Latinas + Blogante Business Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 24, 2009
Texas Secretary of State Esperanza “Hope” Andrade was the keynote speaker at The National Society of Hispanic MBAs’ 11th Annual Gala on Nov. 5.
Outstanding Hispanic: Carmen Baez – President of the Latin America Diversified Agency (DAS)
November 23, 2009
Interview with Rose Contreras, founder of Onda Books
November 20, 2009
Anabel Hernández Joins Hughes Watters Askanase L.L.P. – Houston
Lourdes Duarte has been promoted to 5 pm weekday anchor at WGN-TV, the Tribune-owned CW affiliate in Chicago.
Johanna Guerra, Sr VP of Network News at Telemundo has left the company – Ramón Escobar, who last held the title of Sr VP of Network Entertainment at Telemundo, is back… as a full time consultant
Gloria Margarita, anchor at KMIR-6, the NBC affiliate in Palm Springs, leaves her job to become the executive director of the Reynaldo J. Carreon foundation.
Interview with Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore – NYC
Patricia Gracia: Crossing the Border Line of Tijuana, Mexico to the US American Dream
November 18, 2009
Latina Leadership Lessons: The Wicked Sister!
November 16, 2009
TELEMUNDO’S VERONICA CONTRERAS TO EMCEE THE LATINO TRENDSETTER AWARD GALA
November 13, 2009
LATINA Style Business Series Welcomes Texas State Representative Jessica Farrar as Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Telemundo announced that Pilar Lamadrid has been named Vice President of Specials.
‘Tamale Lawyer’ to dish out start-up tale at YWCA lunch – Nancy Andrade, founder of Mexifeast Foods Inc. in Chicago, quit her job as a lawyer to launch her tamale business after many co-workers requested her mom’s recipe.
JCPenney Hires Patricia Romero to Lead Multicultural Marketing – Former Hyundai Exec Left Carmaker Amid Shrinking Ad Budget for Hispanic Market
November 11, 2009
A new study of workers at 50 hotels in the United States found that women were 50% more likely to be injured than men, and that Hispanic women had an injury rate two-thirds higher than their white female counterparts.
Utilísima Arrives in the United States: A New TV Programming Option for the Hispanic Woman
November 10, 2009
Ex-NY Post editor sues paper for racism, sexism – Sandra Guzman, a black and Puerto Rican associate editor, was terminated on Sept. 29 in retaliation for complaints about allegedly pervasive racism and sexism at the newspaper.
Latina Leadership Lessons: Building Alliances
November 9, 2009
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: For Thyme Matters chef, good food becomes a way to connect – Alejandra Chavez in El Paso
November 6, 2009
The National Latina Business Women’s Association Gather in Force and Unity to Help Shape the Future for Latina Business Owners
November 5, 2009
Alexandra Limón is heading to Fresno to become nightside general assignment reporter for KGPE-47, the CBS affiliate. – leaves Telemundo in Tucson
November 4, 2009
Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on this week’s immigration enforcement and workers’ rights report
Latina Leadership Lessons: When We Wear Masks
November 2, 2009
P&G Adapts Its Web Fashion Show for Hispanic Women – Branded Program ‘De Moda’ Retooled With Latin Topics, Celebs
Daisy Expósito-Ulla receives Women of Virtue Award from LatinBiz
Araceli de León Promoted to Regional Vice President and General Manager of KBLR-40 in Las Vegas and KDEN-25 in Denver
The Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board of directors has named Lea Marquez Peterson, its president and CEO.
October 29, 2009
ImpreMedia Appoints Olga Casabona VP of Audience and Market Insights
Consorte Media Launches Tiene Sites to Provide Advice to Savvy Latinas
October 28, 2009
The Other Latina on CNN – half Puerto Rican Jane Velez-Mitchell and her book
Nationally Recognized Latina Lista Blog Re-Launches as Multimedia News Site
Mexico’s pink taxis cater to fed-up females – In colonial city of Pueblo, these cabs don’t stop for men
October 26, 2009
Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Patricia Quijano Dark is moving to the Deseret News, where she will serve as a senior editor over minority and Hispanic issues.
Latina Leadership Lessons from La Bruja: A Different View of the Supernatural/ Spiritual Connection
October 14, 2009
Diana Delgado, was appointed as the new Vice President of Corporate Sales for Lazer Broadcasting a Spanish language radio station company based out of Oxnard, California.
Yazbeth Navarrete was honored on September 24 by the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce with the “Latino Business Roundtable Community Leadership Award.”
