Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit

Dr. Robert Rodriguez Author of Latino Talent to Co-Emcee SVLLS 2012

Frank Carbajal — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:41:12 +0000

With the 2012 Silicon Valley Leadership Conference less than one week away, it is with great honor and excitement that we announce Dr. Robert Rodriguez will be in attendance and Co-Emceeing with Frank Carbajal.

Dr. Rodriguez and Frank Carbajal, experts in latino leadership development and talented writers acting as emcees’ will surely make the 2012 conference a profound and inspiring experience.

Dr. Robert Rodriguez

author of Latino Talent: Effective Strategies to Recruit, Retain and Develop Hispanic Professionals

Dr. Rodriguez is also the founder of DRRADVISORS a management and diversity consulting firm that specializes in enterprise diversity strategy planning, employee resource group optimization and Latino talent management initiatives.

Dr. Rodriguez is a respected figure in academia, business and race relations as his expertise has led him to play a prominent role in a wide array of fields. Dr. Rodriguez is an Assistant Dean at Kaplan University, has published more than 25 articles on various human resource and change management issues. In addition he has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for The Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement, a national non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating and nurturing professional Latino talent. He is a frequent presenter at conferences hosted by various professional organizations, including The Conference Board, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Diversity Leaders Power Conferences, National Council of La Raza and LearnShare. In 2006, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named him a Rising Star among leading Latinos under 40 in the United States. Many consider Dr. Rodriguez to be the leading authority in the country on Latino diversity initiatives in corporate America.

Collaborative Educational Resources

Frank Carbajal — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:36:44 +0000

The listed organizations are collaborators and supporters of our 2012 Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Conference. These wonderful organizations are making integral positive strides in educating today’s Latino youth which will be tomorrows business and political leaders.
Please look at the links below to learn more and support these organizations.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund – Helping students get to college and graduate

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund believes that the country prospers when all Americans have access to the opportunities a college education can afford. As the nation’s leading Hispanic higher education fund, HSF works to address the barriers that keep many Latinos from earning a college degree.

Hispanic College Fund - Developing the next generation of Latino professionals

Founded in 1993, the Hispanic College Fund (HCF) is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., with a mission to develop the next generation of Hispanic professionals. For 19 years, the Hispanic College Fund has provided educational, scholarship, and mentoring programs to students throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, establishing a career pipeline of talented and career-driven Hispanics.

The Hispanic College Fund has awarded millions of dollars, impacting thousands of students through high school to college to career. HCF has been recognized by USA Today as one of the nation’s top 25 charities and has twice received Charity Navigator’s top four-star rating for fiscal responsibility. In 2010, the College Board recognized HCF for program innovation.

Build Gala - Igniting Futures

The BUILD Gala celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of students in the BUILD program. This special night brings together BUILD’s students, staff, community leaders and Silicon Valley’s most respected entrepreneurs and tech professionals. The BUILD Gala celebrates the organization’s achievements and advances its mission to use entrepreneurship as a vehicle to propel low-income, disengaged students through high school to college success.

: http://www.build.org/page.aspx?pid=396

Frank Carbajal — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:52:19 +0000

2012 SUMMIT

Frank Carbajal — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:30:30 +0000

The third annual Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit is presented by Es Tiempo, LLC., Hispanic-Net and Gracefully Global. SVLLS will bring together 250 leaders in business, government, education, and diverse industries throughout the United States, plus selected MBA students, for a one-day conference at the Stanford Faculty Club at Stanford University.

Attendees will learn first hand from successful entrepreneurs, executives and political leaders to know what it takes to succeed in today’s economy. The summit is designed to inspire and suggest innovative changes needed for future Latino generations to succeed.

In addition to our oustanding keynote speakers and panelists, this year we are excited to announce that Emanuel Pleitez,consultant at McKinsey & Company and Chair for the Hispanic Heritage Foundation will lead and facilitate an inspirational hands-on leadership training which will be sure to please all. We are also honored to annouce that Dr. Jerry Porras is the recipient of the 2011 Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement. Congratulations Dr. Porras!

Thanks to your support, last year’s conference was an outstanding success! We listened to your valuable feedback and have incorporated several improvements from facility logistics to continuing to build SVLLS to suit the needs of those in academia and the private sector. As always, we have allowed various networking opportunities throughout the summit. This is your chance to talk to top executives and prominent academic leaders to make those contacts you have been waiting for. You will not want to miss this event. Register early – last year’s event sold out.

Agenda

8:30 am- Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 – Welcoming Remarks

Frank Carbajal, Founder, Es Tiempo, LLC and author of Building the Latino Future: Success Stories for Future Generations and El Futuro Latino

9:15 -Morning Keynote, “Latino Leadership: From New Immigrant to Creating a Better Future for all Latinos”

Jose Antonio Tijerino -President & CEO, Hispanic Heritage Foundation

10:05 -Sponsor Spotlight

10:10- First Networking Break

10:30 – Morning Plenary: Finance and Leadership are Key Ingredients to Success in Today’s marketplace.

