsible for the
development of Ford’s first GHG inventories in
Asia Pacific and Latin America.
Wells Fargo & Company
Arredondo serves as the board’s director,
chairing the Finance Committee for the San
Diego Chamber of Commerce. He also serves
on boards for Father Joe’s Villages, LEAD San
Diego, Big Brothers and Sisters of San Diego
County, the San Ysidro Education Vanguard,
and is a foundation trustee for UCSD.
Arredondo was recognized amongst the
“Top 40 under 40” business executives by
San Diego Metro magazine in 2013 and was
recently invited to join the Stanford University
Latino Entrepreneurship board.
Arana Sanchez plays an active role in her
community. As part of the Ford Hispanic
Network leadership team, she leads the Ford
Hispanic Heritage event along with other
community events.
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Mariely
Bandas-Franzetti
Karina
Baril
Mariely Bandas-Franzetti
leads the IT functions
responsible for the
account management of
Dell Global Support and
Deployment Business
units. Her team serves
as strategic advisor
and primary point of accountability for
all IT projects and service delivery, with
responsibilities ranging from business
transformation to operational excellence.
Karina Baril joined Lowe’s
in May 2014, as manager
of international operations
and development. In her
role, Baril is responsible
for accelerating the
growth of existing
international businesses
as well as developing and supporting the
broader international expansion strategy.
Dell
Lowe’s
Prior to Lowe’s, Baril held multiple roles with
Walmart, including, director of strategy and
engagement for the Walmart Foundation
and director of mergers and acquisition
post-merger integration for Walmart
International.
Bandas-Franzetti has been with Dell since
1997, and prior to her current IT role, she led
many global functions and initiatives. Before
joining Dell, she held various roles in Puerto
Rico and the U.S., at places such as the U.S.
federal government patent office, Hewlett
Packard, and IBM.
Before starting her corporate career, Baril
served as program officer for the U.S.
Millennium Challenge Corporation and project
analyst for the U.S. Trade and Development
Agency. During her time with the federal
government, Baril identified investment
opportunities across Latin America that
contributed to economic development.
Bandas-Franzetti received a Bachelor of
Science in Industrial Engineering from the
University of Puerto Rico and a Master of
Science in International Logistics from the
School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
at Georgia Institute of Technology. She has
multiple U.S. patents in the manufacturing
field. She is part of the leadership board of
Dell’s Hispanic employee resource group,
Adelante, and serves as liaison for the Greater
Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Baril holds a Bachelor of Arts in International
Relations and History from Tufts University
and a Master of Business Administration from
Babson College.
In her free time, Bandas-Franzetti enjoys
traveling to new places, taking pictures,
dancing, and cooking with her husband Josh
and 12-year-old son, Marcus.
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Selene
Benavides
Edgar
Bermudez
Selene Benavides is client
finance director with
Consero Global where
she helps companies
address complex financial
requirements while
streamlining finance/
accounting operations and
reducing G&A expenses to allow for greater
investment in driving and supporting top line
growth for her clients.
Edgar Bermudez is a vice
president and manager
for Wells Fargo’s Credit
Management group. He
leads a team of risk and
turnaround professionals
who manage commercial
credits in the Florida
region; specifically the Central and Southwest
Coast.
Consero Global
Prior to her new role, Benavides was the
chief financial officer/chief operations officer
for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs
(NSHMBA) where she was responsible for
helping its leadership define the strategic
direction of the organization.
Previously, Benavides was a senior finance
consultant overseeing the Global Audit and
Transformation budget that included 300+
employees across the world including roles
as a revenue recognition leader for the
Services Accounting team, global lead analyst
for the Consumer/Small-Medium business
group, and as a senior audit consultant.
Benavides is also the former treasurer of the
NSHMBA National Board of Directors and
chair of the Audit Committee.
Benavides received a Bachelor of Science in
Mathematics from Texas A&M University and
holds a Master of Business Administration
from Texas State University in San Marcos,
Texas.
Wells Fargo & Company
Bermudez is responsible for leading,
directing, and providing guidance to a
team of more than 12 direct reports and
administering a portfolio of $600 million in
commercial loan assets.
Bermudez has worked for Wells Fargo for
five years and is a member of the Credit, SBA
& BBSG Diversity Council. Prior to joining
the Credit Management group, he was a risk
manager in the wealth markets.
Bermudez earned a Bachelor of Science in
Finance with a minor in Economics from the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
a Juris Doctor degree from Universidad
Bicentenaria, Venezuela, a Master of
Business Administration and a Master of Arts
in Organizational Change Management from
Pfeiffer University; and is currently pursuing
another Master of Business Administration
from Wake Forest University.
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Gerard
Borda
Christian
Campos
Gerard Borda serves as
the talent management
leader for Veritiv
Corporation, a leading
B2B distribution
solutions company. In
this role, Borda has
overall responsibility
for developing, leading and implementing
strategies, and metrics-driven programs
in the areas of talent acquisition, learning
and development, leadership, organizational
effectiveness, and diversity.
Christian Campos is a
senior vice president and
leads the Premier Phone
Banks for Wells Fargo’s
Customer Connection.
He has over 17 years of
experience in the banking
industry and has held
several leadership positions since he joined
Wells Fargo in 2004.
Veritiv Corporation
Wells Fargo & Company
Campos attended California State University,
Northridge, where he received a bachelor’s
degree in business administration. Active
in his community, Campos currently serves
on the board of directors for Clear Passage.
He is also involved in the Latino Business
Administration, Sierra Lakes PTA, and the
United Way.
