Nick R. Corral is a well respected business professional within the beverage industry with more than 15+ years of beverage sales/marketing experience. Nick is currently the National Key Account Manager for the Salt Lake Market Unit of Pepsi Bottling North America. Nick is a native of Utah and has fortunately been able to be based here throughout his career. Nick is a father of one daughter (Kinzi), who is by far is his most important and prized asset. He is currently continuing his education and pursuing his masters' degree in business/marketing from the University of Utah. Prior to joining Pepsi, Nick owned and operated his own beverage distributor servicing key beverage brands in select counties within Utah. And prior to his ownership of his beverage distributorship, Nick launched Red Bull energy drink here in Utah and other markets across the United States. In addition to his current service on the Board of Directors of the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Nick also serves on the Diversity/Inclusion Advisory Board for the Great West Business Unit of Pepsi Bottling North America, is chair of the annual Utah Hispanic Business Leadership Somos Scholarship Golf tournament, serves on the Pepsi Healthy Living committee, and donates time and effort to the Hartvigsen school to support the special-need students and staff.

Olga de la Cruz is the president of de la Cruz & Associates, a management and public relations consulting company. The organization was established in 2005 by Ms. de la Cruz and has since worked with a diverse group of local and California -based organizations and companies targeting the Latino and other diverse communities. Ms. de la Cruz has experience in helping companies effectively target the Latino community.

Ryan Reeder is a Sr Human Resources professional with extensive experience in Recruiting, College Relations, Compensation, and Employee Relations. Currently Ryan is working as an independent contractor, and was previously with Regence BlueCross BlueShield as the Regional Human Resources Manger. He has worked with both large national companies and small local companies. Ryan's expertise is in Onboarding, college recruiting and professional recruiting, and strategic workforce planning.

Ryan and his wife, Marie, have four children. Together they enjoy the outdoors, cycling, and golfing. Ryan recently did the "Tour of Park City" a bike ride of 175 miles; he completed the ride in 10 hours and 30 minutes. Ryan's other hobby includes professional speaking, where he says, "there is a lot to be learned about life from cycling".

Rafael A. Seminario is a senior associate in the Salt Lake City law firm of RICHARDS BRANDT MILLER NELSON. Originally from Los Angeles, CA, Rafael graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Political Science and a minor in Public Policy. He attended the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law where he graduated in 2004. He focuses his legal practice primarily in insurance law and complex commercial and business litigation, while also building a practice in international business transactions.

As Vice President and Diverse Markets Manager for Zions Bank, Juancarlos Judd is responsible for overseeing and developing strategies related to the retail and multicultural divisions of the bank throughout Utah and Idaho. Joining the Zions Bank team in 2001, he worked in Executive Banking and later was instrumental in developing the bank's Affinity Banking program(employee banking for commercial clients). Prior to that, he worked in sales and management for a number of different corporations A San Salvador, El Salvador native, Juancarlos has resided in Guatemala, Ecuador, Mexico, and California but the majority of his life has been spent in Utah. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Utah.

An active community member, Juancarlos has volunteered with the American Heart Association, Big Brothers Big Sisters, United Way, Dual Immersion Academy, and coached little league sports in his local community. An avid promoter of financial education among students, he has taught savings and credit card lessons to hundreds of students at West High School in Salt Lake City, Backman Elementary in Rose Park, and the Dual Immersion Academy in Glendale.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. I attended school there and moved to Salt Lake City in 1993 to start a business with my husband, Larry Brog. We have 9 children.

After working in the office for a couple of years, I decided to go back to my first love, advertising sales.

I've worked for Highlander Publications as a reporter and then in sales. From 2001 to 2008 I worked for NAC, Media One Utah , publishers of the Deseret Morning News and the Salt Lake Tribune. After working as a sales manager, I was asked to start a Spanish Language newspaper. It was called, Fronteras de la Noticia. It was the first Spanish language Newspaper published by Media One. It had a 20,000 circulation and over 700 distribution points.

While there, I also worked in Event Sales responsible for selling the Governor's Economic Summit, The GEEX Show, What a Woman Wants Show. I still do contract work for them.

I am also employed by DPR Communications, a full service ad agency specializing in the Latino market.

At present I am incoming Chairman of The Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce,

I serve on the Board of Directors of Centro de la Familia and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) and serve as Vice President of the Alumni Association of the Citizen's Academy of the FBI.

While living in Los Angeles I served as President of Sunset Hacienda Women's Club-and a Member of the San Gabriel Valley Federation Board of Directors California Federation of Women's Clubs. I was also a Member of La Puente Community Advisory Committee.

Sam Guevara was elected president of the Somos Foundation (Utah Hispanic Business Leadership Foundation) May 2011. Sam comes from a business background. He owned and managed with his partner (wife) a marketing, management and graphic design studio for over 27 years and has been very active in the Salt Lake City community. Has served as board member on many community boards including the Utah Symphony & Opera, America Red Cross, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake, Pete Suazo Business Center, Coalition for Utah's Future / Envisions Utah, and the Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund.

In 2003 Mayor Rocky Anderson, at the start of his second term, appointed Sam Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor of Salt Lake City. In 2008, Mayor Ralph Becker appointed Sam Director of Human Resource and in 2009 he was appointed Director of Capital Asset Management and Deputy Director of Administrative Services. 

In 2010 Sam started Guevara Consulting Force, working with clients to create a business management strategy to reach defined objectives, designing graphic communication elements to support a strategic objective, and to develop his talents as an artist - creating paintings, sculptures and a combination of both.

Sam is married to Rebecca Guevara, author, speaker and writing guide.

Miguel R. Rovira, Esq. is a lawyer/business executive with over 17 year of management experience in diverse industries. In the past six years, Mr. Rovira has advised CEO's, senior management and investors regarding strategic business planning, international marketing, and financial operations at companies such as Hercules Satellite Communications and Troy Systems, Inc. Mr. Rovira has successfully lead organizations through start-up, turnaround and aggressive growth campaigns. In addition to his domestic telecommunications experience, Mr. Rovira deployed 40 points-of-presence worldwide for an international Voice-over-the Internet company in record 18-months. Mr. Rovira has also provided legal advise to various IT and telecom entities in the Northern Virginia Technological corridor. After moving to Salt Lake City in January 2004, Mr. Rovira was hired as the Executive Director of the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In July 2005, Governor Huntsman appointed Mr. Rovira as the Regional Director for the Americas in the Governor's Office of Economic Development, International Trade and Diplomacy Office. In that capacity, Mr. Rovira assists Utah companies access international markets and represents the State of Utah in a diplomatic role vis-à-vis international delegations. In addition, Mr. Rovira is the past Chairman of the Board of the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and sits as a board member at the BlueCross BlueShield Community Board, the World Trade Association Board, the Pete Suazo Business Center Board, the Utah Hispanic Business Leadership Foundation Board and the Nature Conservancy Board. Mr. Rovira was also recognized as one of the 8 Top Directors by Utah Business Magazine in 2009.

Mike is the president of General Distributing-Utah. General Distributing Company is a beverage wholesale company dealing mainly with Beer. They distribute Bud Dry, Bud American Ale, Bud Select, Bud LT Lime, MIchelob, Michelob LT, Michelob Amber, Shock Top, Pale Ale, Michelob Ultra, Chelada, O'Douls, O'Douls Amber, Landshark, 180 Engery Drink, Busch, Busch LT, Natural, and Natural Ice.

Santiago is the owner of Santiago's Office Bookkeeping and Taxes. For years, Santiago's Office has been providing quality, personalized financial guidance to local individuals and businesses. Santiago's Office's expertise ranges from basic tax management and accounting services to more in-depth services such as financial statements and financial planning. Their mission is to help clients maintain financial viability in the present while taking a proactive approach to achieve future goals. This requires open communication to reach an understanding of our clients' needs, thorough research, and sound analysis. Santiago's Office is dedicated to meeting these goals with high standards of excellence and professionalism.

Donald J Salazar is a lifelong resident of the Ogden Area. He is president/Ceo of CTI construction a design build Ogden based company. Don earned a Masters Degree in Organizational Management, and is a Business Transformation graduate from the Tuck School of Business Dartmouth University.

Don is the past chair of the Ogden Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and serves on the board of the Utah Hispanic Chamber, past President of Northern Utah Public Employees Association, governor appointed State Council on Workforce Services, Weber State University national advisory Board and Arts and Humanities board member, on the IHC Mckay Dee board of trustees, IHC outreach committee board and a member of the Utah Hispanic Legislative Task Force.

Angela Ramirez, is the Director of Worldstock, Overstock.com's socially responsible marketplace for handcrafted products created by artisans from developing nations and from underprivileged artisans in the United States. In 2004 she joined Worldstock as a buyer's assistant. In 2006 she became the director and led the department to its best year in 2007. Recently she started Directing as well Main Street, a new division of Overstock.com, focused to help small business around the country.

Angela works very closely with the artisans to help them meet their economic goals. About every three months she travels from her home in Salt Lake City, where Overstock.com is headquartered, to remote and exotic locations around the world.

Angela's favorite thing about her job is witnessing the improvements artisans have made to their lives with the sale of their products through Worldstock. A case in point is a group of artisans in the village of San Jacinto in her native country of Colombia, where generations of artisans have passed the technique of hammock making to their daughters. Sadly, guerilla warfare drove most tourism in that area away and made it extremely difficult to farm there. The sales of the hammocks on Worldstock contribute directly to the improvement of the lives of 120 women and the three to four dependents that each of them have. With the money collected through Worldstock, the women have been able to take water to the village and send their children to school.

Other countries that Angela has visited recently through her work and seen positive change include Peru, India, Morocco and Mexico.