Former Chicagoan brings us a taste of El Salvador
A new coffee: Finca de Angeles Coffee – Stephanie Andersen-Samayoa
Tera Vazquez credits TN Minority Supplier Development Council in Nashville Post interview
October 9, 2009
LATINA Style Magazine to announce LATINA Executive of the Year for 2009
Associate Editor Sandra Guzmán was let go from the New York Post last week sparking controversy
California American Water Appoints Community Leader Blanca Zarazua to Board of Directors
October 7, 2009
MillerCoors Selects LULAC’s Lizette Jenness Olmos For Its 2009 Líderes Campaign
Migdalia Figueroa has been promoted to VP of Content for the Telemundo Station Group
Hispanic Job Counselor Mary Gonzalez-Koenig Blazed Trail For Latinos in Chicago
October 5, 2009
Maria Contreras-Sweet Promotes Los Angeles Development
Latina Leadership Lessons on La Llorona: When We Are the Cause of Our Tears
October 2, 2009
Chassis Plans & Component Sourcing Group, a Hispanic Woman Owned 8(a) Firm, Enter SBA Mentor Protege
Stay-at-Home Moms are more likely Younger, Hispanic & Foreign-Born.
Gabriela Zabalúa-Goddard, editor of AARP’s Segunda Juventud magazine, will be the host of a new weekly Spanish-language radio show
Rochester Hispanic Business Association honors Jacklyn Ortiz as business person of year
September 30, 2009
Latina Business Strategies Breakfast – Thursday, October 15th 2009 – San Francisco
LicenZing LLC is recognized as Women Owned Business of the Year of San Rafael, CA – Molly Robbins Entrepreneur honored by Women’sInitiative ofSelf -Employment
September 29, 2009
Shirley Velásquez has been named editor-in-chief of My Latino Voice, a Latino news and culture Web site, previously known as miapogeo.com.
Reporter Rita García makes an 85 market jump to Los Angeles. She leaves her full-time job at KRGV-5 in Harlingen, Texas to become a freelancer at the KCBS/KCAL duopoly.
September 28, 2009
Newspapers still matter to people like Brittany DeSantiago
September 24, 2009
Myriam Marquez Makes History as the Miami Herald’s First Hispanic Editorial Page Editor
Maria Elena Ibañez builds her third entrepreneurial venture giving El Latino brand regional reach, eyes going national – Intermark Foods
September 22, 2009
PG&E’s Ophelia Basgal named NSHMBA’s 2009 Ultimate Hispanic Executive
Ingrid Otero-Smart – - HispanicAd.com 2009 ‘Agency Executive Of The Year’
National Council of La Raza President and CEO to Testify at Congressional Hearing on the State of Minorities in the Recession
September 21, 2009
The president of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce abruptly left the group’s national convention in Denver on Saturday amid reports he was feuding with the board chairman. – Augustine Martinez
September 18, 2009
Hispanic women are surpassing other groups in their ability to start and run businesses, a trend that will only increase, according to experts taking part in Denver at the first Latina Summit of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
September 17, 2009
Anne Trujillo is celebrating 25 years at KMGH-7, Denver’s ABC affiliate. She is also the city’s longest running anchor.
Karla Leal is moving to Austin to become the main anchor and reporter for the upcoming KEYE-produced Telemundo affiliate newscasts.
Erika Gonzalez is leaving her co-anchor job at Fox 2 News in McAllen, to become a reporter for KEYE-42 in Austin.
