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HACR Symposium Draws National Corporate CEOs and Experts on Hispanic Issues to D/FW Metroplex

DALLAS, April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Latino leaders, government officials, and Fortune 500 corporate executives from across the U.S. will gather at the 17th Annual HACR Symposium: The Power of Hispanic Inclusion, May 18-19, 2009, at the Hotel Palomar inDallas, TX.

The conference will focus on corporate and community initiatives to garner participation of U.S. Hispanics at all levels of Corporate America and culminates with the HACR CEO Roundtable, hosted byDallas-based AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson. Other featured CEOs are from Burger King, MillerCoors and Sodexo.

"We make every effort to ensure that the HACR Symposium attendees represent the brain trust of academia, community organizations, entrepreneurs, government, and Corporate America -- those who understand the economic and social importance of Hispanics to our nation's business sector," said HACR Board Chairman Ignacio Salazar, President and CEO of SER-Jobs for Progress National, Inc. ofDallas, Texas.

The U.S. Hispanic population is estimated at 46 million, or 15 percent of the U.S. population, which represents 10 million households with an average annual income of approximately $40,000. The Hispanic Consumer Market's annual purchasing power is approaching $1 trillion and Latinos are estimated to be one out of every eight employees in the U.S. workforce. Despite the Hispanic community's economic clout and workforce participation, Latinos remain underrepresented in these areas by which corporate responsibility is measured by HACR: Employment, Procurement, Philanthropy, and Governance.

The HACR Symposium will cover key issues important to public and private sectors, the Latino community and other stakeholders concerned with inclusion of Hispanics in Corporate America.

The topics to be addressed by the listed panelists include:

    --  The Power of Hispanic Inclusion: The Next Four Years
        --  Enrique Gomez -- CEO, The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
            (SHPE)
        --  Lourdes Hassler -- President & CEO, National Society of Hispanic
            MBAs (NSHMBA)
        --  Angel Rodriguez -- Vice President of Human Resources, Frito-Lay
        --  Ramona Romero -- President, National Hispanic Bar Association (NHBA)
        --  Robert Rodriguez, Ph.D. -- Assistant Dean, Kaplan University,
            Moderator
    --  Journey to the Boardroom: A Seat at the Table
        --  Pastora San Juan Cafferty -- Board Member, Integrys Energy Group
            Inc., Waste Management
        --  Patricia Diaz Dennis -- Board Member, MassMutual
        --  Nina Vaca -- Board Member, Comerica Bank
        --  Pablo Schneider -- Contributing Editor, Latino Leaders Magazine,
            Moderator
    --  The Hispanic Consumer Market: "The Generational Crossover"
        --  Isabel Valdes -- Author, "Hispanic Customers for Life: A Fresh
            Look at Acculturation"
    --  Mainstream Nonprofits: A Commitment to Hispanic Inclusion
        --  Gladys Padr-Soler -- Director, Membership Strategies, Girl Scouts of
            the USA
        --  Jack E. Kosakowski -- Executive Vice President & Chief Operating
            Officer -- Junior Achievement Worldwide
        --  Jacob Lozada -- Board Member, AARP
        --  Charles Pierson, President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters North
            Texas
        --  Alexander Sanchez, Senior Vice President Community Impact, United
            Way of America
        --  Alfredo J. Estrada, Publisher, LATINO Magazine, Moderator
    --  Building the Pipeline: Hispanics in Corporate America
        --  Enrique Gomez -- CEO, The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
            (SHPE)
        --  Lourdes Hassler -- President & CEO, National Society of Hispanic
            MBAs (NSHMBA)
        --  Angel Rodriguez -- Vice President of Human Resources, Frito-Lay
        --  Ramona Romero -- President, National Hispanic Bar Association (NHBA)
        --  Robert Rodriguez, Ph.D. -- Assistant Dean, Kaplan University,
            Moderator
    --  Cafecito Networking Session
        --  Frank Carbajal -- Author, "Building the Latino Future"
        --  Glenn Llopis -- Author, "Earning Serendipity"
        --  Robert Rodriguez, Ph.D. -- Author, "Latino Talent: Effective
            Strategies to Recruit"
        --  Isabel Valdes -- Author, "Hispanic Customers for Life: A Fresh
            Look at Acculturation"
    --  HACR CEO Roundtable Panelists
        --  Randall L. Stephenson -- Chairman, CEO & President, AT&T
            (Host)
        --  John Chidsey -- Chairman & CEO, Burger King
        --  Leo Kiely -- President & CEO, MillerCoors

        --  George Chavel -- President & CEO, Sodexo

To register online or view sponsorship opportunities, contact Marian Enriquez by telephone at 202.682.4012 or email at: symposium@hacr.org. Registration deadline is Friday, May 1, 2009.

For more information about HACR and the HACR Symposium, go to: www.hacr.org/.

    Contacts:
    Mostafa Abdelguelil
    202.682.4012
    Maria Reyes
    512.335.7776

SOURCE Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR)