Negocios Now

www.negociosnow.com 8 Junio 2016 Mergers & Acquisitions Government & Regulatory Affairs Industries Education International Retail. The University of Chicago Law School grad is legal counsel to the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus.There are few professional honors or awards in the legal, philanthropic or Hispanic community- focused that Jesse hasn't received. Affiliations: Secretary-Chicago Bar Association President- Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners Fellow- American Bar Foundation Hispanic, National Bar Association, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois Chicago Bar Association Past Vice President -Chicago Board of Education Interim CEO-Chicago Public Schools Former Chair-Illinois State Board of Education Former President- Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois Board member -Chicago Bar Foundation, Chicago Legal Clinic, Metropolitan Planning Council. LOU SANDOVAL, President and Co-Founder Entity: Karma Yacht Sales, LLC Website: www. karmayachtsales. com Profile: Mr. Sandoval is President and Co-Founder of Karma Yacht Sales, LLC, the Midwest marine dealership for several boat manufacturers. After a rewarding 16-year career in the medical sales and marketing field, Mr. Sandoval combined his two passions (boating & business) into a new beginning, where he focuses on delivering top-level customer service to compliment the quality products he represents at Karma Yacht Sales. Affiliations: Sail America, Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, Recreational Boating Leadership Council, Wintrust Bank, Chicago Yacht Club, Boy Scouts of America- Pathway to Adventure Council. GEORGE L. SAN JOSE, President and Chief Creative Officer Entity: The San Jose Group Webbsite: www. sanjosegroup.com Profile: Mr. San Jose founded SJG in 1981 to help brands reach new, complex markets. His relentless pursuit of innovation and strategic and convergent solutions have translated to more than $7.2 billion in incremental sales for SJG clients and has earned the agency hundreds of creative awards and recognition. The company uses a model called convergent marketing solutions, which helps clients embrace the converging consumer landscape as well as the converging communication channels that cater to these new lifestyles. The holistic approach reveals new ways of connecting brands and consumers at their core. BERENICE TENORIO, CEO and President Entity: Premier Foods USA Website: www. premierfoodsusa. com Berenice Tenorio founded Grupo Premier Foods as a spinoff from Nuestro Queso, LLC., where she had been Midwest regional director. Her company is a Chicago-based minority-owned company that offers sales, distribution and marketing services to different food brands targeting the Hispanic market in the Midwest. Its 33,000-square-foot distribution facility in Elk Grove Village serves 500 Hispanic independent grocery stores in the region and 600 Hispanic independent grocery stores in 10 states. Grupo Premier Foods distributes leading Mexican brands of refrigerated and non- refrigerated food products that have been in the Mexican market for more than 30 years. LUIS TOLEDO, President and CEO Entity: Midwest Moving & Storage Website: www. midwestmoving. com Profile: Mr. Toledo was a top performer for a Chicagoland mover before he founded Midwest Moving and Storage in 1983. Over the last three decades, he has focused on creating an environment dedicated to excellence. His certifications include SBA- 8a, MBE, DBE, S, CMS, City of Chicago, GSA, DOD, MSDC, Cook County, and USDOT. The company has earned several public sector awards since its inception. Affiliations: Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, American Moving & Storage Association, Illinois Moving & Warehouseman's Association, Building Owners Management Association. MILENA TOUS, Founder and President Entity: Multi Latino Marketing Website: www. multilatino marketing.com Milena Tous founded Multi Latino Marketing Agency, Inc., formerly known as Azucar Enterprises, in 2003. Multi Latino Marketing has been growing 8-10 percent in billings from year to year, with its growth linked to its success in developing results-oriented advertising, marketing and promotion campaigns designed to achieve precise client objectives and reach target audience within specified time frames. Multi Latino also implements cutting-edge promotions and events, creates concepts and themes and oversees logistics, coordination and execution. Affiliations: Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Mujeres Latinas en Acción, International Latino Cultural Center, Casa Central and The Resurrection Project. JEFF TOVAR, President and Founder Entity: Tovar Snow Professionals Website: www. tovarsnow.com Profile: Mr. Tovar is a certified Snow Professional and began Tovar Snow Professionals during his high school years. He is a graduate of Colorado State University and he proceeded