AT&T Scientist’s Green Advancements Recognized by Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute – Dr. Alicia Abella
September 9, 2009
Weekend morning meteorologist Amanda Sánchez is leaving KTNV-13 (ABC) Las Vegas. She joins KOVR-13 in Sacramento
September 7, 2009
Hispanic women make up only 1.3% of all lawyers in the United States. That is the lowest representation of any racial or ethnic group (overall and within their own gender) as compared to their overall presence in the nation – Latinas make up over 7% of the country’s population
September 3, 2009
Beatriz Planas – Director of Miami Office for Posterscope USA
Evy Ramos has been hired at KGPE-47, the CBS affiliate in Fresno, as the station’s new morning anchor
August 27, 2009
Crawford & Company Names Jeannette Barrios Manager in Puerto Rico
August 26, 2009
Business Woman of the Year honor from the Ohio Hispanic Chambers of Commerce to Lourdes Leon – Fairfield, Ohio
August 24, 2009
Jessica Sanchez at WKMG-6 has taken on a new title: traffic reporter – Orlando
Mexican journalist Elena Poniatowska speaks in Chicago
August 21, 2009
Kim Baldonado promoted to weekday anchor – KNBC-4 in Los Angeles
Alycia Lane gets TV news gig at KNBC in Los Angeles
August 17, 2009
Ad Shop Adrenalina Taps Veteran Journalist for Strategic Communications – Della de Lafuente
August 16, 2009
LATINA Style Welcomes Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez as the Honorary Chairwoman of the 6th Annual National LATINA Symposium
August 12, 2009
Chicago Sun-Times Welcomes Esther J. Cepeda back
August 10, 2009
Pan American Bank (Los Angeles) Founder Blazed the Trail for Latino Women in Washington – Romana Acosta Banuelos
Secretary of Labor Solis tours a West Virginia Coal Mine
New Tech Network Names Nationally Recognized High School Expert Monica Martinez President
August 4, 2009
Adriana Domínguez, Former HarperCollins Executive Editor, Joins Full Circle Literary
July 31, 2009
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Announces New General Counsel – Alicia Villarreal of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP To Provide Pro Bono Legal Services
Two Wise Latinas Show Their Pride – Nancy De Los Santos and Azucena Maldonado celebrate Sonia Sotomayor with “Wise Latina” T-shirts
July 20, 2009
30-year-old Jacklyn Ortiz wins Hispanic Business Person of the Year award – Rochester, New York
OVERSEXED and Underrated – The Hypersexualization of Latinas in television and film
July 19, 2009
Dr. Michele Hernandez, a former Dartmouth admissions officer, says she counsels as many as 25 students in each high school grade each year. She also offers four-day “boot camps” every August in a Boston hotel, charging 40 incoming high school seniors as much as $14,000 each.
July 8, 2009
Hyland’s, Inc. Launches First Hispanic Website for New Moms Focused on Natural Family Care
June 29, 2009
The National Latina Business Women Association, Los Angeles Chapter (NLBWA-LA) presented Gaby Alban, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Conexión a prestigious ‘Latinas in Business Award’
Ontario Convention Center Caters to Quinceañera Celebrations
June 24, 2009
Rochelle Newman-Carrasco – Chief Hispanic Marketing Strategist at Walton|Isaacson
Interview with Christina Fernandez-Morrow, Latino Community Examiner
June 23, 2009
Arizona hospital lures wealthy Mexican moms-to-be
June 22, 2009
Nathalia Ortiz has joined the team of “Currents,” the new NET NY television show as a reporter and fill-in anchor.
June 19, 2009
Francesca Maxime has moved to NYC to become co-host of “Currents,” a brand new television show for NET NY
Hispanic Women Among Top DVD Buyers
Rodri Rodriguez Bringing the Romance and Spectacle Back Again with 20th Mariachi USA Festival
June 18, 2009
Podcast – Caridad Fernandez is a true Latina Beauty. Professional model, and founder, president and CEO of Unica – Centro de Refinamiento, the largest modeling agency in Puerto Rico
ZGS has named Nicole Quiroga the new station manager of its Telemundo affiliate in Washington, D.C.
June 17, 2009
Hispanic women report they’re very stressed about the economy and losing their jobs, but far from snapping shut their purses, many of them are still spending, according to a new survey from People en Español.
June 16, 2009
DTM Magazine Sponsors 2009 Latina Trailblazer Event in New York City
June 8, 2009
THE PASCALL COMPANY EXECUTIVE TAKES HELM AT HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION – Maria Pierre
June 4, 2009
Hacienda Mexican Food’s President, Lydia Gutierrez, Appointed to Commission by Governor
June 3, 2009
United States Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to Keynote Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Associations (LISTA) National Technology Legislative Forum June 10th 2009.
May 30, 2009
Interview with Lucy García-Roberts President of HMC Advertising
May 29, 2009
Award-winning producer Janelle Rodriguez has been named executive producer of Campbell Brown’s 8 pm show
May 7, 2009
Ford Joins Forces with Essence Magazine and AOL Latino on Initiatives Aimed at Empowering Multicultural Women
April 22, 2009
Study: Latinas Are Technically Savvy, Brand-Loyal ‘Chief Household Officers’ – Meredith and Telemundo Team to Survey Key Demographic
April 13, 2009
San Antonio advertising executive Gisela Girard has been named chairman of the national Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA). Girard is president and chief operating officer of marketing, advertising and public relations firm Creative Civilization
April 9, 2009
Court: your MySpace page isn’t private – A college student’s rant against her small town provoked such intense backlash that her family had to move—but a California court has ruled that you can’t cry “invasion of privacy” when people circulate what you’ve posted to your MySpace page. – the Cynthia Moreno story
April 7, 2009
AMERICAN LATINO SYNDICATION MAKES KEY ADDITION TO SALES TEAM AS PART OF GROWTH INITIATIVE – hiring of Patria Cervantes as Account Executive in their New York office
April 2, 2009
ALPFA Member, and Co-Founder of the Women of ALPFA, Frances Garcia Named Hispanic Business’ 2009 Woman of the Year
March 16, 2009
Alexis Rivera is leaving joins WPBF in West Palm Beach as a news reporter.
