Building Community in 2009 - CHispPA Q1 Meeting

On March 4, 2009 CHispPA held another well attended and successful general membership meeting, this time it was hosted by Intel and sponsored by Latino start-up, Discount Tax. This meeting featured an empowering keynote speech by Dr. Roberto Vargas as well as a dynamic and incredibly insightful presentation by Mitch Posada of Grupo Entrada on the rapidly growing Latino population and the impressive purchasing power trends. The evening’s program was concluded with an engaging panel discussion moderated by Gustavo de la Torre, Human Relations Officer at the Santa Clara Valley Water District. It featured experts in the fields of Employment (Leah Solorio-Fimbrez of County of Santa Clara’s Employment Connection), Social Media (Margarita Quihuis of Ricoh Innovations), Business Development (Michael Griego of MXL Partners), and Small Business Development (Alexandro Serrudo of the Minority Business Enterprise Center. All and all it was another successful CHispPA event exceeding our members’ expectations. We look forward to holding the next one in Q2!