Midwest Regional Student Symposium
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Networking Breakfast Opening Keynote: Senator Sandoval To Tell the Truth: Real CPAs Edition – Sponsored by AICPA Leadership Panel - Sponsored by KPMG Luncheon Keynote: Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti Workshops - choose 2 of 6 workshops! Career Fair STUDENTS: to enhance your job-seeking success, UPLOAD YOUR RESUME NOW ON ALPFA CAREER CENTER at jobs.alpfa.org
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STUDENT BENEFITS Networking face to face with recruiters to learn about career opportunities Engaging professional workshops designed to prepare you to become successful Latino business leaders in corporate America Strengthening effective communication and interviewing skills Connecting with other top ALPFA students from universities within the region
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Freshman-Seniors from 4-year universities/colleges Community College students (with intent to transfer to a 4-year university) Full-time first-year Graduate Students ALPFA Chapter Student Affairs Mentors University Faculty Advisers (Current or Prospective)
TANTALIZING WORKSHOPS Title – SPONSOR – CLASSROOM Building a Foundation for Success – ALLSTATE – 2005 BIF Tú! --Leveraging your Latino values to build your personal brand – ALTRIA – 2011 BIF Effective Listening – CIA – 2057 BIF Brand Yourself! Develop your own marketing plan and learn how to land a great first job – DELL – 2063 BIF Solo Cup Challenge – RSM – 3057 BIF Lead without a Title: You don’t need a title to be a leader – how anyone, anywhere, can make a positive difference! – CARGILL – 3063 BIF
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Look Who's Hiring!
1. AbbVie
2. AICPA (Lead Partner)
3. Allstate
4. Altria
5. Cargill
6. Caterpillar
7. CFPB
8. CIA
9. Dell
10. Deloitte
11. Ernst & Young
12. Grant Thornton
13. HSBC
14. KPMG
15. PwC
16. RSM
Midwest Regional Student Symposium Luncheon Keynote
Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti
Evelyn is proud to serve the residents of the State of Illinois as their 47th Lieutenant Governor. She is a wife, working mother of three and an attorney by trade. She was formerly an adjunct professor of law and a Wheaton City Councilwoman.
Evelyn was born to teenage parents in Hialeah, a neighborhood outside of Miami, FL. Her mother was a Cuban refugee and her father, an Ecuadorian immigrant. Evelyn recalls moving frequently as a child because her parents were unable to afford rent. While they were of little means, her parents were determined to give Evelyn every opportunity to succeed.
Growing up, Evelyn developed a love for the arts. She learned how to play the piano at a local community center and was accepted into The New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL. Evelyn not only became an accomplished pianist, she cultivated a love for learning. This educational opportunity allowed her to pursue a college education at Florida International University.
Following graduation, Evelyn moved to Chicago to attend The John Marshall Law School where she developed an understanding and passion for the law and for Illinois. Evelyn soon joined Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan’s office as an Assistant Attorney General where she fought to protect the people of the State of Illinois.
In 2010, Evelyn suffered an accident while walking on Wheaton city property. Subsequent medical examinations revealed that she has Multiple Sclerosis. Evelyn vowed to never let her MS stop her. She proceeded to run for, and win, an election to the Wheaton City Council on a platform of delivering efficient, streamlined government.
As Lt. Governor of Illinois, Evelyn is committed to fighting for all Illinois residents. She will apply the same passion to her new role that has propelled her throughout her life, from humble beginnings in Hialeah, FL to becoming Illinois’ first Latina Lieutenant Governor.
ALPFA 2016 Midwest Symposium Keynote Speakers Opening Keynote
Illinois Senator Honorable Martin A. Sandoval
Senator Martin A. Sandoval is a respected leader in Illinois, a prominent policymaker and is considered one of the nations leading progressive voices. He is first generation Mexican-American born of proud immigrant parents from Guanajuato and Michoacán, Mexico.
Prior to his public career he was a community leader advocating for parks and schools that would later serve the fast-growing Mexican community in Chicago. In 1997 Sandoval was the force in securing $23M to develop Chicago’s first school-park campus, namely Socorro L. Sandoval Elementary, named after his late sister Socorro Sandoval, a schoolteacher that taught at a Chicago Public School who later died in a tragic car accident.
Senator Sandoval has more than 30 years of leadership experience at the highest levels of state, county and federal government. His service includes appointments to the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C. and Chicago. He is currently serving his fifth term as State Senator. Senator Sandoval is the first Latino and current Chairman of the Transportation Committee in the Senate. As a freshman senator he was the first Latino appointed Chairman of the Commerce and Economic Development Committee.
