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October 31st, The Record, Bentonville, AR
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Overview
The Latino Business Speakers Bureau is hosting the first annual LatinXNA Empowerment Forum, an event focused on catalyzing LatinX empowerment throughout the region and recognizing Northwest Arkansas organizations and individuals who are leading the way in empowering LatinX talent.
Explore the effectiveness of your Diversity and Inclusion programs in maximizing the investment return to the business, including benefiting the Latino ERG programs.
Connect to a #LatinXNA community of leaders, professional, and students.
Learn essential inclusive practices for developing and retaining top Latino talent.
Commit to intentional, measurable, actions using the LatinXNA commitment cards.
Agenda
9-9:30am
Breakfast & Networking
9:30-10am
Panel Discussion 1
Corporate Leadership required to Achieve Latino Empowerment
Break
10:15-10:45am
Panel Discussion 2
Personal Leadership required to Achieve Latino Empowerment
10:45-11:15pm
Call to Action Breakouts
11:30-12:15pm
Lunch & Networking
12:30-1pm
Key Note Address & Q&A
1-1:30pm
Corporate Leadership required to Achieve Latino Empowerment
LatinXNA Awards Presentation
Speakers
Keynote Address
Manny Fernandez
Office Managing Partner, KPMG Dallas
Board Member, KPMG's National Diversity Advisory Board
Learn diversity and inclusion best practices from Manny Fernandez, and his personal story about immigrating to the US from Cuba and his meteoric rise to KMPG leadership. Along the way, Manny found time to invest personally in mentoring and sponsoring others, leading (forming, transforming) ERG and building strategic community partnerships. Growing leadership talent in partner roles.
Panel Discussion 1
Corporate Leadership required to Achieve Latino Empowerment:
Hear our esteemed panelists share their insights about the Corporate Leadership required to achieve Latino empowerment and what they are doing or have done within their respective roles and companies.
Moderator
Raymond Arroyo
Managing Partner of the Latino Business Speakers Bureau
Former Chief Diversity Officer, Aetna
Chairman of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Esteemed Panelists
Shelley Simpson
Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
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Gisel Ruiz
Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Sam's Club
Manny Fernandez
Office Managing Partner, KPMG Dallas
Board Member, KPMG's National Diversity Advisory Board
Panel Discussion 2
Personal Leadership required to Achieve Latino Empowerment:
Hear panelists share their insights about the Personal Leadership required to achieve Latino empowerment and what they are doing or have done within their respective roles and companies.
Moderator
Jorge Ferraez
President & Publisher, Latino Leaders Magazine
Lideres Mexicanos Magazine
Esteemed Panelists
Raymond Arroyo
Managing Partner of the Latino Business Speakers Bureau
Former Chief Diversity Officer, Aetna
Chairman of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Betty Uribe
International Best-Selling Author, Financial Services Executive, Value-Based Leader and Speaker
Lisa Lightner
Executive Director, Talent Acquisition & Development
Washington Regional Medical Center
David Collins
Account Executive and Partner, Grandslam Performance Associates
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