Awards Ceremony & Diversity Leaders Conference

7:30 – 8:00 am

Registration (Grand Ballroom Foyer)

8:00 – 9:15 am

LATINA Style Awards Ceremony Opening Breakfast (Grand Ballroom Salon A-E)
Welcome: Robert Bard, President & CEO, LATINA Style
2010 Employee Resource Group of the Year: Virginia Gonzales, Vice President of Operations, State Farm Insurance Companies
Remarks: Marie Quintana, Senior Vice President, Multicultural Sales PepsiCo, Inc., Chair of LSCAB
Sponsor Remarks: Steve Jett, National Marketing Communications Manager, Lexus Division, Toyota Motor Sales
Awards Presentation: Companies ranked 26-50 & Honorable Mentions

9:15 – 10:15 am

Session 1 -- LATINA Executives of the Year: Nurturing, Developing and Leading (Grand Ballroom)
Focus: A strong mentoring relationship has been identified as one of the key components of an employee’s successful development in the workplace. A positive environment reflects in the higher quality of work and sustained levels of motivation.
Moderator: Gisel Ruiz, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Panelist: Dagmar Rosa-Bjorkeson, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation
Panelist: Virginia Gonzales, State Farm Insurance Companies
Panelist: Susan Santiago, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
Panelist: Mina Pacheco Nazemi, Credit Suisse

10:15 – 10:30 am

BREAK (Grand Ballroom Foyer)

10:30 – 11:30 am

Session 2 -- Empowering the Employee Resource / Business Resource Groups (Junior Ballroom 2nd FL)
Focus: Tapping into the collective intelligence of the ERG – BRG to provide competitive advantages in the market place, while ensuring the health and wellness of the corporate workforce.
Moderator: Ed Rodriguez, State Farm Insurance Companies
Panelist: Marlene Quijano, Kraft Foods, Inc.
Panelist: Alma Lorena Anguiano, McDonald’s USA
Panelist: Jessica Negron, Citi
Panelist: Roxzana Y. Kelly, MS, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation

11:30 – 12:30 pm

Session 3 -- DIVERSITY Roundtable: Diversity as a Business Imperative (Junior Ballroom 2nd FL)
Focus: Globalization and changing demographics have made it mandatory for corporations to develop a workforce that fully understands the idiosyncrasies of diverse cultures. Companies that have recognized, embraced, and prepared for this eventuality are experiencing a distinctive competitive advantage.
Moderator: Marie Quintana, PepsiCo
Panelist: Major General Bruce A. Casella, AAFES
Panelist: Yasmine Winkler, UnitedHealthcare
Panelist: Pat Crawford, Wells Fargo
Panelist: Jim Norman, Kraft Foods, Inc.

LATINA Style Awards Ceremony Luncheon (Grand Ballroom)
Welcome: Robert Bard, President & CEO, LATINA Style
Mistress of Ceremonies: Nitza Soledad Pérez, Anchor, Telemundo
2010 Latina Executive of the Year: Gisel Ruiz, Executive Vice President, People, Wal-Mart U.S.
Keynote Introduction: Brenda Durham, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Marriott International
2010 Company of the Year Remarks: J.W. Marriott, Jr., Marriott International, Inc. Introduced by Brenda Durham, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Marriott International

1:45 – 2:15 pm

Awards Presentation Top 25 Companies of 2010

2:15 – 2:30 pm

Group Photo for LS50 COMPANIES (Junior Ballroom 2nd FL)