2014 HACR Corporate Directors Summit™ Recap

2014

HACR

HISPANIC ASSOCIATION ON CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

CORPORATE DIRECTORS SUMMIT RECAP TM

APRIL 4 - 6, 2014 THE US GRANT HOTEL SAN DIEGO • CALIFORNIA

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2014 HACR CORPORATE DIRECTORS SUMMIT ™

Top Row: Patricia Diaz Dennis, Victor Arias, Jr., Linda Griego, Jose Luis Prado, and Gerardo Lopez. Middle Row: Eduardo Rodriguez, Dr. Elsa Murano, Lu Córdova, Irene Esteves, Alejandro Silva, Monica Lozano, Charles García, and Frank Ramirez. Front Row: Judge Nelson A. Diaz, Grace Lieblein, Kimberly Casiano, Albert Zapanta, Patricia Salas Pineda, Michael Montelongo, Cari Dominguez, Honorable Ken Salazar, and Tom Castro.

The seventh annual HACR Corporate Directors Summit™ (CDS) convened in San Diego, from April 4-6. Since 2008, Hispanic corporate directors have gathered annually at the HACR CDS to share thoughts with peers on the advancement of corporate diversity and the state of Latino participation on the boards of Corporate America . Recognizing the need to increase the number of Hispanics serving on corporate boards, at the 2010 HACR CDS, the CDS participants discussed the need to launch a new entity led by directors to drive the necessary change in Corporate America. In 2011, a recommendation was put forth to form the Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA) and the Latino Corporate Directors Educational Foundation (LCDEF). In 2012, an interim board was appointed, a mission statement was adopted, and the LCDA & LCDEF were both officially incorporated. At this year’s annual meeting, the Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA) held their first business session. On Sunday, April 6, the LCDA Founding Board of Directors invited directors to join and contribute in the discussion of the Strategic Planning Process. Orlando Padilla, founder of Padilla Networks LLC, and Carmen Joge, vice president of

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governance for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, facilitated the discussion. Through the LCDA, members will strategize how to increase the number and influence of Latinos on corporate boards. The LCDA held a special members-only director education session entitled “Influencing the Nominating and Governance Process” with a panel of experts including: Monica Lozano, CEO and chair of Impremedia, and director of Bank of America, The Walt Disney Company, University of Southern California, Weingart Foundation, and Rockefeller Foundation; Vilma Martinez, former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, retired partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson, retired director, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Fluor, and Shell Oil; and Gary Sutton, retired CEO, author, investor, director, Pulse Electronics, Websense. In addition to inaugurating the LCDA’s first session, CDS participants attended intensive business sessions and networked with Hispanic corporate executives. Participants joined the HACR Corporate Executives ForumTM (CEF) for a session entitled, “A Look into the Corporate Boardroom from a CEO and Board Member Perspective” with a panel of experts including Donald Knauss, chairman and CEO of The

2014 HACR CORPORATE DIRECTORS SUMMIT™ RECAP

Jose Luis Prado, Victor Arias, Jr., and Lou Miramontes at the Best of the Boardroom Reception.

Target’s Ken Salazar.

HACR program participants.

The Clorox Company and Herbalife board member Dr. Richard Carmona.

Clorox Company, and Dr. Richard Carmona, board member, The Clorox Company and Herbalife, and vice-chairman and CEO, Canyon Ranch Institute. Victor Arias, a senior client partner and global leader of diversity and inclusion for Korn/ Ferry International, moderated the panel. On Saturday night, participants attended the Hispanic Executive Magazine and Quaker Foods North America “Best of the Boardroom” reception in the Rock Star Elevation Suite of the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego. Hispanic Executive Magazine presented an award to Jose Luis Prado, president of Quaker Foods North America, PepsiCo, and lauded his various achievements throughout his 28-year career with PepsiCo.

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