Prior to joining Veritiv, Borda was responsible
for leadership development at SunTrust
Banks, Inc. He built his expertise in talent
management through advising some of
the largest companies in the world, having
worked for well-recognized consulting firms,
including IBM and Deloitte. Borda has crafted
learning and development strategies, led
diversity recruiting and retention programs,
overseen strategic change initiatives, and
redesigned organizational structures
and processes in complex IT and HR
transformations.
Borda holds a Master of Business
Administration from Georgia State University
and obtained his Bachelor of Arts in
International Studies from Emory University.
He also holds the SPHR professional
designation and is a certified human capital
strategist. He was named a 2012 HACR
Hispanic Young Corporate Achiever™ and was
named one of the top 40 under 40 Hispanics
in Atlanta.
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Dolores
Campuzano-Pignatello
Gloria
Candelario Hossri
Dolores CampuzanoPignatello is currently
the director of banquet
operations at the Mirage
Resort and Casino in
Las Vegas. CampuzanoPignatello has over 15
years of experience within
the hospitality industry, having held positions
at major Las Vegas and Disney Resorts.
Gloria Candelario Hossri
has over thirteen years
of rich and diverse
Johnson & Johnson
experience and an
educational background in
management, marketing,
and economics. Currently,
she is part of the Application Services
Commercial and R&D Leadership team
with responsibility for global digital delivery
process.
MGM Resorts International
She serves as the chair of the MGM Resorts
International Hispanic/Latino network group
and sits on the boards for the Women’s
Chamber of Nevada and the Congressional
Award of Nevada. She is also a member of the
Mirage CSR Council and the Las Vegas Latin
Chamber of Commerce.
She has been a member of HOLA, the
Hispanic employee resource group of
Johnson & Johnson, since 2001. She joined
the senior leadership team in January 2012
and co-leads HOLA’s Support Business
Growth strategy.
She received her bachelor’s in hotel
administration from the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas and participated in the Summer
Studies in Switzerland Program which
allowed her to attend HIM in Montreux, IHTTI
School of Hotel Management in Neuchatel,
and the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne in
Lausanne.
She was also selected to participate in MGM
Resorts’ Leadership Institute program and
is a two-year recipient of the J. Terrence
Lanni Award for Excellence, MGM Resorts
International’s highest honor.
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Johnson & Johnson
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Zeferino
Cisneros
Nydia
Correa
Zeferino Cisneros
graduated from OMLP in
2002 and since then, he
has been progressively
growing in different roles
including operations
management, materials
management, lean
manufacturing, project execution, and
plant management for the last nine years.
Currently, he manages the Border Operations
(BOP) plant with 1,000 employees and close to
$4 billion in sales.
Nydia Correa is a
robustness engineer
process lead in General
Motors’ (GM) Product
Engineering Quality (PEQ)
organization. In this role,
Correa is responsible
for ensuring the proper
execution of engineering design tools to
achieve quality targets in future vehicle
programs. Correa joined GM in 2007 and
transitioned to the PEQ organization in 2011.
General Electric
Under Cisneros’ leadership, BOP has grown
from $185 million in sales to $1 billion by
2015 through NPI and TOW. The operation is
VPP star certified where people engagement
was mentioned as best in class. The plant
has received multiple awards in operational
excellence; for example, “Best Lean Project
Globally” and “First Global Lean Six Sigma
Certified Line.”
Cisneros graduated with a Bachelor of
Science in Industrial Engineering from Juarez
Institute of Technology (ITCJ) and a master’s
degree in finance from Monterrey Institute
of Technology (ITESM). He is APICS, CPIM
(Certified Production and Inventory Manager)
and Six Sigma green belt certified.
General Motors
Correa has demonstrated a profound
commitment towards philanthropy as the GM
Hispanic Initiative Team (GMHIT) community
service lead, as A World in Motion program
coordinator and as a Latin Americans for
Social and Economic Development tax
assistance program volunteer.
Correa obtained a bachelor’s degree in
industrial engineering in 2006 from the
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez and
obtained a master’s degree in automotive
engineering from the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor in 2011. Correa completed a
graduate certificate in Customer Value
& Market Success at Stanford University
and participated in SHPE’s 2014 Executive
Leadership Institute program. Correa is
also a Certified Manager in Quality and a
DFSS black belt. Nydia has been a GMHIT
executive board member since 2013 and
is the current ERG treasurer and interim
communications lead.
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Manuel “Manny”
Diaz
Karina
Diehl
Manuel “Manny” Diaz,
associate director of
bioresearch strategy and
business operations at
Johnson & Johnson is a
recognized leader with
over 10 years of combined
experience in business
intelligence, project management, and
supplier diversity. He is known for effectively
leading people through change and delivering
double-digit improvements in savings, quality,
and cycle time.
Karina Diehl is the
director of community
affairs for MillerCoors
where she manages a
national team focused on
the brewer’s corporate
responsibility strategy.
She oversees all civic
leadership and economic empowerment
initiatives and serves on several national
corporate alliance boards on behalf of
MillerCoors.
Johnson & Johnson
MillerCoors
Diehl also serves on various committees
within the organization such as the Marketing
Compliance Committee and the Diversity
and Inclusion Council. She began her career
in communications and managed media
relations for multiple global brands in
industries such as technology, automotive,
consumer packaged goods, and alcohol.
Diaz is the co-chair of Johnson & Johnson’s
Hispanic ERG, HOLA, and represents Johnson
& Johnson at various diversity events. He is
also the chair of the ERG subcommittee to the
LGBT Chamber of Commerce, and he actively
engages with the U.S. Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce and its affiliate chambers in
supplier diversity and multicultural marketing
initiatives.