to earn his MBA at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. In 2015, his company was named among the "Top 100 Best & Brightest Places to work" for Chicago and National and is nominated for 2016. Affiliations: Board member, Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council; member, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; founder and past president, Snow & Ice Management Association. HOMERO TRISTAN, Founding Partner Entity: Tristan & Cervantes Website: www. TristanCervantes. com Profile: Mr. Tristan is a founding partner of Tristan & Cervantes. His practice includes counseling companies in labor and employment law as well as corporate transactions. Formerly Mr. Tristan was an attorney with the National Labor Relations Board for the Chicago Region, where he investigated hundreds of unfair labor practice charges and prosecuted numerous trials. Later, he entered private practice at Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the largest national firms dedicated to representing management in the area of labor and employment law. Affiliations: International Latino Cultural Center, chair; Chicago Latino Public Affairs Committee, founder; Commissioner of Human Resources for the City of Chicago; Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, member. ARTHUR ZAYAS MILLER, President Entity: MZI Group, Inc. Website: www. MZIGroup.com Arthur Zayas Miller is President and CEO of MZI Group, Inc. which he founded in 1999. MZI Group, Inc. is a Latino and veteran-owned electrical Construction Company specializing in power and utility. Prior to Mr. Miller starting his own electrical business, he worked for Fortune 500 corporations for more than 10 years as an operations manager. Affiliations: United States Army veteran organizations including Helmet to Hardhats and the Wounded Warrior Program; the National Latino Education Institute, Chicago United, Hispanic American Construction Industry Association, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Veteran Owned Businesses. BUSINESS COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARD Entity:Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP Address:333 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 500, Chicago, IL Revenue:N/A Profile:Over the past 26 years, Mr. Sanchez's firm has earned a reputation as one of the premier civil litigation defense firms in Illinois and has grown into the second largest minority-owned law firm in the country. Mr. Sanchez is a highly accomplished trial lawyer, specializing in multi-billion dollar, complex defense litigation. Affiliations:American,Illinois and Chicago bar associations; Defense Research Institute, Mexican American Lawyers Association and Latin American Bar Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Product Liability Advisory Council, Society of Trial Lawyers, Trial Lawyers Club of Chicago; board member of Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Children's Memorial Hospital, Executives Club of Chicago Loyola Council of Regents, Northwestern Memorial Foundation, Scholarship Chicago, Steppenwolf Theater, NIU Foundation, Choose Chicago and Ounce of Prevention. HIPOLITO "PAUL" ROLDAN President & Chief Executive Officer Entity: Hispanic Housing Development Corporation Website: www.hhdc.org Profile: Decorated Vietnam combat veteran, Hipolito "Paul" Roldan is a nationally recognized leader in community real estate development. As president and founder of Hispanic Housing Development Corporation, Paul has overseen more than $550 million in development work on 54 separate developments for families and the elderly. Roldan's company has had a huge impact in several Hispanic communities in Chicago, particularly for the more vulnerable families that live there. HHC developments include 4,200 apartments that have served multiple generations, giving thousands of families the opportunity to save money by paying lower rent, allowing them to escape poverty. In 1988, Mr. Roldán was awarded the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for his work in community development. He committed $100,000 of his fellowship award to the establishment of the Teresa and Hipólito Roldán Community Development Scholarship Fund in order to attract Latinos to the community development field. He holds a bachelor's degree from St. Francis College and a master's degree in urban studies from Long Island University in New York. Paul Roldan is the 2016 recipient of Negocios Now's Community Champion Award. Affiliations: Board member and/or committee member of the Chicago board of Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Latino Policy Forum, MB Financial, N.A., Housing Partnership Network, and The Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture. Co-chair of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Green Ribbon Committee for Climate Change. MANUEL SANCHEZ, Partner

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