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Contents Conference Agenda
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Seminars
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MDHBCs’ Speakers
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Panelists
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Hispanic Heritage Awards
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Conference Sponsors
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Exhibitors and Sponsors
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MDHBC Planning Committee
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Maryland Department of General Services Business Enterprise Office 301 West Preston Street, Room M-9 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 410-767-4270
Martin O’Malley Governor
Anthony G. Brown Lt. Governor
Alvin C. Collins Secretary
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2013 Conference Agenda “Hispanic Business: The Real Stimulus behind Maryland’s Growing Economy.” “La Empresa Hispana: “El Estímulo Real Detrás la Economía de Maryland” 2013 MARYLAND HISPANIC BUSINESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Registration 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Exhibitor Set Up 8:00 - 8:50 a.m. Premier Plenary Breakfast:
• Master of Ceremony: Alejandro Negrón
• Opening Remarks: Bill Villanueva, MDHBC President • Presentation of the Colors: Maryland National Guard Honor Guard • National Anthem: Ms. Carole Botello
Morning Speakers:
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony - MDHBC 2013 Planning Committee
Exhibit Area Open to the Public
• Chris Van Hollen, Congressman • Isiah (Ike) Leggett, Montgomery County Executive • Ken Ulman, Howard County Executive • Theresa Daytner, Daytner Construction Group, President/CEO • Geb Buchness, Kaiser Permanente, Vice President, Strategic Business Development • Leonard Howie, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR)
MORNING SEMINARS 09:00 - 10:00 a.m. Seminar I: Update to Small Business Financing 09:00 - 10:00 a.m. Seminar II: Reach & Sell to the Hispanic Market 10:05 - 11:05 a.m. Seminar III: Empresa, Start Up 10:05 - 11:05 a.m. Seminar IV: How to Market to Prime Contractors 11:10 - 11:55 a.m. Networking and Exhibitors 12:00 - 01:25 p.m. Stellar Awards Luncheon
• Opening Remarks: Bill Villanueva, MDHBC President • Benediction: John Rodriguez, Pastor, Bilingual Christian Church
Afternoon Speakers:
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Maryland Hispanic Business Conference Awards Ceremony
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Ben Cardin, US Senator Nancy Navarro, Montgomery County Council, President Nelson A. Diaz, Exelon Corporation, Board of Directors Jerry Johnson, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, GM/CEO
American Dream Award: Charles Ramos, Winner Latina Powerhouse Award: Natalia Olson-Urtecho, Winner Negocio Del Año Award: Erick Oribio Quintana, Winner Sponsors Recognition
AFTERNOON SEMINARS 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. Seminar V: Projects Management: Efficient Planning, Implementation and Controls 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. Seminar VI: Smarter Human Resources Training 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Seminar VII: Exporting and Importing in the Western Hemisphere 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Seminar VIII: Federal, State, and County Procurement Opportunities: Training 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. Networking Happy Hour!
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Welcome: Bill Villanueva, MDHBC President Entertainment: BACHATA VIP and DJ809 MDHBC Planning Committee Recognition Volunteers Recognition Closing Remarks
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2013 Seminar Program Morning Seminar Sessions
Seminar I
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Seminar I I
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Update to Small Business Financing
Reach & Sell to the Hispanic Market
Moderator: Tom Turner
Moderator: Maritza Lizama
Chesapeake Business Finance Corp., Loan Officer
Washington Business Journal, Audience Development Director
Panelists: • Mauricio Gaitan
Panelists: • Sterling McKinley
SBTDC-HBC, Strategic Business Consultant
McKinley Media Group, Internet Marketing Specialist
• Oscar Artola CapitalOne Bank, Assistant Vice President, Business Banking
• Romona Foster Admintech Consulting, Social Media Trainer & Consultant
• Maurice Shane Shane Capital Investments, LLC, Consultant Commercial Equipment Lending
• Erick Oribio Quintana
• Marium Eamen
• Nicole Quiroga
U.S. Small Business Administration, Lender Relations Specialist
Telemundo WZDC-25 and Telemundo WZTD-45, General Manager
Latin Opinion Baltimore, CEO
• Stanley Tucker Meridian Management Group, President / CEO
Seminar I I I
10:05-11:05 a.m.
