The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility Hosts Its 15th Annual Symposium, in Miami

“Diversity, Corporate best practices and the Power of Hispanic Inclusion will be at the forefront of this year’s Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) 15th Annual Symposium taking place in Miami, Florida. Top industry leaders, elected officials, civic and national community leaders and advocates from across the United States will lead the discussion of “The Power of Hispanic Inclusion” during the two-day event, starting on April 30 at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami.

“The value of the Hispanic Consumer Market (HCM) to our nation’s economy is recognized by only a handful of America’s top companies,” said Carlos F. Orta, President and Chief Executive Officer of HACR. “By providing visionary corporations and their executives a platform for sharing best practices, we are confident other companies will recognize and adopt their profitable corporate responsibility initiatives.”

“While we have a ways to go, we are making progress, and that is evident by having the support and participation of Fortune 150 companies such as The Home Depot, Anheuser-Busch, Ford Motor Company, McDonald’s, Verizon, and many others. It is a clear indication that Corporate America understands the business case for Hispanic inclusion and that the need to continue our efforts towards more diversity is crucial to our success as a community.”

As a native of Miami, Mr. Orta is looking forward to Miami hosting the HACR symposium in South Florida: “I am delighted to be able to have my home city host the HACR 15th Annual Symposium and to be able to share with my community the realities that Hispanics face across this great nation. Miami is one step ahead when it comes to Hispanic inclusion, but sadly that is not the case in rest of the United States.”

Confirmed speakers and panelist at HACR’s 15th Annual Symposium include:

— Juana Bordas, Author, Salsa, Soul, and Spirit
— Steve Bucherati, Group Director, Diversity and Fairness, The Coca-
Cola Company
— Jose Cancela, Principal, Hispanic USA, Inc.
— Guarione Diaz, President, Cuban American National Council, Inc.
— Mayor Manny Diaz, City of Miami
— Carmen M. DiRienzo, President, V-me Media, Inc
— Charles P. Garcia, President, Sterling Hispanic Capital Markets
Group
— Patrick R. Gaston, President, Verizon Foundation
— Barbara J. Krumsiek, President, CEO & Chair, Calvert Group
— Pete Martinez, VP, Global Business Services & Senior Location
Executive IBM South Florida, IBM Corporation
— Ana Mollinedo Mims, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Cable &
Wireless
— Debra J. Nelson, VP, Corporate Diversity, Communications & Community
Affairs, MGM MIRAGE
— Marie Quintana, VP, Ethnic Sales, PepsiCo, Inc.
— Paul Raines, President — Southern Division, The Home Depot
— Jesus Rangel, Vice President, Community Relations, Anheuser-Busch,
Inc.
— Maria Elena Salinas, News Anchor, Noticiero Univision, Univision
Communications Inc.
— Andres T. Tapia, Chief Diversity Office, Hewitt Associates LLC
— James G. Vella, President, Ford Motor Company Fund
— Veronica Villafane, Ex-Officio President, National Association of
Hispanic Journalists

About HACR

Founded in 1986, the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) is one of the most influential advocacy organizations in the nation representing 14 national Hispanic organizations in the United States and Puerto Rico. Our mission is to advance the inclusion of Hispanics in corporate America at a level commensurate with our economic contributions. To that end, HACR focuses on four areas of corporate responsibility and community reciprocity: employment, procurement, philanthropy, and governance.

For more information, go to: www.hacr.org“

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