Certified as a Six Sigma black belt and project
management professional, Diaz holds a
bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems
engineering from Florida International
University and a Master of Business
Administration from Rutgers Business School
in New Jersey. Diaz enjoys traveling, Latin
dancing, and spending time at the beach with
friends and family.
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Raul
Duany
Sylena
Echevarria
American Cancer Society
MassMutual Financial Group
Sylena Echevarria is an
assistant vice president
in the client services area
of USIG Operations at
MassMutual.
Raul Duany is senior vice
president of corporate
communications for the
American Cancer Society,
the largest voluntary
health organization in
the United States, which
is four million strong.
In this role, he is charged with strategic
communications to engage and inspire
stakeholders committed to saving lives and
creating a world with less cancer by helping
people stay well, get well, find cures, and
fight back.
Since joining MassMutual
in 1997, Echevarria
has held a variety of
roles, with the past 14 years spent leading
financial and service oriented teams and
departments. In her current role as the head
of USIG Life & DI Post Issue Operations and
Tax Administration, she provides operational
and strategic leadership and oversight of
an organization comprising more than 130
team members across Springfield, Mass.
and Phoenix, Ariz. She defines and executes
on strategic initiatives and business process
improvements, and is accountable for the
attainment of all service, quality, productivity,
budget, and key performance goals.
Before joining the society in 2014 as a
member of the executive management team,
he worked in several strategic and corporate
communications roles with international and
global companies such as Western Union
Financial Services and Royal Caribbean
Cruise Lines. Prior to that, he served in the
U.S. Army and in senior civilian leadership
positions with the U.S. government including
the Pentagon’s U.S. Southern Command, and
in various assignments with the U.S. Army,
U.S. Navy, and U.S. Immigration.
Echevarria is the chair of MassMutual’s
Hispanic employee resource group, ALMMA
(Association of Latino’s at MassMutual &
Allies). She is also a 2014 recipient of the
Young Hispanic Corporate Achiever™ award
offered through the Hispanic Association on
Corporate Responsibility.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in advertising
and had completed numerous graduate-level
courses in journalism, public relations, and
strategic communications. He served on
the first-ever Western Union Executive InResidence program in New Delhi, India, and is
recipient of HACR’s Young Hispanic Corporate
Achiever™ award, among other awards.
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Echevarria is a registered principal of MML
Investor Services, LLC and MML Distributors,
LLC a MassMutual subsidiary.
She resides in Western Massachusetts with
her husband and three children, and is a
former little league baseball coach.
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Mariana
Fagnilli
Ibelka
Fernandez
Mariana Fagnilli is a
native of Buenos Aires,
Argentina. She holds
a Juris Doctor degree
and master’s degree in
international public law
from Universidad de
Buenos Aires. She also
holds a Master of Laws degree from the
University of Miami.
Since joining the ESPN
HR Business Partner
team in March 2008,
Ibelka Fernandez has
provided the sales and
marketing division with
strong HR leadership in
support of their strategic
objectives while driving a high level of
employee engagement. She leads by example
to inspire a climate of trust and openness as
she drives a commitment to high standards
of excellence. Prior to joining ESPN, she
provided HR support and leadership to the
sales organization at Revlon, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
Fagnilli acts as a liaison for the Latin America
business units in her role as Latin America
policy lead at Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a
Johnson & Johnson company. She brings
her knowledge and perspective of the
region’s rapidly-changing political and
business environments to provide policy
and intelligence support regarding the Latin
America region.
Since 2007, Fagnilli has been involved in
Johnson & Johnson’s Hispanic employee
resource group, HOLA, where she has served
in positions of increasing responsibility.
Today, she is the chair of HOLA’s senior
leadership team and its Center of Excellence.
She oversees HOLA’s global strategic plans
and provides support in a wide range of
areas.
In 2013, Fagnilli received the Young Hispanic
Corporate Achievers™ award. She was also
accorded honorable mention in the LATINA
Style Executive of the Year program, based
on her evident excellence in corporate
leadership, mentorship, and her remarkable
dedication to working with Hispanic
communities.
ESPN
Fernandez is passionate about learning and
development for herself and others. She
participated in NAMIC’s Leadership Program,
the ESPN’s Mentoring Program, and is
actively engaged in the Disney “Heroes Work
Here” campaign.
She gives back to the community through
her involvement with the HISPA role model
program. HISPA’s mission is to inspire and
motivate Hispanic students’ performance by
raising awareness about the importance of
education and achieving their full potential.
Most recently, Fernandez addressed over 100
middle school students in NYC public schools
about the importance of education.
Fernandez received her Bachelor of Arts in
Psychology from City College of New York and
her Master of Science in Human Resources
Management from The New School in 2005.
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Jason Luis
Fernandez
Maria Jose
Gatti
Jason Luis Fernandez
is a first generation
Cuban-American and is
the director of financial
reporting and corporate
accounting for Wyndham
Vacation Ownership
(“WVO”). He holds a
master’s degree in accounting from Florida
International University and a bachelor’s
degree in accounting from Florida State
University. He is a founding board member of
¡FUERTE!, WVO’s Hispanic associate business
group, and serves as its chairman.
Maria Jose Gatti
serves as the executive
director of philanthropy
and community
engagement for MGM
Resorts International’s
Corporate Operations.
She is responsible for
fostering and maintaining relationships with
national and local community organizations.
Through these relationships, she supports
the company’s business objectives, and
additionally facilitates the company’s
participation in programs and events that
support the community. She also implements
programs to help educate and engage the
employees of MGM Resorts on community
related initiatives, activities, and issues.
