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Dear HISPA Role Models and Guests, ¡Feliz Día de los Reyes Magos!
Welcome to the HISPA 2012 Three Kings Banquet, a night in which we recognize all your efforts in support of advancing HISPA’s mission. A night in which we celebrate the more than 600 volunteers who support our goals by giving their time, sharing their stories, and caring for today’s Latino youth, the future leaders of America.
Last year was a very exciting year for HISPA. HISPA was selected to receive a government grant from the NJ Department of State - Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development. This grant has allowed HISPA to expand its reach by providing funding for 10 schools. In 2011, HISPA also participated in TV and radio shows, we grew our Board and Advisory Council, and new employee resource groups joined our efforts. We held an inspirational and educational HISPA Youth Conference at Princeton University, and our HISPA 2011 Role Model Program Kick-Off and Recruiting event was a resounding success.
Just five years ago, HISPA stepped forward to bring together a diverse group of professionals from the public and private sector under one vision – that together, through our experiences, we could inspire Latino students’ academic performance and achievement. Little did we know that we could transform the future of so many students through our own personal examples of how each one of us accomplished our goals of becoming professionals.
Today our program is in 18 schools and 1,000 students will get to know many of you as HISPA Role Models. Tonight I thank you for joining forces with HISPA to continue to SHARE, INSPIRE and TRANSFORM the lives of these students. Like the Three Wise Men, you bring many wonderful gifts to the students in each school visit. You bestow the gift of your time, you impart the gift of your unique story, and you generously offer the gift of your compassion – always looking for new ways to support the students. And, that’s why, tonight, on behalf of all of them, I thank you for the many wonderful gifts you have shared!
Mil gracias HISPA Role Models!
HISPA President & CEO
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The
HISPA Board of Directors
salutes our role model volunteers for their continued commitment to mentoring our future leaders.Your efforts in ensuring students reach their highest potential and achieve their goals is applauded.
Best wishes for a successful 2012 Three Kings Banquet!
Dr. Ivonne Díaz-Claisse – President Yvonne Shepard – Chair Steven Estrada – Secretary Mildred Medina – Treasurer Cesar Bocanegra – Director
Yvette Donado – Director
Jorge Escobar – Professional Development Director Kathleen Larkin – Director
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS
HISPA 2012 Three Kings Banquet Donors
Betsy Rivera
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies HISPA Role Models DonorsChoose.org
Florham Park Merchants and Angel Lozada Fundación ALAS
Ivonne Díaz-Claisse and ID Educational Solutions Janette LaVigne Holistic Health Coach
Magda Luccioni Baez
Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. and Veronica Rosas Michael Collazo
Mildred Medina Miguel and Anita Porto Johnson & Johnson HOLA-Skillman
Rod Colon
Samsung and Sonia Esteves
Spanish Educational Resources-Camera Mundi, Inc. State Theater of New Jersey
Wayne E. Ferguson Yolanda Baker
2011-2012 Academic Year HISPA Role Model Program Funders
Bristol Myers Squibb Unidad Hispana ETS
LISC
Merck Hispanos Organization
NJ Department of State – Center for Hispanic Policy, Research & Development – CHPRD Red Bank Middle School 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
NJCU and University Academy Charter School
Special Thanks
HISPA recognizes the continuous support of LatPro, Lemonk Group and Mary Kay
Cosmetics, and our partners, ETS and Camera Mundi, Inc. Their generosity enables HISPA
to maintain and develop programs that inspire students’ academic performance and achievement.
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HISPA 2012 Three-Kings Banquet
Agenda
Networking and Silent Auction Welcome and Opening Remarks
Yvonne Shepard
President Message and Special Awards Dr. Ivonne Díaz-Claisse
Jorge Cardenas HISPA 2012 Banquet Awards
Keynote Speaker
Invocation Peter Cornell
Dinner
Live Music
Dancing with Eddie Perez y Orquesta Impacto Silent Auction Closing
Live Music Dancing
Sponsors
Platinum AT&T Gold ETS Silver Novartis PSEG BronzeBristol Myers Squibb Unidad Hispana Investors Bank
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2012 HISPA AWARDS
“Transform” Award HISPA 2011 Sponsor of the Year
AT&T “Inspire” Award
HISPA 2011 Champion of the Year Merck Hispanos Organization
“Share” Award
HISPA 2011 Role Model of the Year Yolanda Baker, CHUBB
Yolanda Baker
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Yolanda Baker has been active in community volunteering since she was a junior in High School in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Born in Connecticut, her family moved to Puerto Rico when she was five years old. She was one of the youngest members of the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico, where she worked with a team to bring theater to small communities in the town of Caguas, P.R.