Pilar Schmidt was born in Chile. She has worked for the banking industry since 1993, and currently works with Wells Fargo. She is a Senior Relationship Manager for the business group, a job that allows her to work closely with the nonprofit sector.

Erica Dahl is the Director of Community Relations for the Urban Central Region of Intermountain Healthcare. A native of Northern California, she received her BA from St. Lawrence University and her Masters of Public Policy from Georgetown University. Prior to Intermountain Healthcare, Erica was a Vice President of Government Relations for Bank of America. She, her husband Ben and daughter Lucy live in Salt Lake City. In addition to her service on the Board of Directors of the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Erica serves on the Utah Commission on Volunteers, is a member of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts Young Benefactors Council and the Junior League of Salt Lake.

Silvia Norman-Lanuza is vice president and Latino Banking manager for Wells Fargo in Utah. Under her direction, Wells Fargo was the first financial services company in the state to open a Latino-focused branch and to accept Utah's Driving Privilege Card as a valid form of identification for opening new accounts. She is the chair of the Board of Directors committee. She is also a member of Mujeres Latinas and serves as a committee member for the Utah Bankers Association. Silvia is also co-chair for Wells Fargo's Amigos Utah group.

David Utrilla was born and raised in Lima, Peru. In Lima he studied international business at the Instituto Nacional de Comercio Internacional and economics at the University of San Martin de Porres in Peru. In 1994 David immigrated to the United States, learned English and enrolled at Weber State University. In 1995 he founded U.S. Translation Company (USTC) in Ogden, Utah after realizing that many of the educational materials and products from the United States were the same as those used in Peru, just translated into different languages.

Through his education and business experience, David has gained extensive knowledge in the successful management of language services. Through his direction, USTC has grown tremendously in its 14 years of business experiencing 80% growth so far in 2009 alone! He has guided his company to achieve ISO 9001:2000 certification and registration, and has been given many awards including the 2009 Best of State for Language Services, the 2009 Top Forty Business Executives Under 40 in Utah, the 2008 Small Business Person of the Year by the SBA, the 2008 Top 20 Most Influential Hispanic Business Leaders In Utah, the 2007 Small Minority Business of the Year by the Salt Lake Chamber, and the 2007 Top 5 Hispanic Business to Watch by the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce & Zions Bank.

David also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Boys & Girls Club of Weber Davis, the Board of Directors for the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and is an Advisory Board Member for the Weber State University Institute for Politics, Decency and Ethical Conduct.

With the use of teams of translators from all over the world, U.S. Translation Company has helped over 700 corporate and government organizations do business and communicate professionally all over the world. These include the U.S. Navy, Nu Skin International, FMC Technologies, Boston Scientific, L-3 Communications, Boeing, Ultradent and many more.

In October of 2009, David Utrilla, President of U.S. Translation Company (USTC) was named Utah's Honorary Consul to Peru for his extensive knowledge of business in both countries, for his passion to help corporations in both countries succeed abroad and because of how well he is respected by both his peers and top officials in both countries. This designation has been made official by the President of Peru and the U.S. Department of State.

Josie has been a community activist and organizer since she first arrived in Utah in the early ‘70s. Currently, she is retired from 30 years with the federal government, having served as Assistant District Director for the Utah Small Business Administration (SBA) office here in Salt Lake City.

After Josie retirement from the SBA, she served on the cabinet for Mayor Rocky Anderson as Director of Diversity for the City of Salt Lake.

She is a cum laude graduate of Westminster College with a degree in Business and Economics and a Certificate in International Business.

Some of Josie's recognitions include: Utah Business Magazine Top 30 Women to Watch, Connect Magazine- top 20 Hispanic Business Leaders, the YWCA Distinguished Woman Award, NAACP Rosa Parks Award, the Cesar Chavez Peace and Justice Award, And the Pathfinder Award from the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.

Josie ran for Lt. Governor of Utah in 2008. She was the first person of color, in the history of Utah, to run for this office.

She is married to Representative Mark Archuleta Wheatley who is serving his 3rd term in the Utah House of Representatives.

She is the mother of two boys, ages 31 and 22 and grandmother of three.

Tom & Carol Richter are the Master Franchise owners for Utah. Their business experience in the Corporate world has allowed them to position themselves very well for growing the JAN-PRO brand in Utah. Previously to starting JAN-PRO of Utah, Tom spent 21 years in the paper distribution business with Zellerbach Paper Company. During this time he held several positions in sales, marketing and administration on a local, regional and national level.

Earning a B. S. degree in Communications from the University of Utah, then commenced a ten year professional career, in the employee benefit and health related insurance industries. Currently, function as a channel manager for Regence's BlueCross BlueShield broker community. Provide direction on market penetration, training and revenue maximization activities. Prior to working with Regence, functioned as a senior manager, for a national employee benefit consulting firm, focusing on national account sales and implementation.