Latino Business & Entrepreneurship Summit 2021: Fostering Economic Resiliency in Latino Cities & Communities
The Aspen Latino Business and Entrepreneurship Summit brings together cross-sector leaders from cities participating in the Aspen City Learning and Action Lab. Cities include Chicago, Miami, El Paso, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Bernardino. Leaders from the public, private, and civic sectors at both the national and local levels will be participating in the Summit. Participants will amplify best practices to enhance and elevate the economic power of Latino entrepreneurs and small business owners throughout the United States. Key to the discussion will be identifying the policies, practices, and systems needed to enable Latino businesses to recover, grow and thrive in these uncertain times.
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This is a hybrid event. Please reach out to Eddy Encinales if you are interested in attending in person. Registration link is to attend the virtual live stream attendance.
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Speakers
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- Congressman Pete Aguilar, 31st District of California
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- Isabella Casillas Guzman, 27th Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
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- Dr. Alex Alonso, Chief Knowledge Officer, SHRM
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- Karina Ayala-Bermejo, President and CEO, Instituto del Progreso Latino (virtual)
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- President, PKB Enterprises, Inc.
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Janie Barrera,
President & CEO of
LiftFund
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- Marla Bilonick, President and CEO, National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB)
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Arturo Cazares, Chief Executive Officer,
Latino Business Action Network
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Henry Cisneros,
Chairman and Co-Founder
at American Triple I Partners
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- Jaime di Paulo, President and CEO, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
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- Marcela Escobar-Alava
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- Lili Gangas, Chief Technology Community Officer, Kapor Center
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- Angie Garcia Lathrop, Community Affairs Executive, Bank of America
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- Greg Gershuny, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program (EEP)
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- Kristine Gloria, Director of Artificial Intelligence, Aspen Digital
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- Bibi Hidalgo Associate Administrator Office of Government Contracting & Business Development, U.S. Small Business Administration
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- Bruce Katz, Co-Founder and Inaugural Director, Drexel University’s Nowak Metro Finance Lab
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- Mark Madrid, Associate Administrator, Office of Entrepreneurial Development at U.S. Small Business Administration
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- Gloria Martinez, Owner, NEO Broadband
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- Teresa Miranda, Vice President, Prestamos CDFI LLC
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Raul Moas,
Miami Program Director at the Knight Foundation
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- Eugene Montoya, Climate Change Specialist, Public Affairs Sustainability Group, Wells Fargo
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- Martha Montoya, Chief Executive Officer at Agtools Inc.
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Tomás D. Morales,
President of
California State University, San Bernardino
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Hector Mujica,
Economic Opportunity Lead, Americas at Google.org
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- Beto Pallares, President and CEO, Joseph Advisory Services
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- Dan Porterfield, President and CEO of Aspen Institute
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Kris Oswold,
Vice President of Global Supplier, Diversity of UPS
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Rosa Santana,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Santana Group
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- Myrna Sonora, Regional Vice President, South Florida, Prospera
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- Lisa Urias, Chief Program and Community Engagement Officer, Arizona Community Foundation
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- Mike Valdés-Fauli, President and CEO of Pinta
Panels
Unleashing the Power of Latina Entrepreneurs
Preparing Workers for the Jobs of Today and Tomorrow
Tapping Procurement and Supplier Diversity: Scaling Up Hispanic-owned Businesses
The Green Economy: Building Resiliency for Latino-owned Businesses
Open for Business: Unleashing Latino Business Potential through Digital Inclusion
Access to Capital to Scale Latino-owned Businesses Two-Part session
