Tequila & Tapas Night

Event Date: 
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 6:00pm to 10:00pm
RSVP Required
Cost:
$105.00

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage month, the National Hispana Leadership Institute’s 2010 Executive Leadership Program Fellows is organizing a Tequila & Tapas night. The evening will feature the first taste of Aguila Real Tequilas to hit the East Coast market and will include some of Latin America’s finest fare prepared by Mio Restaurant.

Ticket prices until August 20: $105 for 1 ticket, $200 for 2 tickets. Prices increase after this date.

To purchase tickets click here or visit http://www.nhli.org/elphispanicheritage.html

Funds from the event will support NHLI, the premier executive leadership organization preparing Latinas for positions of national and international influence, public policy impact and to contribute to the advancement of the Hispanic community.

This year’s 2010 Fellows and Hosts of the Tequila & Tapas night are:

Helen Arteaga, Director, Urban Health Plan, Inc, (East Elmhurst, NY)

Marcela Bailey,Division Vice President, Sony Entertainment (Covina, CA)

Ana Maria Camargo,Director, Case Associates (Boston, MA)

Vanessa Cardenas,Director of Project 2050, Center for American Progress (Washington, DC)

Gloria Contreras Edin,Attorney (Inver Grove Heights, MN)

Edna Figueroa,Senior Product Manager, Fannie Mae (Boyds, MD)

Sol Flores,Executive Director, La Casa Norte (Chicago, IL)

Aurelia Flores,Founder, Powerfullatinas.com  (San Diego, CA)

Leticia Lara,Regional Manager, ZERO TO THREE (Pasadena, CA)

Rosalia Miller,Founder & Board Chair, The Latino Student Fund (Washington, DC)

Laura Nieto,Senior Manager, Corporate Community Affairs, Southwest Airlines (Sugar Land, TX)

Lisette Nieves,Executive Director, Year Up (Brooklyn, NY)

Sylvia Orozco,Professor, Miami Dade College (Miami, FL)

Jodi Valenciano Perry,Senior Investigator/Mediator/Arbitrator, City of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, TX)

Deborah Quiñones,Public Health Representative, New York State Department of Health (New York, NY)

Ana Rosa Rizo,Mayor, City of Maywood (Maywood, CA)

Rosa Maria Robles,Auditor, Dept. of Conservation (Chula Vista, CA)

Julie Rodriguez, Executive Director at Bessemer Historical Society, Steelworks Museum and DC&I, (Pueblo, CO)

Rebecca Saldaña,Community Liaison, U.S. Congressman Jim McDermott (Seattle, WA)

Gina Weber,Regional Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Dallas, TX)

Rosemary Ybarra-Hernandez,CEO/Founder, AGUILA Youth Leadership Institute (Phoenix, AZ)

The tequila & tapas night is one of a series of fundraising events the 2010 fellows have organized in cities across the nation to help provide more training opportunities to other Latina leaders. To learn more about the program, visit www.nhli.org/elp.htm