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The Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (MHCC) holds the 19th Annual Fiesta Hispana on Friday, May 16, in the Presidential Ballroom of The Ritz Carlton Hotel — Dearborn, at 6 p.m.
The keynote speaker will be Simon Boag, President of Mopar Global Service & Parts, Chrysler, LLC. Boag, who reports to Vice Chairman and President Jim Press, is responsible for global service, international service and parts, global parts marketing, service contracts and global parts supply chain management. He had been Co-Chair of ENVI, an organization within Chrysler, LLC responsible for the development of electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies. Prior to joining the Chrysler Group, he had been President and Managing Director of General Motors Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. In his keynote remarks, Boag will discuss the current state of the automotive and automotive supplier market especially as it affects the Hispanic business community.
Fiesta Hispana is the Hispanic business community’s premier annual black-tie dinner dance with more than 700 business, civic and community leaders in attendance. The event sponsor is Chrysler, LLC. The reception and afterglow is sponsored by Comerica Bank.
Member tickets are $175 each and non-member tickets are $250, which include the reception at 6 p.m. and the dinner and dance from 7 p.m. till midnight. Sponsorships are still available. For more information about Fiesta Hispana, contact Diadette Mejia, dmejia@mhcc.org or 248-208-9915.
The Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, established in 1989, is a non-profit business organization consisting of over 300 member companies from corporate, small, medium and large businesses, sole proprietors and individuals representing Hispanic-owned enterprises, automotive OEM’s, Tier One suppliers and non-automotive Fortune 500 corporations. In addition, community non-profits, media affiliates, the Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Pistons are also represented. Its web site is www.mhcc.org.
The Hispanic business community is the fastest growing business segment in the country, increasing at a rate of 2.5 Hispanics every second — by 2050 one in every four workers will be Hispanic. In Michigan, there are now over 10,000 large, medium and small Hispanic businesses employing over 14,000 persons.
The Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce logo is available at www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=3488
EDITOR’S NOTE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF SIMON BOAG IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.MHCC.ORG.
CONTACT: For MHCC
Renee Ahee
586.979.3801
rahee@aheecommunications.com
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