MGM Resorts International
Wyndham Worldwide
With over 15 years of experience in various
industries, he has been responsible for
managing several operational and accounting
functions. His experience also includes over
six years of public accounting experience
with Ernst & Young LLP. Fernandez was also
a founding member of the Miami chapter
of ALPFA.
Gatti is also the vice president of the MGM
Resorts Foundation and the program
director for the foundation’s Women’s
Leadership Conference, which focuses on
the professional development of women of
all industries.
Her efforts were recognized by the
Multicultural Foodservice and Hospitality
Alliance (MFHA) in 2011. She received
the Hispanic Association on Corporate
Responsibility’s Young Hispanic Corporate
Achievers™ award in 2013, and was also
selected as one of Diversity Journal’s 12th
Annual Women Worth Watching in 2014.
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Ariel A.
Gonzalez, Esq.
Erika
Gonzalez Mercedes
Ariel A. Gonzalez has
more than 14 years of
advocacy experience in
the areas of political and
health care law. Gonzalez
currently works for
AARP as the director of
federal health and family
advocacy. He serves as AARP’s chief Capitol
Hill lobbyist in these areas and executes
lobbying strategies to clarify and promote
AARP’s policy objectives. Gonzalez oversees
a team of lobbyists dealing with issues
impacting the 50-plus population.
Erika Gonzalez Mercedes
is manager of diversity
& inclusion at Wyndham
Worldwide. In her role,
she is responsible for
diversity and inclusion
initiatives in recruitment,
evaluating diversity
metrics and trends in the marketplace,
working with Wyndham’s associate business
groups, as well as developing relationships
with organizations in support of the
company’s diversity mission. Prior to working
in diversity & inclusion, Gonzalez Mercedes
held a marketing position within the
Wyndham Hotel Group e-Commerce team.
AARP
Prior to working for AARP, Gonzalez managed
government affairs for Quest Diagnostics.
Prior to working at Quest, Gonzalez served
as director of congressional affairs for
the American College of Radiology while
attending law school at night.
Gonzalez received his Juris Doctor degree
from the Catholic University Columbus
School of Law. He also holds a bachelor’s
of science degree from James Madison
University and a master’s of arts degree in
legislative affairs from George Washington
University.
Wyndham Worldwide
She is also an active participant in nonprofit
organizations and has served as a board
member for the National Society of Hispanic
MBAs - New Jersey chapter since 2011. She
is also involved with the Lupus Foundation
of America, the Big Brothers Big Sisters
program, and serves as a mentor in her
community for young professionals.
Gonzalez Mercedes attended The College of
New Jersey where she received a Bachelor
of Science in Business Administration
marketing, and later obtained a Master
of Business Administration in Healthcare
Administration from Seton Hall University.
She has studied abroad in China and Spain.
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Harold
González
Juan
Gonzalez
Harold González is a
hardware engineer for
the Imaging Solutions
and Services division at
Lexmark International,
Inc. He began his career
with Lexmark in 1997,
working in technical
support for Lexmark’s operations in Latin
America. He has also served as a service
engineer for Lexmark in Latin America.
Juan Gonzalez is a
senior vice president
and manager of the
Business Banking group
for KeyBank in Indiana.
He has over 13 years
of experience in the
banking industry. He
holds a master’s of business administration
degree in finance from Butler University and
a bachelor’s of science degree in economics
from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá,
Colombia.
Lexmark International, Inc.
KeyBank
A native of Colombia, González earned a
bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
from Florida International University and a
master’s degree in electrical engineering
from the University of Kentucky.
He serves on the board of directors of the
United Way of Central Indiana as chair of the
Committee on Diversity, is the treasurer/
secretary for the Indianapolis Public
Transportation Corporation, and the chair of
the Indiana Latino Scholarship Fund. He is
also the president of the Society of Friends
of Colombia.
González is the co-founder and currently
serves as vice president of community affairs
and student relations for the Kentucky
Bluegrass Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers. He is also chairperson of the
Hispanic Diversity Network Group at
Lexmark, a board member of the Foundation
for Latin America Culture and Arts, a mentor
for Junior Achievement, and has volunteered
for Habitat for Humanity and United Way Care
Day projects.
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Gonzalez was the recipient of the 2013 HACR
Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers™ award
and was recognized by PODER magazine as
one of the 20 under 40 Latinos Going Places
in the USA. He also received the 2013 NFL
Hispanic Heritage Leadership award for his
community involvement. Gonzalez was born
in Colombia.
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David
Guzman
Velvet
Hernandez-Johnson
David Guzman serves
as greater Tampa Bay
regional president for
Wells Fargo where he
manages 79 stores and
more than 900 community
banking team members.
The greater Tampa Bay
region includes the counties of Hillsborough,
Manatee, and Pinellas. Guzman is based in
Tampa.
Velvet HernandezJohnson has been with
Unum for more than 13
years, specializing in
Hispanic marketing and
consultation as well as
customer service leading
roles. In her current
role as manager of Ask Unum, HernandezJohnson is responsible for leading a team of
specialists who deliver high-level service for
broker and plan administrator customers.
Wells Fargo & Company
Unum
A 13-year veteran of the company, Guzman
began his career with Wells Fargo as a
store manager in Los Angeles. Since then
he has served in a variety of leadership
roles including district manager and area
president. Most recently he served as
Florida’s Regional Affluent Sales leader.
She is an active participant in various
community and nonprofit organizations that
include the United Way, Girls Inc., and La Paz,
which is dedicated to assisting Hispanics in
Chattanooga. In 2012, she was a recipient
of the La Paz Latino Leadership award. She
is also an international ambassador for the
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce and
member of The Hunter Museum committee.