10:05-11:05 a.m.
Empresa: Start Up
How to Market to the Prime Contractors
Moderator: Raul Medrano
Moderator: Charlie Ramos
Aquas, Inc., Director of Business Development & Community Affairs
CR Dynamics, CEO
Panelists: • Anthony Fernandez
Panelists: • Sandra Eberhard
Law Office of Anthony S. Fernandez, LLC, Principal
Women Presidents’ Educational Organization-DC, Executive Director
• Carlos Romero
• Christopher Smith
CRG Insurance, President
The Barbour Group, LLC, Surety and Commercial Insurance Sales
• Alejandro Mendoza
• Carla Tucker
Mendoza & Company, Inc., President
• Diosa Borlaza Woods iiBis, Director of Operations
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Seminar I V
Baltimore County, Minority & Small Business Marketing Manager, Office of Budget & Financing - Purchasing Division
• Towanda R. Livingston WSSC, Director, Small, Local, Minority Business Enterprise (Supplier Diversity) Office
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Afternoon Seminar Sessions
Seminar V
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Projects Management: Efficient Planning, Implementation and Controls Presentor/Moderator: David R. Clark Clark Training Solutions CTS, LLC., President & Chief Executive Officer
Panelists: • Rhonda Harris
Seminar VI
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Smarter Human Resources – Training Presentors: • Denise Harrid-Goodson Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, HR Manager, Office of Human Resources
• Helene S. Meyers Responsible Human Resource, HR Consultant
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• Laura Freiman WESTAT, Project Manager
Seminar VII
3:00-4:15 p.m.
Seminar VIII
3:00-4:15 p.m.
Exporting and Importing in the Western Hempishere
Federal, State, and County Procurement Opportunities – Training
Moderator: Jose Power
Moderator: Alejandro Mendoza
Department of State, Program Officer, Office of Web Engagement - Bureau of International Information Programs
Panelists: • Enilson Solano
Mendoza & Company, Inc., President
Panelists: • Carlos Romero
Embassy of El Salvador, Minister Counselor, Economic Affairs
CRG Insurance, President
• Tamara Maxwell
• Will Gist
Export Import Bank, Export Finance Manager, Women & Minority Owned Business, Export Import Bank of the U.S
Maryland Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), Procurement Specialist
• Andrew Kreinik
• Mauricio Vera
SBTDC, Senior Business Strategist and Export Consultant
• Anthony Ruiz Small Business Administration, Assistant District Director/8(a) Business Development, Washington Metropolitan Area District Office
U.S. Agency for International Development, Director, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• Gilberto DelValle Procurement Analyst at NASA
• Clay Hickson Towson University, Director, Towson Global Business Incubator
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MDHBC Speakers US Senator Ben Cardin Ben Cardin has been a national leader on health care, retirement security, the environment and fiscal issues as a member of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Senator Cardin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 and he was re-elected in 2012. He currently serves on the Environment and Public Works (EPW), Finance, Foreign Relations, and Small Business & Entrepreneurship committees. In the 113th Congress, he chairs the Water and Wildlife Subcommittee of EPW and he chairs the East
Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee. The Washington Post has said Ben Cardin has a “command of issues, proven integrity, formidable intellect and an unstinting work ethic,” and that he “is sensible, toughminded and independent.” The Baltimore Sun has said, “He has been able to work both sides of the aisle” to help workers save for retirement and to champion the expansion of Medicare benefits. In 2001, he was named by Worth Magazine as among the top “100 people who have influenced the way Americans think about money.”
