1st Annual Latino Multicultural Business & Professional Networking Event

Make plans to attend an intimate after work evening of business networking with Northeast Ohio’s Latino Professional Community in business, education, media & marketing, entrepreneurs & government.

Latino -owned businesses in Cleveland and surround areas are growing at a blistering pace, in fact more than twice the national average. This trend has been sustained for at least the last decade and manifests itself both in the growing number and size of Latino- owned businesses. During the latest 5-year period for which information is available from the census bureau.

The experts expect that this trend will continue over the next decade. Latino-owned businesses are expected to increase their total revenue contribution to the economy by 8% annually over the 10 years from 2005 to 2015. This is more than three times the average growth for all businesses. What does this mean: Latinos will have more economic clout, employ a greater proportion of the population and purchase substantially more in goods and services than they do today.

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1st Annual Latino Multicultural Business & Professional Networking Event

presented by Vocero Latino and LatinoCleveland.com

Make plans to attend an intimate after work evening of business networking with

Northeast Ohio’s Latino Professional Community in business, education,

media & marketing, entrepreneurs & government.

Over 200 Diverse Business and Professionals invited

*Guest List will be Provided*

PLEASE RESERVE YOU SPACE

Featured Guests:

Welcome by Miss Ohio Latina 2014 Carolina Peguero

Bernie Moreno (President of The Collection Auto Group)

Richard Herman- (author and activist for Immigration reform)

Omar Israel Gonzalez-Pena (PhD student at Ernest B. Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences)

Thursday, August 7th

5:30pm – 8:00pm

Vosh Lakewood

1414 Riverside Drive

Lakewood, Ohio 44107

SPECIAL EVENT FEATURES

The Nueva Latina Estrella Award presented by Verizon Wireless

Short Program by Featured Guests

Professional Networking

Happy Hour ½ off appetizers and drinks

Diana Centeno-Gomez will be one of the speaker About the Nueva Latina Estrella.

Diana Centeno-Gomez is an Aerospace Engineer, SCAN Testbed Mission Operations Lead, at NASA John H. Glenn Research Center Cleveland.

About the Nueva Latina Estrella Award recognizes emerging professional leaders who embrace diversity, integrity and creativity, while achieving success in one of the following categories: Business, Community Service, Education or Technology.

Nominate your Latina Estrella today and she could win $1,000 prize and 4G LTE Smartphone from Verizon Wireless.

Log on to LatinoCleveland.com for your nominations.

The Keynote Speaker

Attendee List

Vocero Latino Ivan Gomez –Mexico

Latino Cleveland Myra Rosario –Puerto Rico

Gerardo Encinas/ Miguel Estrada: Co Propietarios de El Campanario Events and Photography –Mexico

Claudia Quintero Quintero Tax Multiservices –Mexico

Ruth Rubio Club Azteca- Mexico

Liliana Ortega International customer service –Mexico

Erick Garza Mexican Film Maker- Mexico

Ray Galindo Financial advisor- Mexico

Lidia Soto Technician/Mechanic at EYE Lighting International/ Painesville- Mexico

Frank Krajennke Latino Lawyer- Mexico

Angel Galvan Galvan Concepts Mexico

Michelle Montoya Manager at La Mega 87.7 fm Cleveland –Mexico

Miguel Pimentel -Inside Sales Consultant for Cleveland Browns –Mexico

Michelle Montoya Manager at La Mega 87.7 fm Cleveland Mexico

Miguel Pimentel –Inside Sales Consultant for Cleveland Browns Mexico

Rosa Cristina Jaramillo Owner of CJ House Keeping Services- Mexico

Alberto Señoritas Bonitas Restaurant- Mexico

Carlos Guzman Owner of El MAYA Restaurant Mexico

Lupita T Hermandez Mexican Community Organizer Lorain- Mexico

Eli Padilla Eli Irrigation LLC Construcion (Painesville) Mexico

Juan Ramirez Photographer Painesville- Mexico

Brigido Soto Alliance Center Event –Mexico

Adrian Owner of 2 fronteras Restaurant- Mexico

Juan Gonzales Wholly Frijoles Restaurant-Mexico

Jose Arcelio Andrade Food service to ethnic restaurant and manufacturing corn and flour tortillas –Mexico