Young Latinas on PBS model financial success – Almas
March 11, 2009
Rosemarie Salazar – Channel Planning Supervisor at WingLatino
March 10, 2009
After bringing new leadership and diplomacy to the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, its president, CiCi Rojas, is being tapped to do the same for the Republican Party in Kansas.
March 3, 2009
Jane Velez-Mitchell was until recently a glorified freelancer for Headline News, the sister channel of CNN. Now she is one of Headline News’s nightly hosts — and her 7 o’clock show is setting ratings records for the network.
February 28, 2009
Kathy Cano-Murillo, the Crafty Chica make the New York Times: “She has gradually expanded her audience for years, making objects with a glittery Latino aesthetic and offering instructions and tips to those who want to do the same. Her most recent venture is the creation of a line of branded craft supplies and packaged projects, and it is finding its way into mass retail.”
February 24, 2009
Hilda Solis Confirmed As Labor Secretary By Senate
February 1, 2009
Former Assistant Secretary for Aging, The Honorable Josefina G. Carbonell, Appointed Senior Vice President at Independent Living Systems
January 28, 2009
Miami-based doll has Hispanic look and immigrant story – Maru and Friends Dolls
Career Path: How I Became an Ethnocentric Digital Marketer – Alicia Morga
December 19, 2008
Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-El Monte), a Congressional Hispanic Caucus leader considered to be one of the most reliably pro-union voices in the House, is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to head the Labor Department, a Democratic official said Thursday.
December 18, 2008
KTSM-9, the NBC affiliate in El Paso has decided to eliminate its noon news show. Melanie Olivas was the anchor of the show.
Field of Calzones – A shame and a travesty as female farmworkers suffer from sexual harassment – It is estimated that about 400.000 women are working in the U.S. fields and packing sheds. The average pays about $11,000 per year.
Veteran Litigator Christina Guerola Sarchio Joins Patton Boggs
December 17, 2008
WKYC Channel 3 weekend anchor Lydia Esparra confirmed she is following other staffers out the station’s door. She is one of five newsroom employees who learned in October that their contracts are not being renewed. Her last day on the air is Tuesday, Dec. 23. – Cleveland
December 15, 2008
Interview: Carolina Guillen, ESPN Deportes
December 10, 2008
Todobebe Rolls Out Embarazo.com for Pregnant Moms
December 9, 2008
Una puertorriqueña conquista espacios en la reñida industria del envío de remesas – Liz Alicea-Vélez
December 8, 2008
Dora Casanova de Toro – Publisher/CEO of La Prensa Newspaper received the Don Quijote Award.
WKYC-3, the NBC affiliate in Cleveland, has laid off weekend anchor/reporter Lydia Esparra
December 5, 2008
Olga Echeverri named GM at GenTV
November 21, 2008
She has been anchoring at KMBC-9 for almost 25 years, but now Maria Antonia, considered Kansas City’s most recognizable Hispanic journalist, has been pulled off the anchor chair and is suing KMBC for gender and age discrimination
Meet Elsa Ramon: Interview with Shelly Miles
November 19, 2008
LATINA Style in Honoring Victoria E. Villalba as the ‘Latina Entrepreneur of the Year’ of Miami, Florida!
November 17, 2008
Meet Elsa Ramon: News 4’s Newest Anchor – WOAI in San Antonio
November 11, 2008
Helga Silva, VP of News for Univision’s Miami stations WLTV-23 and Telefutura’s WAMI-69, will be stepping down from the job at the end of the year.
November 6, 2008
Hispanic journalist new UnitedHealthcare face among elderly Spanish speakers – María Antonieta Collins
Elsa Ramón joins the WOAI News 4 team in San Antonio
November 3, 2008
Former KBTV morning anchor Rocio Garza filed suit against the station, claiming it required her to pay $10,000 to resign. – Texas
2008 Executive Leadership Training and Mujer Awards Conference – November 13-14, 2008 – Orlando, Florida
Univision’s Julie Stav Honored at the 3rd Annual National Council on Economic Education Visionary Awards Dinner
October 27, 2008
Guest Voz: Emmy-winning filmmaker exposes the cruel hardships facing immigrant workers at U.S.-based sweatshops – Almudena Carracedo
Jane Velez-Mitchell has been named Glenn Beck’s replacement at CNN
Sandra Sedillo-McGlothlin :: Currently the chair-elect of the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, McGlothlin recently received the Wells Fargo/USHCC Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year award and was honored by the Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce with its Latina Legend award.
