Read feature guests biographies of the 2018 Women Trailblazers "Ladies that Lead" Celebration being held tomorrow July 26 at one of River North's most vibrant modern Latin food and music destinations... Nacional 27.
Ana Dutra, CEO & President, Executives' Club of Chicago
Ana Dutra is the President and CEO of The Executives’ Club of Chicago, a world-class senior executives organization focused on the development, innovation and connectivity of current and future business and community leaders. She was formerly the CEO of Mandala Global Advisors, a global management consulting company. She has 28 years of experience as a global executive, consultant and business leader in industries such as technology, CPG, food & beverage, retail, apparel, manufacturing and professional services. As the CEO of Korn/ Ferry Consulting and a Proxy Officer from 2007 until 2013, Ana created a $300+ MM new global business through a combination of organic growth, 7 global acquisitions, innovative go-to-market approaches and incorporation of technology and digitalization of products and services. In addition to her corporate leadership roles, Ana is a Director in the Boards of Greeley and Hansen, Humantelligence, the International Women Forum, Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago, Chicago Philharmonic Society, Governor State University and Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL), a top school turnaround organization in the country. She is a former Director in the Executives Club of Chicago and is in the Kellogg Alumni Advisory Board, in the Economic Club of Chicago, the Committee of 200 and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
A Brazilian native with over 20 years of experience in P&L management, business growth and C-Level business consulting in over 30 countries, Dutra’s expertise lies in helping Boards, CEOs and their teams to identify and execute growth strategies and turnarounds through innovation, acquisitions, culture change and new technologies. As a CEO, Ana Dutra has led a number of turnarounds, global acquisitions, post-merger integrations and execution of accelerated growth strategies. She has led and advised businesses in the technology, manufacturing, CPG, retail and professional services industries. Ana started her career with IBM where she managed clients and lines-of-businesses in a number of countries. After receiving her MBA from Kellogg business school, she led lines-of-businesses and geographic P&Ls with CSC, Oliver Wyman (formerly Mercer Management), Accenture and, more recently, with Korn/ Ferry International.
Ana holds an MBA from Kellogg, a Masters in Economics from Pontificia Universidade do Rio de Janeiro, a Juris Doctor from Universidade do Rio de Janeiro, all summa cum laude. She is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French and is a frequent speaker in the Global Competitiveness Forum, World Economic Forum and other Global Conferences. She is frequently featured in the Harvard Business Review online, Forbes blog, WSJ, CEO Magazine and other publications.
Ana is an avid triathlete, meditator and yoga practitioner. She lives in Northfield, IL with her husband and their three daughters.
Teri Argos, Chief Development Officer, Instituto del Progreso Latino
Teri is the Chief Development Officer at Instituto del Progreso Latino, a community service, workforce development agency in Chicago, IL.
Previously in her role as a consultant, she offered assistance in fund development and institutional planning. As a development professional, she has established corporate giving programs, initiated mentoring programs, composed grants, staged award shows, dinners, silent auctions, solicited volunteers and interacted directly with the Board of Directors.
In her former profession as a corporate executive, she encountered cultures, lifestyles and living conditions that left a profound impression on her and eventually led to a career in nonprofit management. A natural leader focused on creating the requisite strategic vision to achieve goals, she offers a unique blend of executive acumen, team-building, and fundraising proficiency. She has worked with a number of international companies and has managed budgets upwards of $200 million dollars.
She consistently delivers results by aligning organizational initiatives and goals with substantial improvements to service, standardization and performance. With a focus on strategic solutions analysis to further goals, Teri propels cost accounting improvements that bring new perspectives to the success of business management practices and capital expenditures.
Ms. Argos is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BA in Sociology. She holds a certificate in Institutional Development and Fundraising from UCLA, a distinction held by few professional fundraisers. She is active in the Los Angeles and Chicago philanthropic communities and rigorously supports numerous organizations.
Veronica Aguilar, Executive Director, 1871 & Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (IHCC) Tech Cohort
Veronica Aguilar serves as the Director of the IHCC/1871 Latinx Incubator, a program aimed to create sustainable economic opportunities for hispanic technology companies - providing
educational programming, technical resources and access to networks.
As a political appointee under the Obama Administration, Veronica started her career in the
Small Business Office at the U.S. General Services Administration. There she led the National Outreach Education Program aimed to enhance opportunities for underrepresented small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs to partner with federal agencies focusing on transparency in the federal procurement process.
She then joined the GSA Administrator’s senior team and worked on implementing the President’s agenda on modernizing the federal government through a digital transformation. After the presidential transition, Veronica continued her work in the tech space joining 1776, an incubator based in D.C. There, she co-lead a Innovation Challenge Program aimed to address corporate partners challenges, sourcing startups across the world and preparing them to pitch pilot proposals.
Veronica is a proud Chicago native. She grew up in Hermosa and attended The University of Pennsylvania. She is excited to be back in her hometown working on creating more opportunities for Hispanic tech startups working at IHCC. Veronica stays active through working with aerial silks, traveling and is a self-proclaimed speakeasy critic.
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