Latina Expert - Center for Hispanic Leadership

Latina Experts

CHL is pleased to announce a unique new leadership program specifically designed for Latinas: Latina Experts. Latina Experts focuses on the development and advancement of Latina professionals in work and life. Latina Experts is support by a discussion platform (www.LatinaExperts.com) that will encourage dialogue and story-telling to help the broader Latina community consider together the key assets they bring and obstacles that they face in America's corporations. Among those assets is their generous purpose and compassion for the well-being of others which translates into leadership competencies and the ability to develop high performing and inclusive teams.

The Latina Experts platform was specifically designed for Latinas and for Latinas to share their experiences and give voice to the dilemmas they manage as they take charge of their careers and continue to move into prominent leadership positions. Also to be considered are the ways that greater self-care and entrepreneurial spirit can be maximized to find the right balance in their lives between doing for others and doing for themselves.

Utilizing the Latina Experts blog, notable Latina contributors will initiate and facilitate provocative conversations for and about Latinas in work and life.

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Annette Prieto-Llopis

Center for Hispanic Leadership
Director, Client Relations / Deputy Editor, Latina Experts

Annette Prieto-Llopis is the Director of Client Relations at the Center for Hispanic Leadership (CHL). She also serves as a CHL Trainer / Coach. Annette has had an accomplished career in sales and training with more than 17 years of professional experience in both the public and private sectors and brings that practice to CHL. In addition to serving as CHL's Client Relations Director, Annette works on developing culturally-tailored training to give Hispanic business leaders the tools they need to grow and thrive. One of Annette's greatest passions is empowering individuals to be their best selves in both their personal and professional lives. She has quickly become a sought after coach and mentor by young Latinas.
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Lourdes Mateo de Acosta

Partner and Executive Vice President, Corporate/Consumer group
H&M Communications

Lourdes Mateo de Acosta has held senior management roles at four of the top international public relations firms worldwide and currently serves as partner and executive vice president at H&M Communications. She has more than 19 years of experience in high-level strategic counseling, media relations, corporate communications, special events, and crisis communications.
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Marisa Salcines

UPS: Employee and Brand Communications Manager

As a seasoned corporate communications, PR, public affairs, marketing, and media relations professional with experience working with domestic and international non-profit and for-profit organizations and companies, Marisa has effectively developed, led, and executed strategic communications and relationship-building initiatives over the past 16 years.
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Yesi Morillo-Gual

Risk Manager in the Municipal Securities Division
Citi

A 16-year veteran of Citi, Yesi currently serves as a Risk Manager in the Municipal Securities Division.
Her primary responsibility involves management of the trillion-dollar bid proposal process. Critical to new business, this responsibility involves managing the due diligence process to provide a wide variety of compliance relatedinformation, as requested by public and private sector clients. Yesi works closely with department's general counsel and chief compliance officer on a variety of compliance-related responsibilities as they pertain to the industry and the bid process.
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Sonia Perez Chaisson

Civil Litigation Attorney

Sonia Perez Chaisson is a plaintiff's trial lawyer who never forgets that she is the daughter of Colombian immigrant with a 3rd grade education who came to America, earned her GED and worked as a bookkeeper for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts until she retired.
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