Latinos play a growing role in America's future

(CNN)In a country with 53 million Latinos, or 17% of the population and growing, only 34 of the 435 seats in Congress and four of the 100 seats in the Senate are occupied by Latinos. On corporate boards of directors, 4% of all seats are held by Latinos and less than 3% of C-suite level positions in Fortune 500 companies are represented by Hispanic individuals. In my home state of California, in Silicon Valley, the mecca of innovation and prosperity, the major technology companies report only 3.8% of their workforce are Hispanic.

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NAHREP Bringing Industry Leaders, Professionals and Stars Together for Annual Conference Celebrating Hispanic Business and Culture

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 1, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) is holding the 2014 NAHREP National Convention and Latin Music Festival just in time to close out National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15th to October 15th. NAHREP is the leading trade association among Hispanics in the housing industry and is comprised of 21,000 members in 40 chapters around the United States. 

NAHREP's Annual Convention and Latin Music Festival is being held October 12-14, 2014 at the JW Marriott L.A. Live Hotel in Los Angeles. Approximately 2,500 participants are expected to attend the conference, which is focused on education, networking, awards programs and entertainment. 

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Hispanic leaders: Too few Hispanics among area's decision-makers

Hispanics might be the fastest-growing part of Central Texas' population, but they are under-represented as decision-makers heading up companies and startups, serving on corporate, nonprofit and community boards and representing the public in elected and appointed posts.

That's the consensus from a panel of Central Texas Hispanic business leaders interviewed by the American-Statesman.

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Hispanic leaders to be honored

The CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County, Dora E. Zuñiga, and retired Miller and MillerCoors official, Jose Ruano, have been named Hispanic Woman and Man of the Year by UMOS.

The two, along with others in the Latino community, will be honored at the 34th Annual Hispanic Awards Banquet, Saturday, October 11 at a dinner and reception at the Italian Conference Center, 631 E. Chicago.

Pedro Martinez, for 25 years the director of the office of Hispanic Ministry for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, his wife, Joan, and their three grown children, will be recognized as the Hispanic Family of the Year.

And Caroline Maria Dannecker, 19, will receive the Hispanic Youth of the Year award.

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Business leaders hope online university can boost Hispanic education

While more jobs in Texas require college degrees, the state's fastest-growing population group has struggled more than any other to make it to graduation.

The situation creates a growing skills gap that has business leaders looking to boost the number of Hispanic college graduates.

Just 17 percent of Hispanic adults in Texas have a four- or six-year college degree, according to the Lumina Foundation, a private organization that aims to expand access and success beyond high school. 

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What Julian Castro and Henry Cisneros share in common beyond their jobs in HUD and San Antonio

It was a déjà vu moment this week when HUD Secretary Julian Castro pledged to promote homeownership, calling it the “cornerstone of the American dream” in his first major policy speech.

Nearly two decades earlier, another former San Antonio mayor and fellow Latino – Henry Cisneros -- made the same pledge after he took over at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, casting homeownership as a pathway to the middle class.

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Salt Lake City to host largest gathering of Hispanic business leaders

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) - The largest gathering of Hispanic business leaders in the nation takes place in Salt Lake City next week as the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce holds it's annual convention at the Grand America Hotel September 21st-23rd.

On Tuesday the President and CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Javier Palomarez visited ABC4's studios and explained how the convention wound up here.

"Salt Lake City competed against markets like New York City, Miami, San Antonio, Houston and Los Angeles," Palomarez said. "In the end, Salt Lake City won."

It won because business is booming in the Beehive State.

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Business leaders call for contract negotiations to resume

SAN ANTONIO - Leaders from two of the city’s largest chambers of commerce called for the city and the police and fire unions to return to the collective bargaining table.

Speaking at a press conference, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Ramiro Cavazos said the city must act to curtail public safety healthcare costs, which have risen by 53 percent since 2009 and currently take up 63 percent of the city’s general fund.

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Houston most Hispanic part of country without Hispanic in Congress

Houston Hispanics had a reason to celebrate. They had won.

After decades of rapid growth in the local Latino population, Texas legislators had set up a new congressional district to elect someone from their community to Congress. The 29th congressional district, local Hispanic leaders said in August 1991, would send new breeds of Americans to Congress.

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Google Bets Big On Hispanics And Women

So far, I have gotten three urgent notes from friends this week, and they all sound something like this:  “Are you going to the event at Google?”  Said friends are all Latino, and all are in the tech ecosystem.  I was anticipating that the event — a coming out party for San Jose-based Manos Accelerator– would get some buzz.  But I underestimated just howmuch buzz.  It now feels like a coming-out party for theentire Latino tech community.  It’s the first must-go Latino tech event of the season.  It’s gonna be good.

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IRI Guides CPG Leaders on Marketing Effectively to Growing Hispanic Population

By 2015, the U.S. Hispanic market's purchasing power will total $1.3 trillion. To help CPG marketers connect with this diverse, rapidly expanding customer group, IRI has released a new “Point of View: Winning with the Hispanic Consumer Today." Leveraging IRI's deep insights and data, the Point of View will deepen marketers' understanding of the key disciplines required to succeed with Hispanic consumers, including creating a cultural connection, effectively engaging and activating shoppers throughout the path to purchase and gauging success through accurate metrics.

Today, Hispanics account for one in six Americans, or 53 million people. Hispanic families consume more media and are more responsive to media than the general population. Additionally, 70 percent of Hispanics are under age 40, making investment in this group a wise long-term proposition. 

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Why Utah? Hispanic Business on the Rise

In 1847, Salt Lake City's founder - Brigham Young - saw the city and was immediately stricken by its natural beauty; the fortress of high mountains, the bright white snow, green hills, clear rapid waters, and a cool breeze that carried the majesty of all creation. Brigham Young saw that valley, and famously declared, "this is the place."

Brigham Young was right. And today, 167 years later, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) will make history again: Utah is the place for our 2014 National Convention.

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Growing Entrepreneurship in Latin America

Creating an entrepreneurial society from nothing is not an easy task. Of course the idea of ‘an entrepreneurial society’ as separate from general business is slightly misleading. Everywhere in the world ambitious people strike out on their own by opening shops, starting businesses or becoming sole traders.

But the development of an entrepreneurial society focused on a start-up scene is a different variation. The creation of tech-hubs, cultural interest in entrepreneurs and government-backed initiatives for innovative new businesses are all indications of a more advanced start-up culture – something that many countries crave

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