Throughout his career, Guzman has been
an active member of his community. He
currently serves on the board of directors
of Women in Distress and as an executive
advisory board member of Florida Equality.
He is Series 7 licensed and is a graduate of
California State University at Northridge and
the University of Virginia Banking School.
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Hernandez-Johnson earned a dual degree in
international business and marketing with
a minor in French from Harding University
in Arkansas and also holds a Master of
Business Administration from the University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She lives with
her husband and five-year-old daughter, Irie,
in Lookout Mountain, Ga.
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Angelica
Hurtado
JD
Laboy
Angelica Hurtado has
spent the last 14 years
specializing in process
improvement, Lean
Six Sigma, and project
management. As the
Director of Procurement
Operations, Hurtado leads
complex procurement programs to introduce
and enhance enterprise-wide procurement
applications while driving improvements to
service quality, customer satisfaction, and
expense management. During her seven year
tenure at Voya, she has led high profile IT
projects, managed the IT finance portfolio,
developed the voice of customer surveys
for multiple business lines, and served as a
green and black belt coach.
JD Laboy currently leads
product development
efforts for new advanced
mobile solutions.
Previously, Laboy led
enterprise business
development efforts and
was a key contributor to
the strategy, development, and execution
of AT&T’s emerging Cloud and Interactive
Advertising businesses. Throughout his 11year tenure, Laboy has held leadership roles
in sales, marketing, and operations across
the company’s consumer, business, and
network units.
Voya Financial
Prior to joining Voya, Hurtado worked for
Shaw Industries for six years as a Six Sigma
leader for commercial sales, marketing, and
the Spectra division.
Hurtado is certified in Lean, Six Sigma black
belt, management consulting, and survey
creation and analysis. She holds a Bachelor
of Arts in Industrial Engineering from the
Georgia Institute of Technology. She is an
active participant in various philanthropic and
volunteer efforts within Voya and the Atlanta
community. Hurtado served as the active
co-chair of the Voya Latino employee
resource group, has been on the board for
five years and was the director of events for
the Atlanta chapter of ALPFA for several
years. She also serves as a Ph.D. advisor for
a 2015 Georgia Tech graduate candidate.
AT&T
In 2013, Laboy received the Young Hispanic
Corporate Achiever™ award from HACR. In
2012, Latino Leaders magazine recognized
Laboy as one of Dallas’ Leaders of the
Future for his impact on the business and
local community. Motivating, inspiring, and
mentoring at-risk students are a natural
passion for him.
Laboy lived in Venezuela and Puerto Rico
until age 20. He then moved to the U.S. on
his own to learn English and pursue better
opportunities. He established a Latino
cultural center, received multiple awards, and
earned a Bachelor of Science in Management
with distinction from Purdue University.
Laboy recently relocated from Dallas to Los
Angeles for his current position.
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Carlos Armando
Lora
Beatriz
Medina Pratt
Carlos Armando Lora
was born in Río Piedras,
Puerto Rico. His passion
to work in the community
was formed during
his childhood when he
began to serve at his
local church. Lora’s
passion further developed when he joined the
United States Coast Guard after high school.
After completing his tour, he attended the
University of Phoenix where he completed his
bachelor’s degree in business administration.
Beatriz Medina Pratt is a
manager in the Security
Solutions Integration
business at Cisco
Systems, a global leader
in information technology.
Pratt is responsible for
managing operations and
delivering security solutions to customers
throughout the Americas. She joined Cisco in
2003, through the Linksys acquisition. Prior
to Linksys, she held sales and operations
positions at several IT companies, including
Kingston Technology.
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Cisco Systems
In 2008, Lora began working for W.W.
Grainger, Inc., “For the ones who get it done,”
as a process manager and through the last
five years, Lora has had the opportunity
to further develop his professional and
leadership skills which he now utilizes as a
continuous improvement manager. In this
capacity, he has assisted in the improvement
of talent management by helping team
members develop their career development
plans.
As co-president of Conexión, Cisco’s Latino
employee resource organization (ERO),
she manages the strategic direction of
a global 1100-member team. Under her
leadership, Conexión has been recognized
by Latino magazine, LATINAStyle, and other
organizations for their programs aimed at
encouraging students to pursue careers in
STEM. Last year, over 1500 Latino students
benefited from these innovative programs.
Lora’s belief in giving back has driven him
to be a community advocate for Grainger’s
Latino business resource group and the
American Red Cross.
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Pratt is a Certified Project Management
Professional (PMP) and earned her Bachelor
of Science in Human Services from California
State University, Fullerton. A native of
Southern California, she currently resides in
the Bay Area.
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Jessica
Montoya
Michael
Muñoz
Jessica Montoya joined
Sodexo in January 2010
as vice president of
government affairs and
assistant general counsel.
Montoya represents the
company on policy and
legislation before the
U.S. Congress, the White House, and federal
agencies. She is a leader on child nutrition
and childhood hunger issues and serves
on Sodexo’s Wellness Council, advising
the company on the laws and regulations
affecting nutrition and wellness. She also has
a passion for veterans, and leads Sodexo’s
partnership with the White House, the Joining
Forces initiative, to provide employment
opportunities and training to support veteran
transition back to civilian life.
Michael Muñoz is
currently the senior lead
business consultant
on Aetna’s Workplace
Culture, Diversity and
Inclusion team based
in Hartford, Conn. His
efforts include leading
Aetna’s advancement and empowerment of
women strategy and formalized sponsorship
program. He also supports the talent
acquisition and talent development on
diversity and inclusion related initiatives.