October 23, 2008
Emmy-Award Winning Journalist Cristina Saralegui Hosts Meet and Greet for Fans at New Kohl’s South Florida Kendall Store
October 20, 2008
The Board Of Directors Of The Coca-Cola Company Elects Maria Elena Lagomasino As Director
October 17, 2008
Lori Delgado will no longer anchor at NBC-10. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports
Teresa Puente is the latest laid-off casualty at the Chicago Sun Times. She had been on the editorial board since October of 2007.
October 15, 2008
First American Title Insurance Company Appoints Maria Y. Valentin as Vice President for Strategic Markets Western Region
First American Title Insurance Company Promotes Jessica S. Verduzco to Vice President for Strategic Markets Eastern Region
October 7, 2008
A Q&A with People en Espanol’s New Publisher, Lucia Ballas-Traynor
Tidying Up Insights About Latino Women – We Aren’t All the Same
October 2, 2008
d expósito & Partners announces that Nicole Macias has joined the agency as Account Supervisor. Nicole
October 1, 2008
The El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and CEO Cindy Ramos-Davidson won national awards Saturday at the annual U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s annual convention in Sacramento, Calif.
September 30, 2008
Tide(R) and Downy(R) Total Care(TM) Partner with Celebrity Stylist Irma Martinez to Help Latinas in Finding Their Style that Lasts
Molly Robbins, CEO www.licenzing.com – interview
Michele Azan on her new position at Snagajob.com – former Advertising Sales Director at Terra Networks
September 29, 2008
Ford Selects Three Latina Breast Cancer Survivors for National Education Awareness Campaign
September 26, 2008
29th Annual U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce National Convention Honors Latina Business Owners, Advises on Procurement Opportunities
September 23, 2008
Molly Robbins Recognized as Emerging Hispanic Leader in Northern California
Home Shopping Latino Adds Latino Industry Veteran, Ms. Rosario Moreno, to Its Executive Staff
September 22, 2008
Kraft Foods Named a Top Company for Latinas
September 17, 2008
INTERVIEW WITH FORMER EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF HARPER COLLINS CHILDRENS AND RAYO, ADRIANA DOMINGUEZ
INTERVIEW WITH AGENT, CAREN JOHNSON, A LATINO HERO IN BOOK PUBLISHING
September 16, 2008
New England Financial Appoints Corina Alvarez to Newly Created Position of Agency Multicultural Director
Claudia Núñez is Awarded the FELIX VARELA Award for Excellence in Spanish-language Journalism
Michelle Valles is no longer KXAN’s news anchor. The Austin American Statesman reports
Erika Arias today begins a new job, anchoring the new 11pm news on Tribune’s WTIC-Fox 61 in Hartford
Catalina Magazine (500,000, monthly, English), which bills itself as being “For the body, mind and soul of today’s Latina”, is taking that mission on the road again this March for the seventh time in as many years.
September 15, 2008
Listen to podcast interview with Isabel Valdes, author, Hispanic Customers for Life, about her book and marketing to Latinos
LATINA Style Business Series Returns to Fort Worth, Texas Celebrating its 10 Year Anniversary Tour!
2008 Most Influential Minorities in Cable: The Top 50 – First Latino is a Latina at #9 – Jacqueline Hernández, COO, Telemundo Communications Group
Yasmin Tirado-Chiodini helps Hispanic entrepreneurs – Orlando
September 12, 2008
Telemundo has promoted Johanna Guerra from Vice President, Network News to Sr VP, Network News
September 11, 2008
Tatiana Bedoya celebrated her 33rd birthday last week by officially launching Vixta, a new Spanish-language magazine for greater Sacramento’s Latino community.
September 10, 2008
Barbara E. Martinez leaves Politico.com, where she was Deputy Managing Editor.
September 8, 2008
Macarena Hernandez has left the Dallas Morning News -(wow, I always enjoyed her articles)
‘Crafty Chica’ hits big time after humble start in Tucson – Kathy Cano-Murillo
September 5, 2008
Tatiana Bedoya, a former Univision reporter, this week launched Vixta, a new Spanish-language magazine for the Latino community in Sacramento.