After her first year at the University of Puerto Rico, Yolanda moved to New Jersey. While at the Kean University, she became a community activist in Coalition for a United Elizabeth, an inner city community anticrime and youth program.
She currently works at Chubb, an insurance company, as a Senior Information Technology Auditor. She holds a B.A. Degree in Spanish from Kean University, and a Certificate of Computer Programming from the Cittone Institute. She is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
Yolanda is a past President of the Chubb Hispanic Latino Employee Network, CHLEN. As part of the core team that created the group, she has been instrumental in fostering community outreach to the nearby Hunterdon Hispanic community and introduced HISPA to the company. A HISPA Role Model since October 2008, she is a HISPA Ambassador at Chubb and an avid talent scout for Role Models.
She is a Vice President of the NJ chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and a director since 2006. Yolanda received the Selma Zorowitz Award for excellent service to the NJ ISACA chapter in 2009. Currently, she chairs the Collaboration Tools and Board Development committees.
Yolanda resides in East Hanover, NJ with husband Mike and their daughter Amanda.
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Thank you to all the HISPA Role Models that joined us at the
HISPA 2011 Youth Conference
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Angelica Vega BRISTOL MYERS-SQUIBB Asbel Perez Patriots Path Council, B.S.A. Bennett Ruiz AT&T
Carlomagno Onteneda NJIT
Cesar Bocanegra DonorsChoose.org Diana Cifuentes Prudential
Donald Ryan Interactive Entertainment Consultants (IEC) Dr. Kenneth Sanchez MERCK
Ebel Monroy Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Fidel Santos Bristol Myers-Squibb
Ilona Castro Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Ivonne Diaz-Claisse HISPA
Jamie Cid BEAUTEGY.com
Johanna Soto Joseph Cory Companies, LLC Johny Lopez PSEG
Jorge Escobar Princeton University Joseph Tulipani MERCK
Juan Otero Turismo.as
Juliette Aberman Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Katherin Baez-Pena Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Magaly Sanchez-R Princeton University
Dr. Maria Ambrosio DDS General Dentistry Maria Flores-Mills Princeton University Maureen Guzman Urban Realty Trends Mayra Caceras AT&T
Miguel Ramirez Siemens Capital Company Miguel Salinas Bristol Myers-Squibb
Miguel Sosa AT&T Monica Corral Prudential Pedro Mirabal AT&T Rene Herrera Verizon
Sandra Lazo NJIT and Chevron
Sonia Valdes Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Walter Rodriguez Verizon
Walter Trinkl Siemens Vanessa Nazario PNC Bank
Yolanda Baker Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Thank you to all of the HISPA Role Models that
have participated in the HISPA Role Model
Program during the fall of 2011
Alba Herrera ETS
Angelica Vega BRISTOL MYERS-SQUIBB Asbel Perez Patriots Path Council, B.S.A. Bennett Ruiz AT&T
Carlomagno Onteneda NJIT
Cesar Bocanegra DonorsChoose.org Diana Cifuentes Prudential
Donald Ryan Interactive Entertainment Consultants (IEC) Dr. Kenneth Sanchez MERCK
Ebel Monroy Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Fidel Santos Bristol Myers-Squibb
Ilona Castro Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Ivonne Diaz-Claisse HISPA
Jamie Cid BEAUTEGY.com
Johanna Soto Joseph Cory Companies, LLC Johny Lopez PSEG
Jorge Escobar Princeton University Joseph Tulipani MERCK
Juan Otero Turismo.as
Juliette Aberman Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Katherin Baez-Pena Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Magaly Sanchez-R Princeton University
Dr. Maria Ambrosio DDS General Dentistry Maria Flores-Mills Princeton University Maureen Guzman Urban Realty Trends Mayra Caceras AT&T
Miguel Ramirez Siemens Capital Company Miguel Salinas Bristol Myers-Squibb
Miguel Sosa AT&T Monica Corral Prudential Pedro Mirabal AT&T Rene Herrera Verizon
Sandra Lazo NJIT and Chevron
Sonia Valdes Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Walter Rodriguez Verizon
Walter Trinkl Siemens Vanessa Nazario PNC Bank
Yolanda Baker Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Felicitamos
a HISPA y les
deseamos mucho
éxito.
Gracias por su
ayuda a nuestros
jóvenes.
AiA Creative
ID Educational Solutions,
and
Lemonk Group
congratulate HISPA
on a wonderful year!
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