Sodexo
Montoya comes from Chrysler, where she
was part of the team that managed Chrysler’s
government assisted bankruptcy in 2009.
She has been working in Washington, D.C.
and Detroit since 1995 on policy initiatives
involving general business, energy,
automotive, and financial services issues.
Montoya holds bachelor’s degree in political
science and Spanish from the University of
New Mexico (UNM), as well as a Juris Doctor
degree from UNM. She also holds a Master
of Business Administration from the Johns
Hopkins University Carey Business School.
She is a licensed attorney in the state of New
Mexico, where she was born and raised.
Aetna, Inc.
Prior to Aetna, Muñoz was associate director
in EY’s Americas Inclusiveness Office
where he led the Inclusiveness Leadership
Program (ILP) for women and ethnic minority
partners. He served as director of diversity
at MassMutual Financial Group before joining
EY. Muñoz began his work in diversity and
inclusion as a diversity representative at
ESPN, Inc., where he worked on various
diversity initiatives including recruitment,
training, and employee resource groups.
He is currently a facilitator with the
Connecticut chapter of the Anti-Defamation
League, where he facilitates two programs:
A World of Difference and Confronting AntiSemitism. Muñoz also is on the board of Arts
for Learning-Connecticut. Muñoz earned
a bachelor’s degree from the University of
Connecticut and resides in West Hartford,
Conn., with his wife Courtney and their young
children, Ariana and Noah.
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Alberto
Ortega
Diana E.
Ortega
Alberto Ortega serves
as director of community
relations at Sodexo, a
company that provides
quality of life services.
He adds value by bridging
access to leaders in
business, community,
and government. Ortega’s efforts to support
Sodexo operations and sales teams resulted
in winning more than $25 million in new
business. Experience includes executive
leadership alignment, communications
and marketing of capabilities and services,
leading corporate social responsibility
programs, and managing community and
government relations.
A native of Detroit, Diana
E. Ortega is currently the
quality launch manager
for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt
at the Detroit Hamtramck
Assembly Center. In this
role, she is responsible
for achieving quality
targets and leads a quality team.
General Motors
Sodexo
She holds a Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering from the University
of Detroit Mercy, and a Master of Business
Administration from the University of
Michigan-Flint.
In addition to her role as a manager, she
has served as a board member on GM’s
Hispanic employee resource group, GMHIT,
since 2011. As of October of 2014, Ortega was
elected president of the Society of Hispanic
Professional Engineers Detroit professional
chapter. In this position, she serves as a role
model to Latinos, providing mentorship to
young professional engineers in the local
Detroit community.
Ortega builds partnerships with stakeholders
in the areas of education, health and
wellness, and workforce development to
create shared value in Chicago’s communities
and promote the corporate brand. Ortega
holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from
Loyola University Chicago and a master’s
degree from the School of Social Service
Administration at the University of Chicago.
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Ortega is a mother of two children and
resides with her husband and family in Allen
Park, Mich.
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Omayra L.
Padilla De Jesus
Daniel
Pinho
Omayra L. Padilla De
Jesus was recognized as
an HACR Young Corporate
Hispanic Achiever™ in
2013 during her more than
10-year tenure as a senior
scientist and project
leader for the GE Global
Research Center in Niskayuna, N.Y. At GE,
she works in various GE healthcare programs
and founded the Inspire Program for local
at-risk students, a program for which she
was recognized with the 2010 Global GE
Volunteers Impact Award in Education.
Daniel Pinho is senior vice
president and assistant
group manager at PNC
Bank’s Trade Finance
Group in Pittsburgh.
In this dual role, he
is responsible for the
general management
and financial performance of a specialized
lending unit and manages a corporate and
institutional group that oversees a specialty
loan portfolio to support trade finance.
The College of Saint Rose
The 2013 HACR experience served as a
catalyst for change in her career, encouraging
her to follow her passion for education,
organizational leadership, and community
outreach. She is currently pursuing her
Master of Business Administration and
teaching chemistry as an adjunct professor.
She also serves as a member of the board
of directors of the New York Capital Region
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and
collaborates with other local communitybased organizations.
PNC Bank
Pinho also serves on the North American
Council and chairs the Structured Trade and
Export Finance Committee of BAFT - Bankers
Association for Finance and Trade. He is a
member of ALPFA and is chair of the board
of Ten Thousand Villages in Pittsburgh, a
nonprofit organization focused on fair trade.
Originally from Brazil, he graduated from
the University of São Paulo with a naval
architecture and marine engineering degree
and with a business degree from Brazil’s
Mackenzie University. He later earned a
Master of Business Administration from the
University of Connecticut.
Born in Puerto Rico, she received her
Bachelor of Science from the University
of Puerto Rico and her Ph.D. in chemistry
from the University of California at Berkeley.
Padilla De Jesus lives in Upstate New York
with her husband Dave, daughter Brenda, and
mother Dinah, better known as ‘Abuelita.’
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Barbara
Quiroga
Luis A.
Rivera
Barbara Quiroga has
more than 15 years of
experience in finance,
including 12 years in
treasury. Currently, she
is the director of cash
operations at Delta Air
Lines with responsibility
for daily cash positioning, investment
management, letters of credit, treasury
accounting, worldwide bank relationships,
FX transaction management, and hedging
strategy.
Luis A. Rivera is an
assistant vice president
in The Hartford’s Middle
Market Organization,
leading the Specialty
General Liability Practice
(SGL). He is directly
accountable for the
financial performance of SGL and Specialty
Excess/Umbrella lines of business across
the country. Rivera develops the strategic
direction of a dynamic business model
focused primarily on insurance solutions for
high hazard products and premises risks. As
the underwriting officer of SGL, he ensures
that clear guidelines on appetite, exposures,
and controls are in place to preserve the
superior underwriting quality and results of
the SGL book of business.