September 3, 2008
With mobile salon, Bronx teen has beautiful business plan – Ozemary Feliz
Maria Monreal-Cameron, president and chief executive officer of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Wisconsin (HCCW), has been named the inaugural Region 4 Chamber Executive of the Year by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)
August 26, 2008
Reporter Selena Hernández, who earlier this month was laid off from KENS, landed a freelance reporting gig at KTVT, the CBS O&O in Dallas.
August 23, 2008
Esther Novak, founder and CEO of New Brunswick-based VanguardComm, has been appointed to the board of the influential Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA), the organization announced today.
August 20, 2008
José López-Varela, Chairman of the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA), announced the appointment of Esther Novak, founder and CEO of VanguardComm – a New Jersey-based multi-cultural marketing communications firm – to the board of directors of AHAA.
National Latina Business Women Association – Atlanta Chapter Meets To Introduce And Brand A Program To Empower And Educate
The Giddy Gander Company LLC :: Lynda Baquero Breaks Exciting News About The Wumblers This Saturday on Weekend Today (WNBC)
August 19, 2008
Phonetic or Pathetic? Grading My Garmin on Its Spanish
August 12, 2008
Recently promoted to teller coordinator, Erika Montes, 21, works as a bilingual bank teller for U.S. Bank in Seaside. Montes has worked for the bank for more than a year and a half and is swiftly moving up in the ranks, as well as bringing in more Spanish-speaking customers because of her bilingual skills. – Astoria, Oregon
August 11, 2008
Former Treasurer of the United States, Rosario Marin, to Address Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Procurement & Job Fair on August 19th
August 6, 2008
Two El Pasoans were honored at the annual Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce statewide convention last weekend in Austin. – Teresa Gándara y Janet Aguilar
Reporter Selena Hernández was among several KENS-5 employees laid-off today. – San Antonio
August 5, 2008
AIM grows and Rochelle Newman-Carrasco joins team
Cristina Saralegui and Casa Cristina(TM) Debut New Collection of Bedding This Fall at Kohl’s and kohls.com
Nestlé Pure Life signs partnership with Cristina Saralegui
August 4, 2008
One of the U.S. Hispanic market’s hottest creative shops, La Comunidad, will name Antoinette Zel, a well-known former top Telemundo executive, president today. Ms. Zel has never worked at an ad agency.
July 30, 2008
Local New York Univision reporter Miriam Ayala filed a federal lawsuit against the local Univision station (channel 41) and the larger network, claiming that she was passed over for plum positions anchoring and on good stories because she wasn’t light skinned enough, young enough or pretty enough.
July 28, 2008
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Welcomes Hilda Rayas, New Chief Operating Officer
July 24, 2008
Lucia Ballas-Traynor, svp, gm of MTV Tr3s, has been appointed publisher of People en Espanol, Time Inc. Entertainment Group president Paul Caine announced today.
July 22, 2008
Anna Maria Arias Memorial Business Fund: Calling All Latina Entrepreneurs
July 21, 2008
Digital Advertising Luminary to Speak at Second Annual Hispanic Digital and Print Media Conference – Portada
July 18, 2008
Gabriela Lenix JOINS VISCOM INTERNATIONAL AS MARKETING DIRECTOR
July 14, 2008
Vanessa Robledo feted by magazine
July 13, 2008
Hilda Rayas brings Expertise in Leadership, Strategic Planning, Advocacy and Management to the nation’s leading advocate for the Hispanic business community – United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)
Latin-American Chamber of Commerce Dismisses President – Utah
July 10, 2008
Ingrid Otero-Smart Named CEO, Casanova Pendrill
Media Moves: Reporter Lupita Murillo celebrated her 30th anniversary at NBC affiliate KVOA last week. Lupita arrived in Tucson in 1978 after working at KRGV-TV in Weslaco, Texas for several years as reporter and weekend anchor.
Media Moves: Cecilia Vega, the S.F Chronicle’s city hall reporter leaves the paper to become an on-air reporter for KGO-7, the Bay Area’s ABC station.
Hortensia Magaña, 70; executive helped build her family’s corporation, advocated for Latino workers
June 26, 2008
After Selling Over $100 Million in Balzac Toys, Mary Rodas is Now Giving Balzac2 Away for Free at BalzacToys.com
June 19, 2008
National Society of Hispanic MBAs Hosts ‘Best Upon Request’ CEO as Speaker – Cincinnati NSHMBA Welcomes Tillie Hidalgo Lima as Upcoming Presenter of Power Breakfast Series
Snippet: REVOLUCION announced the promotion of Amy Gómez, Ph.D., to Managing Partner/Director, Account Services. Since 2004, Gómez has served as VP, Account Management for the New York City agency.
