Latina Leaders Networking Forum is Thursday June 27! Learn more about our feature guests.

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Kisha Tate, Project Leader, Nationals Sales Network

Kisha Tate, is National Office Project Leader with National Sales Network (NSN). In this role, Kisha strategically leads projects designed to cultivate the professional needs of Sales and Sales Management Professionals, including working with Hispanic Professional Groups in the Chicagoland area. Before joining Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Kisha spent her career in various healthcare leadership positions with companies such as Pfizer, Roche, Favorite Healthcare Staffing and NYU Medical Center. Kisha holds a MBA degree in Global Management from the University of Phoenix and Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing with Hampton University.

Patricia Mota, Senior Director of Community Outreach, HACE

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Patricia Mota is a passionate, innovative trailblazer, leading and initiating programs and organizations committed to the empowerment of Latinos and diverse groups in various stages in their lives and careers. Patricia is the Senior Director of Community Outreach for the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE), leading the community and professional development programs, managing employer relations and business development, and spearheading the HACE professional chapter leadership initiative nationally. Patricia also serves on the board of the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education (ILACHE), as the VP of Membership.

Eira Corral, Village Clerk of Hanover Park, IL

Eira Corral was reelected this past April as the Village Clerk for Hanover Park, Illinois. Prior to her election as Village Clerk, she served as the Media Relations and Field Coordinator at the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI). She earned her Bachelors of Arts from DePaul University with a double major in Political Science and Latino & Latin American Studies and a double minor in Community Service Studies and Commercial Spanish.

Sonia Avalos, Recruiter & Marketing Specialist, State Farm

Sonia Avalos is a Recruiter and Marketing Specialist with State Farm. She is celebrating 14 years with the organization this year, with seven of those years focused on growing small business owners in the Chicagoland market as State Farm Agents. Her passion is helping identify professionals that have interest in the Insurance & Financial Services world, but most importantly, have a dream of becoming Entrepreneurs. She is actively involved in the coaching and consulting of prospective agents and has helped launch over forty agencies in the Greater Chicago markets.

Sonia is a graduate of the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) School of Business and has earned several insurance designations. In addition, Sonia is involved with a variety of Chambers, professional organizations and community initiatives, such as IL Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, ALPFA, NHSN, Little Village Chamber, Elgin Hispanic Network and UofI Latino/Latina Alumni Association.

Maria Pesqueira, President & CEO, Mujeres Latinas en Accion

Maria Pesqueira is the President and CEO of Mujeres Latinas en Accion. Maria has over two decades of leadership experience in the human service arena, bringing expert perspective to areas including strategic planning and management, program development, communications, fundraising and public health. She also is a sought-after speaker, addressing national and local audiences on issues ranging from private/nonprofit partnerships, women’s issues, health disparities and to the future of philanthropy. Ms. Pesqueira has a BA from DePaul University. She is also a graduate of the Harvard University JFK School of Government Executive Program, the Center for Creative Leadership and St. Thomas University MiniMBA program in Nonprofit Management.

Macarena Tamayo-Calabrese, Executive Director, National Association of Women Lawyers

Macarena Tamayo-Calabrese (Rena Calabrese) is a lawyer with over 20 years of experience in both the private sector and association management. As a private practitioner, she focused on immigration law and litigated removals, adjustment of status and asylum matters. She has written a weekly column for La Raza and was featured weekly on a radio show in the Chicago-land area. In association management, Ms. Calabrese held upper management positions at the American Bar Association for over a decade, including Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Director of the International Liaison Office and Director of the Latin American Law Initiative Council. She has developed and implemented numerous programs and projects around the world in cooperation with the United Nations, the United States Agency of International Development, the Organization of American States, the State Department and the Inter-American Development Bank. Projects e included educational programs for foreign bar leaders from over fifty nations.

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