The Hartford
Delta Air Lines
Quiroga joined Delta Air Lines through the
merger with Northwest Airlines (NWA)
where she held the position of director
of corporate finance. At NWA, she was
responsible for debt and lease management,
interest expense forecasting, and capital
markets. Her experience at the airline
includes optimal capital structure analysis,
interest rate hedging strategies, and liquidity
management. She worked in Monterrey,
Mexico, where she is from, prior to moving
to the U.S. to pursue her graduate degree.
She started her career at an investment
management firm and transitioned to
treasury working for CEMEX, a multinational
cement company.
Rivera previously led the claims agency
management and program management
team within The Hartford’s Claims
Organization, facilitating claims solutions for
insurance agents and brokers to increase
profitable growth across the businesses.
He also formerly served as assistant vice
president in National Client Practices, where
he was responsible for driving profitable
growth with six of The Hartford’s largest
distribution partners.
Quiroga has a degree in economics from the
Institute of Technology and Superior Studies
of Monterrey and a Master of Business
Administration from Loyola University
Chicago. She is the chair of the board of
Instituto de Mexico and a board member for
the Latin American Association.
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Rivera holds an undergraduate degree from
Fairfield University and a Juris Doctor degree
from Quinnipiac University, and is a member
of the Connecticut bar. He also served as the
chair of the Hispanic Leadership Network
ERG at The Hartford.
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Nydia J.
SahagÚn
Adrianna
Samaniego
Nydia J. Sahagún’s career
as a leading and award
winning national marketer
spans over 15 years and
includes work at top
national retail brands.
Sahagún currently
leads multicultural
brand strategy at Target Corporation, a
Fortune 50 company. As group manager for
multicultural brand marketing, she oversees
the development of Target’s enterprise
strategy to grow market share and affinity
with multicultural guests.
Adriana Samaniego is
currently a diversity
markets manager at
Google, Inc. In that
capacity, she is focused
on building programs that
help diverse communities
utilize Google’s tools and
solutions, and creating a model for diversity
and inclusion in Google’s business globally.
Target Corporation
Her work includes the transformation of
multicultural music exclusives, Ámbar,
a Latina-inspired apparel line, as well as
leading key multicultural company initiatives
to include holiday, back to school, style, and
pride marketing.
As a leader in the multicultural marketing
industry, Sahagún has been quoted
extensively in outlets such as Minnesota
public radio, Advertising Age, and Portada
to name a few, in addition to providing her
expertise at nationally recognized industry
conferences.
Sahagún received her Master of Business
Administration from Kellogg School of
Management, Northwestern University and
her bachelor’s degree from Columbia College
in marketing communication.
Google, inc.
In addition, she serves on the board of the
Hispanic Googler Network. Samaniego also
co-founded and co-leads Google’s Hispanic
business development team that focuses on
programs to engage the Hispanic community
and businesses with Google’s products and
services. Outside of Google, she also serves
on the national leadership team for her
sorority, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority,
Inc. and on the board for San Francisco
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO).
Samaniego has been recognized with honors
like the Google Diversity Team award,
B2B Vertical Leadership award, Lambda
Theta Alpha Young Professional of the Year
award, and Silicon Valley’s Latino Emerging
Leader award.
Samaniego graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
in Business Finance from the University of
Georgia. She is of Mexican decent and was
born and raised in Douglas, Ariz.
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Artemio
San Martin
Gloria
Schoch
Artemio San Martin is a
mergers and acquisitions
integration program
manager at Dell. He has
held strategic, financial,
and business roles in
global organizations
throughout Mexico and
the U.S., including Siemens, Monsanto,
the U.S. Department of State, World Trade
Center Cleveland, Newell Rubbermaid, and
Boehringer Ingelheim.
Gloria Schoch is the
community affairs
manager for MillerCoors
where she is responsible
for the company’s
corporate responsibility
strategy in several of its
hometown breweries.
She drives social investment initiatives in
civic leadership, economic empowerment,
and water stewardship to have a deeper
impact in the communities where MillerCoors
operates. She has nearly ten years of
experience in corporate philanthropy, public
affairs, and government relations.
Dell
MillerCoors
He is a 2013 HACR Young Hispanic Corporate
Achiever™, board member of Leadership
Austin, business pillar lead of Adelante Dell’s
Hispanic employee resource group, and
communications lead of Dell CFO’s World
Wide Inspired Council. He has also served as
president of the National Society of Hispanic
MBAs Austin and Cleveland chapters, and
on the board of directors of the Cleveland
Hispanic Roundtable, and the University
of Akron’s College of Business Alumni
Association.
She serves on the board of directors of SERJobs for Progress National, Inc. and the
advisory board of the University of Colorado
School of Public Affairs. She was named an
HACR Young Hispanic Corporate Achiever™ in
2012 and is an American Marshall Memorial
Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of
the United States. In 2009, Schoch was
awarded the Colorado Women’s Chamber of
Commerce’s Young Professional of the Year
award and named one of Forty Under Forty by
the Denver Business Journal.
San Martin is a certified project management
professional, and holds a Bachelor of Science
in Accounting from Instituto Politecnico
Nacional, Mexico, and a Master of Business
Administration and a Master of Science in
Management from the University of Akron.
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Luis
Tavarez
Alexander
Toland
Luis Tavarez is an
energizing people leader
who works hard to ensure
that both the needs of the
business and the needs of
the customer are met. He
has a proven track record
of success and is at his
best when he is growing and developing talent
to improve the performance of his teams.