Congressman Chris Van Hollen Congressman Chris Van Hollen was elected to Congress in 2002 in a high-profile election that received national attention. He quickly earned a reputation as an active, engaged, and effective member of Congress, rising to become one of the youngest members of the Democratic leadership in 2008. In addition to representing the Eighth District of
Maryland and serving in House leadership, Congressman Van Hollen was re-elected by his colleagues in 2012 to serve a second term as the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee. In this position, he serves as a key point person on budget and economic legislation in the House and is working to advance policies that support job creation and economic growth, reduce the deficit, and put America on a path to fiscal sustainability and broadlyshared prosperity.
Montgomery County Executive Isiah (Ike) Leggett From his roots in the hardscrabble poverty of then-segregated Louisiana, Ike Leggett has built a record of public service marked by conviction to principle, leadership, and a willingness to take on tough fights and make hard choices.
In 2006, Leggett won the Democratic Party primary for County Executive by 61 percent of the vote. Then, in November of that same year, he was elected the First African American County Executive, winning more than 67 percent of the ballots cast in a three-way race. In 2010, Leggett was unopposed for the Democratic Party nomination and was reelected County Executive with over 65 percent of the vote.
Ken Ulman From the first day of his administration, County Executive Ulman made a commitment to the citizens of Howard County: make good government even better. At the time, Ulman was 32 – the youngest County Executive ever elected in Maryland. Residents responded to his energy and ideas, and on Dec. 6, 2010, Ulman was sworn in for
a second term. Ulman and his administration continue to follow through on that promise by strengthening core priorities such as public safety and education, finding efficiencies within government, exercising sound fiscal management, protecting our environment, and creating a healthier and more vibrant community. Ulman’s leadership and the efforts of his administration have earned Howard County national accolades over the years.
Nancy Navarro President, Montgomery County Council Nancy Navarro, currently serves as President of the Montgomery County Council. She was elected to represent District 4 on the Council in a special election on May 19, 2009 and reelected in the general election on November 4, 2010. Since December 2010, she has chaired the Government Operations and
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Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee and serves on the Health and Human Services Committee. She served as Council Vice President for the 2011-2012 session, and has been elected Council President for the 2012-2013 session of the Council. In October 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Nancy as a member of the President’s Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, where she serves on the Early Childhood Education Committee.
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MDHBC Speakers Nelson A. Diaz, Board of Directors of Exelon Corporation Nelson A. Diaz is Independent Director of Exelon Corporation. Since January 2004. Has been a contract partnerat at Dilworth Paxson LLP, a Philadelphia based regional law firm. Previously, he was Of Counsel to Cozen O’Connor from May 2007 through June 2011. He was also previously a partner of Blank Rome LLP, from March 2004 through May 2007, and from February 1997 through December 2001. He served as
the City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia from December 2001 through January 2004, and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, where he served as Administrative Judge responsible for supervising judges and staff and managing the budget. Judge Diaz also served as General Counsel, United States Department of Housing and Urban Affairs. He serves as a director of PECO and formerly served as Chairman of the board of trustees of Paradigm Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC. Judge Diaz is a Trustee of Temple University.
Jerry Johnson CEO, Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission Jerry Johnson, currently serves as General Manager of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. The Commission provides water and wastewater service for 1.8 million residents in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. Prior to coming to WSSC, he served as the General Manager of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DCWASA) for 12 years. Johnson is nationally known as a turnaround specialist. As the first General Manager of DCWASA, he guided it from an unrated agency to one with a double A+ credit
rating in two years. He developed long-term capital and financial plans, a comprehensive rate strategy in addition to resolving major operating and regulatory agency issues. Public/private partnerships, infrastructure planning, and organizational development are also among Johnson’s areas of expertise. Prior to joining DCWASA, Johnson served as Deputy City Manager for Operations in the City of Richmond, Virginia. During his tenure in Richmond, he also served as Director of Public Utilities, responsible for four separate utility operations including gas, electric, water and wastewater providing service to the metropolitan Richmond area.
