2026 Invited Convention Speakers
Featured Speakers
The Honorable Xavier Becerra (Invited)
Candidate for Governor of CA
Elmy Bermejo
Director
CalOSBA (CA Office, Small Business Advocate)
Steve Hilton
Candidate for Governor of CA
The Honorable Barbara Lee
Mayor of Oakland
Marco Mena
Consul General of Mexico
San Francisco
Jimmy Sanchez
Managing Director; Market Investment Executive
Bank of America Private Bank
Sol Trujillo
Founder
VELOCITY
Speakers
Dr. Maria C. Akopian
Associate Vice President of Marketing
California Institute of Advanced Management
Krsna Avila
Path2Papers
Yolanda Benson
President
Government Strategies, Inc.
Brenna Butler Gutierrez
Vice President of Community Relations
A.G. Spanos Companies
Linda Caballero Sotelo
Sr. Consultant
Burnham Center for Community Advancement
Julian Cańete
President & CEO
California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
Bruno Ceccarelli
Senior Managing Director & Regional Executive
Lendistry
Amber Chatman
Director, Workforce Systems & Policy
UNITE-LA
Sebastien Chaubard
Contracts and Procurement Analyst
California Cradle-to-Career Data System
Gabriela Chavez-Lopez
Founding CEO and Executive Director
Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley
Jose Chavira
Supplier Diversity & Development
Southern California Edison
Mayra Contreras
Director of Partnerships
TMC Community Capital
Veronica Corona
Chairwoman
California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
Sara Dorosti
Director and Wealth Strategies Advisor
Bank of America
Alberto Durazo
President
Pacific Lighthouse Insurance Agency, Inc
Armando Enrique Zumaya
Founder and Executive Director
Somos El Poder
Alma Galvan
Regional Director of Marketing and Communication
Better Business Bureau
Dr. Franco Gandolfi
Distinguished Professor of Management
California Institute of Advanced Management
Meredith Garcia Obeso
Supplier Diversity Program Manager
SDG&E and SoCalGas
Sophia Garcia
Senior Director of External Affairs & Local Engagement
Verizon
Oscar Garcia
Senior Vice President
California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
Jane Garcia
CEO
La Clinica de La Raza
Katharine Gin
Legalization Project
Marcus Gomez
Vice Chairman
California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
Stephanie Green
External Affairs Division
California Public Utilities Commission
Bob Gutierrez
Owner/ Principal
BG Strategies
Josephine Guzman
Public Policy Manager
Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
Mariza Hardin
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Zócalo Health
Sonia Hassey Salinas
Founder
Destiny Women Global
Cesar Hernandez
Vice President | Business Access Advisor Team Lead
US Bank
Martha Hernández
CEO and Co-Founder
ESO Ventures
Sarah Hooker Bentley
Director in Solutions Design & Delivery
Jobs for the Future
Ted Hutchinson
Director of Corporate Relations
Coalition for the American Dream
Calvin Jackson II
Founder, Co-Owner
The LemonAd Stand
Vanessa Jackson
VP of Marketing & Operations
The LemonAd Stand
Will Jackson
VP Business Access Advisor
US Bank
Lisa Blanco Jimenez
Principal Attorney
Neumiller & Beardslee
Imran Karim
Senior Vice President – Performance Manager
Bank of America
Tonya Kelly
Founder
Double A Solutions
Lizzy Larman
Supply Chain Responsibility Program Manager
Pacific Gas & Electric
David Lee
Loan Officer
California Alliance Federal Credit Union
Elizabeth Lesniak
Small Business & DVBE Advocate
CAL FIRE
Kiki Lizárraga
Vice President
TELACU Industries
Jorge Lopez Colunga
California and Washington State Business Development Officer
Self-Help Federal Credit Union
Oscar Lopez
VP, Senior Business Consultant
Chase Business Banking
Ajay Lucas
Associate Director, Public Policy
UNITE-LA
Robert Lucchese
Regional Market Executive
Bank of America
Diane Lydon
Assistant Deputy Director and Northern California Regional Advisor
California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA)
Teresa Macias-Ruiz
Bilingual Business Outreach Liaison
Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services, California Department of
Eric Maldonado
Director of Community Engagement
Western Region at the Center for Community Self-Help
Eddie Marquez
President and CEO
Construction Trade Association
Victor Marquez
Vice President
CUSMEX - NATP
Roberto Martinez
Grow with Google Coach
Grow with Google
Estefany Martinez
Founder and CEO
ELM Branching Advisors
Linda Mayberry-Chavez
Co-Founder
Chavez Family Cellars
Kristi McKenney
Executive Director
Port of Oakland
Ariadna Medina
Small Business Specialist Officer
U.S. Bank
Dr. Karina Muro
Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor
UC Davis Medical Center
Lizbeth Nevarez
Nonprofit Tax Practice Leader
Green Hasson Janks
Michell Nguyen
Sr. Manager of Government & External Affairs
T-Mobile
Edward Ornelas
Business Leader
Inland Empire Regional Chamber of Commerce
Matthew Ortiz
Policy & Operations Chief (Manager II)
Office of Health Information at the California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Dr. Jack Paduntin
President
California Institute of Advanced Management (CIAM)
Viviana Páez
Regional News Director for Northern California
TelevisaUnivision
Sophia Pages
Head of Behavioral Health
Zócalo Health
Mona Pasquil Rogers
Director of California Public Policy
Meta
Walther Perez
Senior Manager of Statewide Growth and Strategic Partnerships
Zócalo Health
Dr. Emily Prieto- Tseregounis
Vice President of External Affairs and Chief of Staff to the President
Samuel Merritt University
Abby Raisz
Vice President, Research
Bay Area Council Economic Institute
Dr. Alejandra Rincón
Executive Director of Inclusive Access to Health
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Vanessa Rivas-Bernard
Staff Attorney
Justice Action Center
Valerie Rivas
Founder and CEO
EVIA
Edwin Rivera
Chief Development and Communications Officer
Radiant Health Centers
Dr. Jesus Rodriguez MD
Family Medicine Physician
Kaiser Permanente
Victor Rosales
President
CUSMEX -NATP
Anita Russell
Community Development Manager
Working Solutions CDFI
Patrick Ryan
Manager, Sourcing
California Water Service
Emilia Sánchez P.E., PMP
Director of Engineering
Port of Oakland
Baljeet Sangha
Chief Executive Officer
Pain and Rehabilitative Consultants Medical Group
Michael Saragosa
Partner
Quintana Saragosa Public Affairs
Darrel Sauceda
Chairman of the Board
Los Angeles Latino Chamber of Commerce
Diana Simons
Assistant Vice President
U.S. Bank
Fred Sotelo
CEO
XMO Corp
Jay Tamsi
President & CEO
Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Carmen Torres
Author, Owner and Chief HR Specialist
My HR Specialist, Inc.
Dr. Tully
VP of Partnerships
Kooth USA | Soluna
Edward Vargas
President
Vargas and Associates LLC
Veronica Vences
Vice President of Economic Justice & Opportunity
Latino Community Foundation
Philip Wong
Market Strategist
BMO
Andrés Ysiano
Marketing Manager
Latino Times Newspaper
Alex Zuber
Systemwide Director of Vendor Relations
Sutter Health
Maria Dominguez
Founder
Para Las Content Creators
Ray Vasquez
Senior Vice President & MSA Credit Region Executive Business Banking
Bank of America