ADVISORY/USHCC To Hold Series of Business Workshops and Special Sessions at 24th Annual National Convention and Business Expo.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant (Oct. 3) PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2003 A "who's who Who’s Who biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame " of leading executives will participate in a series of concurrent business workshops, networking seminars and education-related sessions as part of this year's United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Hispanic Hispanic Multiculture A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race Social medicine Any of 17 major Latino subcultures, concentrated in California, Texas, Chicago, Miam, NY, and elsewhere Chamber of Commerce (USHCC USHCC United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ) 24th Annual National Convention and Business Expo at the Phoenix Civic Center. The sessions will be held on Friday, October October: see month. 3 at the Phoenix Civic Plaza. Below is the schedule for the Procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. Networking Seminar, the Concurrent Business Workshops and the Plenary Session Plenary session is a term often used in s to define the part of the conference when all members of all parties are in attendance. These sessions may contain a broad range of content from Keynotes to Panel Discussions and are not necessarily related to a specific style of delivery. , titled Closing the Achievement Gaps: Improving Educational Outcomes for Hispanic Children.
1:45 p.m.-5 p.m. Procurement Networking Seminar, Rooms 40 & 41
3 p.m-4 p.m. Find Me the Money: Accessing Capital to Grow Your
Business, Room 42
Moderator: Charles Gonzalez, USHCC Board of Directors
Panelists: Carlos Signoret, Hispania Capital Partners
William Frazier, Wells Fargo
Wulfrano "Chito" Fernandez, U.S. Small
Business Administration
Daz Velez, Greenberg Taurig, LLP
Perspectives For Doing Business Internationally,
Room 43
Moderator: Maria Guadalupe Taxman, USHCC Board of
Directors
Panelists: Jerry Dukauskas, U.S. Small Business
Administration
Ana Ramirez, Washington Mutual
Rosa Alicia Yunez, McDonald's Corporation
Luis Almeida, Quiero Exportar
Procurement: Doing Business with the Public and
Private Sector, Rooms 26 & 31
Moderator: John Gonzalez, USHCC Procurement Council
Panelists: George Dowell, Verizon Communications
Robert McCormes-Ballou, Office Depot
Ron Harbour, U.S. Small Business
Administration
Felipe Mendoza, U.S. General Services
Administration
Tracey Brown, U.S. Small Business
Administration
3:00-4:30 p.m. Plenary: Closing the Achievement Gaps, Improving
Educational Outcomes for Hispanic Children,
Room 27 & 32
Speakers: Linda Arzoumanian, Superintendent, Pima
County Schools
Harry Pachon, PhD, Tomas Rivera Policy
Institute
Adam Chavarria, White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for Hispanic
Americans
Alma Morales-Riojas, MANA, A National
Latina Organization
Ranjit Sidhu, National Council for
Community and Education Partnerships
The USHCC represents the interests of more than 1.2 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , which earn more than $200 billion annually. It serves as the umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or for over 130 local Hispanic chambers nationwide, and it actively promotes the economic growth and development of Hispanic entrepreneurs. For more information visit www.ushcc.com. |
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