Snippet: TuTv, a Grupo Televisa and Univision Communications Inc. joint venture, announced that it has created a new position and added Veronica Islas as director of marketing. She will be based in Los Angeles and report to Ariela Nerubay, vice president of Sales and Marketing, TuTv.
June 18, 2008
National Trauma Institute Hires Teresa Niño as Director of Communications & Legislative Affairs
Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce names new president and CEO – Tisha Tallman
June 17, 2008
Media Moves: Christina Medina to join KCTV
Media Moves: Janet Rodríguez moves to Phoenix
Expósito- Ulla recognized by the NY Women’s Chamber of Commerce.
Chicago advertising veteran Gladys M. Arroyo named ad chief for The Doings
Marketing firm owner earns national award – Virginia Madueño, president of Modesto-based Imagen LLC
June 12, 2008
Media Moves: Melody Mendez hired at KOMO – Seattle
June 10, 2008
Thalía is the new face of AT&T
Media Moves: Pamela Silva joins morning team at WLTV-23 – Miami
Linda Chavez supporters united in new-to-market list
June 9, 2008
LATINA Style Business Series Celebrates the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Atlanta, GA
June 4, 2008
Philadelphia anchorwoman fired after arrest – Alycia Lane
CaribeVision Appoints Leticia Del Monte As Director Of Advertising, Promotions And PR
May 28, 2008
Media Moves: Sylvia Moreno also takes buyout from Washington Post
Spanish television personality Myrka Dellanos is launching a new line of jewelry on Home Shopping Network (HSN).
Hispanic women face wage gap compared with others in the U.S. – Legal status, education level and language barrier can impact pay
May 27, 2008
LATINA Style Business Series Celebrates the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Atlanta, GA
Media Moves: Lucía Navarro taken off anchor chair at KVEA (Telemundo-52 in LA)
May 22, 2008
Interview with San Antonio performer Anna De Luna about her upcoming one-woman show ¿Chicana Atheist?
Hispanic Museums and Memorial Day – Advertising Age – The Big Tent
May 20, 2008
Hispanic Entrepreneur: Annette E. Alvarez > www.tostobueno.com
MensajeTV Is Ready to Roll Out as the First Internet Television Network Created Especially for Latinas in the United States
May 14, 2008
MensajeTV is Ready to Roll Out as the First Internet Television Network Created Especially for Latinas in the United States
Japanese steakhouse to pay $80K over harassment of Hispanic women – Maryland
May 12, 2008
Fiorana launches on-line denim boutique for Latinas
May 7, 2008
Hispanic Entrepreneur: Daniela Rodriguez > www.riverplatefulfillment.com
May 6, 2008
Radio host will keynote Milwaukee conference for Hispanic women
May 5, 2008
Shirley Rodríguez Remeneski & Jerusha Ramos Co-Chair the LATINA Style Business Series Tour in New York City, NY
May 1, 2008
The Corporate Ladder Can Be Climbed In Heels – Maria Contreras-Sweet joins YWCA/GLA to salute phenomenal women, May 14 – Los Angeles
April 29, 2008
Rodriguez – CEO of Comunicad to receive 2008 Pinnacle Award from IABC/Washington
Devis Names Cristina Mossi Chief Executive Officer
April 28, 2008
SBA Deputy Jovita Carranza Expected to be Nominated as Agency Chief
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs Names Patricia Romero Cronin 2008 Ultimate Hispanic Executive
April 25, 2008
LATINA Style Business Series Celebrates the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in New York City, NY
April 24, 2008
U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral Visits Queens
Dr. Laura Murillo went from a poor neighborhood in east Houston to a successful career and is now the president of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
National Latina Business Women Association (NLBWA) — Atlanta Chapter To Host Patricia Janiot, Senior Anchor For CNN En Español, April 28th At The Grand Hyatt Atlanta
Latina’s Fulfillment Business, Riverplate Inc., Fulfills Dreams – Six Months After Fire
April 21, 2008
Gloria Constanza – HispanicAd.com Media Planning Executive Of The Year.