Facilitator: Moises V. “Moe” Vela Jr., Partner, Holland & Knight

Panelists:

Angel V. Chavez, Second Vice President, Senior Investment Management Specialist, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC., Board Member Latino Community Foundation
Arturo Lewin, Owner of Art Lewin & Co. Executive Clothiers and Chairman of Professional Business Network, Beverly Hills, California
Alex Mendez, Founding Managing Director of Storm Ventures
Ebetuel (Beto) Pallares, Co-founder of Cottonwood Capital Partners
Tony Quintero, .Chairman, National Financial Services Consortium LLC
Jorge Luis Titinger, Former, Chief Executive Office for Verigy

11:45- Daniel Zacapa of ABC the River, will preview short trailer of Film:

Street Honor Q&A

12:00 Lunch

12:15 – Luncheon Session: “30 Day Goal Setting, Learn effective strategies of 30 day leadership training”

Emanuel Pleitez - Consultant, McKinsey & Company and Chiar of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation.

30 day goal setting workshop utilizes a framework, which enhances execution of goals through inclusion of near-term rewards and group accountability to make you more effective at accomplishing your goals.

1:15 – Afternoon Plenary: “Latinas Breaking Glass Ceilings and Defining Leadership in the United States”.

Facilitator: Edgar Quiroz, Director of National Workforce Diversity, Kaiser Permanente

Panelists:

Ysabel Duron, Senior News Anchor (Weekends) KRON Channel 4
Yasmin Davidds, Organizational Psychologist & International Negotiation Consultant, Best Selling Author & Women Empowerment Specialist
Alicia Morga, Founder and CEO, Refleta
Angélica Pérez-Litwin, Publisher and CEO of New Latina Magazine

2:15 – Sponsor Spotlight

2:30 – Author Spotlight: Alicia Morga, “Working & Book Browsing, Create iPhone Apps that Rock: A Guide for Non-Technical Folks (Kindle Edition)” &

Isabel Valdes, Author “Win the Hispanic Market Strategic for Business Growth.”

3:00 – Afternoon Networking Break and Book Browsing

3:30 -2012 SVLLS Award for Lifetime Achievement for recipient Dr. Jerry Porras,Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change, Emeritus, Stanford University School of Business and co-author of Built to Last, Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.

3:30 – Emanuel Pleitez, Resource Sharing Exercise, Learn Effective Strategies

4:15 -Closing keynote: Alicia Aguirre, First Latina/Latino Mayor in the history of Redwood City

4:30 – Afternoon Networking

5:00 – Adjorn

For additional information, including speaker bios, please visit the Es Tiempo website.

Thank you!

Listen to Attendees of 2011 Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit Share Thoughts

Graciela Tiscareño-Sato — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:46:41 +0000

We’ve set up a channel at YouTube for the Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit! Hear from those who attended speaking about what they learned, what touched their hearts and why they’ll come again. Check it out! More videos will be added periodically. If you were there and want to record your own thoughts, please do so and send us a link to your video!

Isabel Valdes talks about What it Means to Live in a Multicultural Society at TEDxStLouis

Margarita Quihuis — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:34:44 +0000

Speakers and Panelists Announced for 2011 Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit

Graciela Tiscareño-Sato — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:39:56 +0000

We are pleased to announce the distinguished group of people that have committed to speak at next spring’s event.

Julián Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, Texas set to give opening remarks

Julián Castro was elected Mayor of San Antonio on May 9, 2009. A 36-year-old San Antonio native, Mayor Castro is the youngest mayor of a Top 50 American city. In 2001, at the age of 26, Castro became the youngest elected city councilman at that point in San Antonio history. Throughout his tenure in public service, Mayor Castro has championed a vision of economic growth and a top-notch quality of life for all San Antonians.

See the complete list of speakers here.

Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley Launches First Ever Latino Report Card

Margarita Quihuis — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:52:03 +0000

Authors You Met at the 2010 Latino Leadership Summit

Graciela Tiscareño-Sato — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:26:25 +0000

There are the leadership books by the authors you met at the 2010 Summit.

Author: Robert Rodriguez

By 2050, Latinos will make up one-quarter of the U.S. population and nearly triple in number to 97 million. For businesses, this demographic shift means a larger Latino consumer market and a growing Latino workforce. Latino Talent presents practical strategies for companies that need help understanding and managing a workforce with an increasingly Latino identity and tapping into a booming Latino consumer market.

Author: Frank Carbajal

An inspiring collection of success stories from the country’s most prominent Latinos, Building the Latino Future offers and inspiration and advice for Latinos in any industry who want to succeed spectacularly. The future is bright for America?s Latino community; this book lets you learn from the success of such luminaries as actor Edward James Olmos, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, former housing secretary Henry Cisneros, NPR correspondent Ray Suarez, and many more.

Author: Frank Carbajal

Spanish Language edition of Building the Latino Future.

Author: Federico Subervi

The Latin-American population has become a major force in American politics in recent years, with expanding influences in local, state, and national elections. The candidates in the 2004 campaign wooed Latino voters by speaking Spanish to Latino audiences and courting Latino groups and PACs. Recognizing the rising influence of the Latino population in the United States, Federico Subervi-Velez has put together this edited volume, examining various aspects of the Latino and media landscape, including media coverage in English- and Spanish-language media, campaigns, and survey research.

Visión Hispana features the Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit

Graciela Tiscareño-Sato — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:08:35 +0000

Visión Hispana, the East Bay’s bilingual newspaper featuring business, community, education and culture content for and about the Latino community, has published a feature article about the May 15th event titled “Success Summit, Latino Style.

Vision Hispana

The Spanish version of the article, titled “Conferencia Exitosa, al estilo Latino,” is also available. A big shout out to reporter Alan Lopez for his great writing, his time, and multiple phone calls to gain multiple perspectives. Also double thumbs up photographer Rigo Galvez who gets the photo credit.