Theresa Alfaro Daytner Across the United States, women such as Theresa Alfaro Daytner are shaping the economy by opening new companies and expanding existing ones. As owner of Daytner Construction Group, Daytner has grown a small business into a thriving company that manages multimillion dollar construction projects. Theresa Alfaro Daytner, CEO of Daytner
Construction Group, has always had entrepreneurial passion. She has spent a lifetime preparing and searching for the right product or service to build a business around. After graduating from high school, Daytner decided that studying accounting would be a good foundation for understanding the internal workings of a successful business. She earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting at the University of Maryland in 1989, after giving birth to her first child and her first business.
Leonard J. Howie Leonard J. Howie, III was appointed Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) by Governor Martin O’Malley in October 2012. He brings over 25 years of management
experience to DLLR whose mission is to protect and empower Marylanders. He has oversight responsibility for an agency that employs more than 2,000 workers and has an operating budget of more than $325 million.
Geb Buchness Kaiser Permanente, Vice president, strategic business development
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Seminar Panelists
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• Oscar Artola
• Mauricio Gaitan
CapitalOne Bank, Assistant Vice President, Business Banking.
SBTDC-HBC, Strategic Business Consultant.
• Diosa Borlaza Woods
• Will Gist
iiBis, Director of Operations.
Maryland Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), Procurement Specialist.
• David R. Clark
• Denise Harrid-Goodson
Clark Training Solutions CTS, LLC., President & Chief Executive Officer.
Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, HR Manager, Office of Human Resources.
• Marium Eamen
• Rhonda Harris
U.S. Small Business Administration, Lender Relations Specialist
rps-global-services.com
• Sandra P. Eberhard
• Clay Hickson
Women Presidents’ Educational Organization-DC, Executive Director.
Towson University, Director, Towson Global Business Incubator.
• Anthony Fernandez
• Andrew Kreinik
Law Office of Anthony S. Fernandez, LLC, Principal.
SBTDC, Senior Business Strategist and Export Consultant.
• Romona Foster
• Towanda Livingston
Admintech Consulting, Social Media Trainer & Consultant.
WSSC, Director, Small, Local, Minority Business Enterprise (Supplier Diversity) Office.
• Laura Freiman
• Maritza Lizama
WESTAT, Project Manager.
Washington Business Journal, Audience Development Director.
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Seminar Panelists • Tamara Maxwell
• Carlos Romero
Export Import Bank, Export Finance Manager, Women & Minority Owned Business, Export Import Bank of the U.S.
CRG Insurance, President.
• Sterling MacKinley
• Anthony Ruiz
McKinley Media Group, Internet Marketing Specialist.
Small Business Administration, Assistant District Director/8(a) Business Development, Washington Metropolitan Area District Office.
• Raul Medrano
• Maurice Shane
Aquas, Inc., Director of Business Development & Community Affairs.
Shane Capital Investments, LLC, CONSULTANT, Commercial Equipment Lending.
• Alejandro Mendoza
• Christopher Smith
Mendoza & Company, Inc., President.
The Barbour Group, LLC, Surety and Commercial Insurance Sales.
• Helene S. Meyers
• Enilson Solano
Responsible Human Resource, HR Consultant.
Embassy of El Salvador, Minister Counselor, Economic Affairs.
• Erick Oribio Quintana
• Carla Tucker
Latino Opinion Baltimore, CEO.
Baltimore County, Minority & Small Business Marketing Manager, Office of Budget & Financing - Purchasing Division.
• Jose Power
• Stanley W. Tucker
Department of State, Program Officer, Office of Web Engagement - Bureau of International Information Programs.
Meridian Management Company, Inc. President, Chief Executive officer and Co-founder.
• Nicole Quiroga
• Tom Turner
Telemundo WZDC-25 and Telemundo WZTD-45, General Manager.
Chesapeake Business Finance Corp., Loan Officer.
