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www.negociosnow.com Junio 2022 13 Terms and conditions apply. Program is subject to change. This program is funded by Peoples Gas customers in compliance with Illinois law. © 2022 Peoples Gas SMBAD1-06162022 You help so many. Now let us support you. Call 855-849-8928 or contact us online to start today. Online assessment: PeoplesGasDelivery.com/SMBAssessments In-person assessment: PeoplesGas@FranklinEnergy.com The Peoples Gas Energy Efficiency Program provides free energy assessments—with online and in-person options—and a custom report that outlines energy efficiency recommendations and available rebates to help reduce your operating costs. Explore our Small and Midsize Business Program, designed to help you save. FREE energy assessments. u Online assessment: Complete a 5-minute survey with questions about your business or facility to identify areas for potential savings. u In-person assessment: An energy advisor will walk through your facility to evaluate your equipment and energy use, plus identify savings opportunities. Summer Savings Congrats to the Who's Who in Hispanic business! CARLOS X. MONTOYA Founder & Chairman Tall Ship Partners Fund LLC Carlos X. Montoya is the Chicago- based founder and chairman of Tall Ship Partners Fund LLC, a private investment banking platform designed to introduce and facilitate U.S. and global financial transactions with the Orebits gold-backed digital asset. He is also the founder and CEO of MCM Advisors LLC, a privately held bank service-bureau platform specializing in the delivery of tier-one banking infrastructure and management support for traditional funding-based and digital-asset-based platforms. He is a past president and CEO of Republic Bank of Chicago. EMMA RODRIGUEZ AYALA General Counsel LGIM America Emma Rodriguez Ayala is the general counsel, chief compliance officer and board secretary of LGIM America, the U.S. arm of LGIM, the sixth largest institutional asset manager globally. LGIM America focuses on environmental-social-governance and sustainable investment solutions, pension stabilization and retirement income generation. Rodriguez Ayala leads risk, compliance, legal and governance functions. She chairs the LGIM America risk oversight committee and is a member of LGIM America's executive committee. She is also part of the LGIM global senior leadership team. JOHAN C SANCHEZ Regional Manager Wintrust Bank Johan C Sanchez is regional manager of Wintrust Bank-Old Plank Trail Community Bank where he leads and supports retail banking initiatives. He is a first- generation Mexican-American who received his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Illinois Chicago. He developed an early affinity for finance and realized the need for financial guidance in Latino communities. He started his career in banking during college and now has over 23 years of experience. CAROLINA VELAZQUEZ Head of Retail Village Bank & Trust Carolina Velazquez has 30 years in the banking industry and helps her community grow as head of retail for Village Bank & Trust in Wheeling, Illinois. She also works with several organizations to present Money Smart courses to educate the community about money management. Velazquez is a board member of the local chamber of commerce and NorthWest Compass leadership committee. She graduated from the Mujeres de HACE program and the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. PeTER ZALDIVAR Principal and Senior Portfolio Manager Kabouter Management LLC Peter Zaldivar co-founded Kabouter Management, a multibillion dollar investment firm based in Chicago, in 2003. Kabouter invests exclusively in public equities of small-cap companies outside the United States and primarily serves institutional clients. The firm is Latino-owned, and over 70% of its employees are people of color and women. Zaldivar has over 25 years of experience in the investment industry. Prior to co-founding Kabouter, he was a principal of Wanger Asset Management and worked as an international equity analyst.

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