Francine Torres Sales Representative for Erie Title Agency, Inc. –Mexico

Bernardo Lozano Latino Business Solution- Mexico

Misael Mayorga Furniture Store Owner Painesville- Guatemala

Leo Hernandez J.A.T Construction LLC- El Salvador

Bruna Alves Pinto Brazilian food catering (Borogodó da Bru) Brazil

Suzana Figueira Mental Health Counselor-Brazil

Carla Flood Azul Cleaning – Brazil

Aline Washington International Relationship Coordinator-Brazil

Cristina Araujo McCarthy Interior Design Dept Chair at Virginia Marti College of Art and Design –Brazil

Carlos Barranca Pronto Taxes-Peru

Isabel Galvez IG GLOBAL SOLUTIONS-Peru

Alicia Guardia (from Guardia Law Firm, LLC –Peru

Alfonso Zubizarreta President of International Strategy Hyland Software –Peru

Cesar Mugaburu Owner of Nazca Restaurant –Peru

Robin Boyd Essential Accounting, LLC – Domincan Republic

Madeline Corchado HR Director en Cleveland Public Library System- Puerto Rico

Shaleika Vargas Vargas Law LLC- Puerto Rico

Gilbert Ruiz –El Barrio- Career Consultant. Puerto Rico

Mariah Howard Writer/Model Cleveland- Puerto Rico

Maria Anderson Candidate Ohio State Representative- Puerto Rico

Victor Ruiz Executive Director at Esperanza, Inc Puerto Rico

Luis Cartagena GC Partnership and MBDA Cleveland Business Center –Puerto Rico

Alberto Rodriguez Juliet Sky Wine- Puerto Rico

Hiram DeJesus Patriot Development Group –Puerto Rico

Zyra Ramos Journalist Writter- Puerto Rico

Brendalee’se Santana Insurance Agent State Farm Puerto Rico

Zulma Ramos Zulma Massage Therapy Puerto Rico

Daniel Ramos Befoundnext – Puerto Rico

Diana Marrero Pinto Lorain County ADAS at Lorain County Government- Puerto Rico

Carol Rivera Modelo Dental Care, Inc –Puerto Rico

Tim Carreon The Carrion Agency – Insurance and Real Estate Services- Puerto Rico

David Rosa Rosa Promociones- Puerto Rico

Jonathan Anderson Head Fashion Designer Anderson Couture–Puerto Rico

Jose melendez Vice-Presidente Comite Hispano Americano / Metro Toyota Latino- Puerto Rico

Mariela Campos Co-Owner b*fit Cleveland- Venezuela

Patricia Espino Co-Owner b*fit Cleveland- Venezuela

Richard K. Levitz, RA R.K Levitz LLC Colombia

Claudia Y. De Leon General Manager/Mega 103.1 FM – Columbus Mega 97.7 FM – Cincinnati Mega 87.7 FM – Cleveland La Jornada Latina Newspaper TSJ Media

Iriz Martinez: La Mega 87.7 fm

Vilmarie Perez La Mega 87.7 fm

Theresa Marie Fashion Writter

Yasin Cuevas: Project Model Institute

Carolina Peguero Miss Latina Ohio 2014

Ruby Martinez Miss Cleveland 2014

Michael Bennet Former Publisher and Editor at The Cleveland Jewish News Past: Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and Cleveland Plain Dealer

Brian Cummings Councilman, City of Cleveland Ward 14

Robert Frost Chairman of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County

Republican Jewish Coallition

Cleveland Jewish News

Nickie J. Antonio State Representative for Ohio House District 13 (Lakewood, and portions of Cleveland Wards 3, 11, 14, 15 and Linndale).