• Charlie Ramos
• Mauricio Vera
CR Dynamics, CEO.
U.S. Agency for International Development, Director, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
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2013 Hispanic Heritage Award Winners “AMERICAN DREAM” Award Winner Charles Ramos, CEO/President CR Dynamics & Associates, Inc.
Mr. Ramos founded CR Dynamics & Associates, Inc., a marketing and sales support outsource firm in 1994. Originally started as a home-based business, the firm received numerous industry awards such as “Rising Star” and “MVP Quality Award” and grew to a two million dollar a year business within six years. CR Dynamics has been recognized as an INC.5000 firm. Notable clients have included AT&T, G.E. Information Services, Frito Lay, American Express, Tropicana, EDS, The State of Maryland Department of Economic Development - Office of Tourism Development, The Maryland Public Service Commission, Six Flags America, The U.S. Social Security Administration, and the U.S. Coast Guard. Most recently, CR Dynamics has been awarded a five-year, two and a half million-dollar statewide call center contract from the State of Maryland. Today, CR Dynamics & Associates, Inc. is headquartered in Downtown Baltimore’s Financial District in the Inner Harbor occupying over 7,600 square feet of real estate that houses a “state of the art” 72 seat outsource call center specializing in inbound and outbound CRM (Customer Relations Management).
“LATINA POWERHOUSE” Award Winner Natalia Olson-Urtecho
SBA Regional Administrator of the Mid Atlantic Region Natalia Olson-Urtecho is the Regional Administrator for the United States Small Business Administration. As Regional Administrator for Region III, Olson-Urtecho is responsible for the delivery and management of SBA’s small business programs, financial assistance, and business development program initiatives throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The Region III office, headquartered near Philadelphia in King of Prussia, Pa., serves a population approaching 29.5 million in the seven SBA district offices of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Baltimore, Maryland; Clarksburg, West Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; and Washington, D.C. Olson-Urtecho manages a field staff of more than 100 loan, business, and community outreach specialists. She works cooperatively with local lenders and successful firms across the region, overseeing more than $34.2 billion in federal government contracts for goods and services purchased from local entrepreneurs. Natalia has over 15 years of experience working with international, regional and local entities in the Philadelphia region and abroad in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia. She founded EG, a company dedicated to helping public and private entities become more profitable through environmentally friendly and socially responsible planning and strategies. She was a Transportation and Land Use Planner at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and was the Director of Global Initiatives at H2L2, an architectural and planning firm with projects in 42 countries. Previously before coming to Philadelphia, she worked for the U.S. State Department in Budapest, Hungary, on NATO accession, economic and political policies, environmental issues, science & technology property rights, infrastructure development and served as Chief of Protocol.
“NEGOCIO DEL AÑO” Award Winner Erick A. Oribio Quintana
President /CEO Latin Opinion LLC / Washington DC & Maryland Hispanic & Media Outreach Specialist Erick Oribio is the owner of Latin Opinion, LLC, a company that produces the Latin Opinion Baltimore Newspaper and different radio talk shows. Mr. Oribio has experience working as Hispanic Outreach General Manager and Press Information Officer for the Maryland Governor’s Census 2000 Office, International and Intergovernmental of Liaison for the Maryland Secretary of the Office and Prince Georges County Community and International Liaison. In 2002, in partnership with Maryland Minority Office Enterprise (MBE) realized the first workshop in our state (Montgomery County, Price Georges County, Anne Arundel County and Baltimore City) to teach the Hispanic Business owner how to be certified as a Minority and obtain a contract with the state of Maryland. Mr. Oribio was the architect for the modern bilingual voting 12Business 2013a Maryland Hispanic Business Conference system in Maryland, performing an impeccable job. In 2007, he became Major League Baseball Player Marketing Agent, being recognized in the industry at the national level “The after he got a contract for the former Orioles player Melvin Mora Real Stimulus Behind Maryland´s Growing Economy” as a Citgo Corporation image for Latinos Marketing Campaign in USA. In 2005 he founded the Latin Opinion Baltimore Newspaper to feed the Hispanic Community need in Central Maryland, which became the Baltimore Top Hispanic newspaper. He was born and rise in Caracas, Venezuela and Fells Point, Baltimore resident.