Alexander Toland is the
sales force effectiveness
leader for GE Capital,
Transportation Finance,
a $4 billion business
based in Dallas. He has
been with GE for eight
years, transitioning into
progressive global sales and marketing roles
within GE Capital, GE Energy Services, and
GE Energy Management. Prior to GE, Toland
held various sales and marketing roles in
multiple industries focused on strategy,
innovation, and business development.
DuPont
Tavarez is currently working as an operations
leader for DuPont at its Mobile Manufacturing
Center where he is responsible for driving
the organizational efforts of supporting and
continuously improving the manufacturing
processes in DuPont’s $3.7 billion Crop
Protection portfolio.
Tavarez’s passion and energy are also evident
in his support of diversity awareness and
inclusion initiatives and his commitment to
volunteering in the community.
Tavarez received a Bachelor of Science in
Chemical Engineering from Rowan University
and later received his Master of Business
Administration from Drexel University.
He also is a certified green belt and lean
practitioner. He is of Puerto Rican descent
and was born and raised in New Jersey.
General Electric
He served as the GE Hispanic Forum (HF)
national community service leader for three
years, where he led a team of 50 volunteer
leaders and 4,000 volunteers to commit
over 20,000 hours of service annually.
His community service efforts have been
focused on improving health awareness
and educational opportunities for Hispanic
and African American communities. He
founded the GE HF/HSF scholarship program
in 2010, which has given over $350,000 in
scholarships and mentored over 250 STEM
college students across the U.S. and Puerto
Rico.
He lives in Chicago but is originally from
Southern California and received his
bachelor’s degree from California State
Fullerton, a Master of Arts from Dallas
Theological Seminary, and a Master of
Business Administration from Emory’s
Goizueta Business School.
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Robert
Trujillo
Carlos
Villasana
Robert Trujillo is currently
a regional merchandising
manager for Walmart
Stores. He currently leads
large-scale projects
through teamwork and
collaboration that result
in annual sales of over
$3 billion. Continually improving processes
through partnerships and communication,
Trujillo has proven across the United States
that he can be a continual student within
the leadership ranks to achieve incredible
results.
Carlos Villasana is a
senior manager on Capital
One’s Payment Operations
team. During his six years
at Capital One, Villasana
has held multiple
customer experience and
servicing strategy roles.
Prior to Capital One, he was responsible for
launching several start-ups of his own and
managed continuous improvement programs
for large multinational companies.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Capital One
He is a member of Capital One’s Hispanic
network leadership team and an active
volunteer in his community, dedicating time to
the Latino Education Advancement Program
and for the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce outreach programs.
As a former senior director of operations
with advanced degrees in both business and
operations, he was able to make incredible
financial improvements in multiple markets.
Trujillo is considered to be a leader of
leaders, consistently achieving results,
and engaging leaders throughout the
organizations he serves. His leadership
style of connections to his teams through his
humble approach elevates him for continued
success. He is passionate, articulate, and
capable in all that he does.
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Villasana earned his undergraduate degree in
industrial engineering from ITESM in Mexico.
He is a certified Six Sigma black belt and
holds a Master of Business Administration
from the University of Notre Dame.
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2015 HACR
Corporate members
BENEFACTORS
ALTRIA
DELL, INC.
GENERAL ELECTRIC
INTEL CORPORATION
MCDONALD’S CORPORATION
TARGET CORPORATION
TIME WARNER, INC.
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
GENERATIONS
AETNA, INC.
ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
AT&T
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING (ADP)
BANK OF AMERICA
CAESAR’S ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC
CHEVRON
CHRYSLER
CITI
COMCAST CORPORATION
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
GENERAL MOTORS
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
KRAFT FOODS GROUP
MILLERCOORS
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
SODEXO
STATE FARM INSURANCE COS.
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
ASSOCIATE
AARP
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
CISCO SYSTEMS
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
COMERICA BANK
CONAGRA FOODS, INC.
CSX CORPORATION
DENNY’S CORPORATION
DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA
ERNST & YOUNG
GOOGLE
THE HOME DEPOT
KPMG
MACY’S
MANPOWERGROUP INC
MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES
MERCK & CO.
MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
PEPSICO
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL
UNITEDHEALTHCARE
UPS
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS
VOYA FINANCIAL SERVICES
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE
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about
HaCR
Founded in 1986, the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) is one of
the most influential advocacy organizations in the nation representing 16 national Hispanic
organizations in the United States and Puerto Rico. Its mission is to advance the inclusion of
Hispanics in Corporate America at a level commensurate with their economic contributions. To
that end, HACR focuses on four areas of corporate social responsibility and market reciprocity:
Employment, Procurement, Philanthropy, and Governance.
2015 HACR
COALITION MEMBERS
• National Association of Hispanic
Publications
• American GI Forum of the United States
• ASPIRA Association, Inc.
• National Council of La Raza
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
• National Puerto Rican Coalition
• Congressional Hispanic Leadership
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• National Hispana Leadership Institute
• Cuban American National Council
• National Society of Hispanic MBAs
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and
Universities
• SER-Jobs for Progress National, Inc.
• League of United Latin American Citizens
• United States Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce
• MANA, A National Latina Organization
• United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
2015 HACR CORPORATE ACHIEVERS SUMMIT
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At República, one of America’s leading cross-cultural agencies, we believe that the road
to relevance lies in creating authentic, insight-driven brand experiences that build enduring
connections with increasingly diverse consumers. That’s how we #RethinkRelevant.
OFFICIAL AGENCY OF HACR
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