April 14, 2008
Adriana Lopez, Owner, Get the Edge Inc., recognized as the Latina Entrepreneur of the Year at the 10-Year Anniversary Tour of the LATINA Style Business Series in Anaheim, CA
April 8, 2008
People en Espanol’s Jacqueline Hernandez Departs for Telemundo
Telemundo Taps Jacqueline Hernandez As COO – Former ‘People en Espanol’ Publisher Charged With Tying Clients To Different Platforms
I Created an Absolut Ruckus – Laura Martinez’s story (my condolences Laura)
April 7, 2008
P&G Taps Oprah, Salma Hayek for Global Vaccination Push
April 2, 2008
Hispanic Entrepreneur: Mayra Castillo and Xochitl Gonzalez > www.alwaysabridesmaid.us
Hispanic Entrepreneur: Ana L. Nogales Ph.D. > www.drnogales.com
The Winner’s Circle: Hispanic Business Magazine’s Elite Women
April 1, 2008
Jennifer Hernandez Helps Developers Transform Contaminated Properties – HispanicBusiness.com
LATINA Style Business Series kicks off the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Anaheim, CA with dynamic Women Leaders as Event Co-Chairs
March 31, 2008
Did You Know? English-speaking Hispanic women were found to be the most active TV show streamers
Latin Chamber hosts expo for women entrepreneurs – Salt Lake City
March 28, 2008
Gov Ritter names Sandy Gutierrez to jobs panel – Colorado
LATINA Style Business Series kicks off the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Anaheim, CA
March 25, 2008
Cozen O’Connor Member Blanca Quintero Named Managing Partner of San Diego Office
March 20, 2008
Hispanic Entrepreneur: Hilda Orosco > www.greenstuffconnection.com
Listen to podcast interview with Ruth Gaviria, executive director, Meredith Hispanic Ventures about Meredith’s Spanish language publications – Hispanic MPR
LATINA Style Business Series Kicks Off the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Anaheim, CA
Qwest and Latina Celebrity Claudia Molina Extend Partnership Into 2009
March 17, 2008
P&G’s Graciela Eleta de Cacho Lands at Univision – Former Head of Hispanic Marketing’s New Role Still Largely Unknown
March 11, 2008
Consorte Media CEO Alicia Morga to Speak at MultiCultural Media Expo
March 9, 2008
Patricia Barela Rivera awarded Hispanic Chamber Lifetime Achievement honors – Denver
March 6, 2008
LATINA Style Magazine Releases the 2008 LATINA Style 50 Survey
March 5, 2008
CHARO Community Development Corporation Hosts its 4th Annual Business Conference & Expo
LNA Principal (Elena del Valle) to Speak About Hispanic Media at CASE Chicago Conference
LOPEZ NEGRETE COMMUNICATIONS WELCOMES HISPANIC MEDIA VETERAN TO LEAD DEPARTMENT – Rosa Serrano
February 25, 2008
National Council of La Raza President and CEO Janet Murguía to Testify Before Congress on Latinos and the Subprime Lending Crisis
Maria Adaena Márquez Recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for Entrepreneurial Talent – Cambridge Who’s Who – Your Premier Source For Global Networking.
Former US Treasurer Rosario Marin honored by the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
February 21, 2008
Jacky Teplitzky, New York City’s Top Latina Residential Real Estate Broker, is Ranked Number One in 2007 by Real Estate Powerhouse Prudential Douglas Elliman
February 20, 2008
Georgia Hispanic Chamber CEO Sara González dies
February 12, 2008
Anita Santiago Advertising President Ingrid Otero-Smart Named to Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies Board of Directors
impreMedia Appoints Monica Lozano Senior Vice President of Newspapers
February 11, 2008
Ingrid Otero-Smart named to AHAA Board of Directors
February 5, 2008
LATINA Style 50 10 Year Anniversary Features High Ranking Minority Executives – 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the U.S.
February 4, 2008
Girls Battle for Ultimate Party – WWE Holds ‘Ultimate Quinceanera’ Contest With Spanish Nets
January 31, 2008
Hispanic Entrepreneur: Alicia Morga > www.consortemedia.com
January 30, 2008
Want to Get Promoted? Listen to 6 Career Tips From a Latina Exec
I Might Not Be Latina Enough for One Texan Apparel Maker
January 29, 2008
HispanicMPR Editor to Speak at Marketing to U.S. Hispanics Conference
HispanicMPR.com is Women that Win February Business of the Month
January 24, 2008
Adriana Eiriz Chief Marketing Officer at NEXXO Financial, Leader in Self-Serve Remittance
January 23, 2008
Hispanic Entrepreneur: Martha E. Galindo > www.translationsandmore.com
LATINA Style Magazine Announces the 10 Year Anniversary of the LATINA Style 50