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SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS • BG&E An Exelon Company • Mont. County Dept. of Economic Development • The William & Lanaea C. Featherstone Foundation • State Farm Insurance • Dept. of Business & Economic Development (DBED) • Dept. of General Services (DGS) • Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission • Lockheed / Pepco • Kaiser Permanente • Verizon Wireless • Injured Workers Insurance Company (IWIF) • MD Small Business & Technology Development Center • Maryland Procurement Technical Assistant Program • MD Dept. of Housing & Community Development • Convergex Caribbean, LTD • Evergreen Health Co-Op • U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur Education • Hispanica Art Foundation • New York Life Insurance • J&V Drywall • BB&T Bank • MD Aviation Administration • Dept. of Labor, Licensing and Regulations (DLLR) • United Airlines • MD Public Television • College Savings Plans of MD • Speedy Signs • Vibrant Pittsburg • MD Insurance Administration • U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission • Education Based Latino Outreach • MD Relay/MAT Program • Meridian Management Group • University of Maryland • Allstate Floors of DC, LLC • Melaleuca • Morela’s Aji Dulce Catering
2013 MARYLAND HISPANIC BUSINESS CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE • LANAEA C. FEATHERSTONE 2013 Conference Director, The William and Lanaea C. Featherstone Foundation • WILLIAM (BILL) VILLANUEVA President / Founder, Maryland Hispanic Business Conference • MARIA P. RODRIGUEZ Executive Director, MPR Translations, LLC
• Mont. County Public Schools • Palmtree Catering • Cantigas • Latin Opinion Business Newspaper • CBS Radio Washington DC/Baltimore • Fiesta Magazine • Radio El Zol • Vegas Pages • Telemundo Washington DC • El Pregonero Newspaper • Romantica Radio 900 • Somos Baltimore Latino • Hispanos Sin Fronteras • El Tiempo Latino • Washington Business Journal • Eventos VIPPass • La Nueva 87.7 • MD HCC • Baltimore Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce • Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce • Salvadoran America Chamber of Commerce
2013 MDHBC PLANNING COMMITTEE • RANDA COLLINS, Assistant to Conference Director
• BARBARA EBEL, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulations
• FAVIAN FREDES, Creative Guys USA
• YANIRA RODRIGUEZ, Dept. of Labor, Licensing & Regulations, Assistant to Seminars and Volunteers Directors
• JERRY GODWIN, 2011 Chair, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development • JOSE CHAVEZ, Seminar Director, SBTDC • VICTORIA MARIA MEDINA, Montgomery County Public Schools, ESOL, Volunteers Directors • DAVID UBIERA, MDHBC Intern
• KYLE MENENDEZ, Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund • CARLOS M. DIAZ, J&V Drywall Construction, Entertainment Director • ARIEL RODRIGUEZ, New York Life Insurance, Marketing Committee • GABRIELA JIMENEZ, MESCO Co.
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We did it again! GRACIAS! To all our Sponsors, Exhibitors, Entrepreneurs and Attendees who visited and enjoyed this year's Maryland Hispanic Business Conference. We are already working hard on bringing you an even better MD Hispanic Business Conference 2014 and remain committed to being the Premiere Hispanic Business Event in Maryland and the Metropolitan Area. We'll see you in 2014!
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Construyendo puentes de oportunidad para alcanzar el sueño Americano Embracing opportunities in The New Economy in Montgomery County
Opportunities for small and minority businesses: • The Small Business Reserve Program • Business Innovation Network • Mentorship Program • A number of financing programs targeted to small and minority businesses • Small Business Assistance • Small Business Navigator