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He is a major voice in transportation and school construction investment. In 2009 he crafted Illinois’ Capital Investment Program: $14.3B for roads and bridges, $7B for high-speed rail, $3.6B for elementary school construction and $1.5B for universities.
Sandoval’s core beliefs are rooted in the community. He visits schools throughout the year to motivate youth, and attends LSC and parent meetings to share education policies.
He continues to provide much needed resources to the 11th Senate District, which includes the neighborhoods of Brighton Park, Clearing, Gage Park, Little Village, West Lawn, and the West Cook municipalities of Bedford Park, Burbank, Cicero, Forest View, Lyons, McCook, Stickney, Summit and Riverside.
Senator Sandoval resides in the Chicago Southwest Side neighborhood of Gage Park with his wife Marina, their twins Martin Jr. and Angie and their daughter Jenny.
Sandoval was born in Chicago (1964) and is a graduate of Quigley Preparatory Seminary South High School (1982) and went on to continue his studies at Loyola University in Chicago (1986) where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology.
ALPFA 2016 Midwest Symposium Keynote Speakers 2016 Agenda
ALPFA Association of Latino Professionals for America at College of Business, University of Illinois Business Instructional Facility (BIF) 515 E. Gregory Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
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Saturday, October 1, 2016
2016 Agenda 8:00 am Registration/Networking Breakfast (BIF Commons)
8:30 am Welcoming Remarks (Deloitte Auditorium) Rebecca Monarrez, President, ALPFA Illinois Dr. Michael Campo, Chief Operating Officer, ALPFA Chicago Michael Ames, Section Sales Director, Altria Yesenia Mendez, Allstate Internal Auditor, Allstate Insurance Company Mauricio Gonzalez, Associate Dean of Advancement, College of Business at Illinois EMCEES – Mona Asra & Michael Rodriguez, ALPFA Chicago
8:45 am To Tell the Truth: Real CPAs Edition – Sponsored by AICPA Anthony Newkirk, PhD, Senior Manager of Diversity and Inclusion, AICPA Dwan Jones, Communications Manager, Diversity and Inclusion, AICPA Panelists: Erica Beck, AICPA Andrew Coombs, AICPA Patrick Lee, AICPA
9:45 am Keynote Speaker (Deloitte Auditorium) Illinois State Senator Martin Sandoval
10:00 am Leadership Panel - Sponsored by KPMG (Deloitte Auditorium) Panelists: Laura Guzman, Tax Managing Director, KPMG Juan Hernandez Trigueros, Audit Associate, KPMG Norma Scagnoli, Director of eLearning, College of Business at Illinois Moderator: Mauricio Gonzalez, Associate Dean of Advancement, College of Business at Illinois
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Workshop Session 1 (same line-up for both workshop sessions)
Building a Foundation for Success – Sponsored by Allstate (2005 BIF) Jaime Morales, Allstate Agency Owner/VP of Strategic Partnerships ALPFA Chicago
Tú! --Leveraging your Latino values to build your personal brand – Sponsored by Altria (2011 BIF) Kim Knight, Broker Account Manager, Altria Lauren Jones, Senior Recruiter, Altria Kristina Mendoza, Unit Manager, Altria Juan Olivares-Gomez, Sales Development Associate, Altria Julia Whittet, Territory Sales Manager, Altria
Effective Listening – Sponsored by CIA (2057 BIF) Cristina Temboury, Program Manager, Central Intelligence Agency
Brand Yourself!; Develop your own marketing plan and learn how to land a great first job – Sponsored by Dell (2063 BIF) Kim Gamez, Finance Integration Senior Manager, Dell Diego Hernandez, Senior Financial Analyst, Dell Kim Webel, Audit Senior Manager, Dell
Solo Cup Challenge – Sponsored by RSM US LLP (3057 BIF) Diana Angulo, Tax Manager, Private Client Services, RSM US LLP Michael Gerlach, Assurance Senior Manager, RSM US LLP
Lead without a Title: You don’t need a title to be a leader – how anyone, anywhere, can make a positive difference! – Sponsored by Cargill, Inc. (3063 BIF) Ivan Nuñez, Application Support Analyst and Hispanic Business Resource Group – Vice Chair, Cargill, Inc. Andrea Roca, Central America Manager – Trade & Structured Finance, Cargill, Inc. Fabio Suenaga, R&D Finance Lead – Functions Finance, Cargill, Inc.
12:00pm Mentoring Luncheon & Keynote Speaker (BIF Commons) Introduction of Keynote Speaker – Eduardo Tobon, President, ALPFA Chicago Lieutenant Governor of the State of Illinois Evelyn Sanguinetti
1:15 pm Workshop Session 2 (same as above)
2:15 am Break
2:30 pm Leadership Panel: What You Can Do Today, To Be a Leader Tomorrow – Sponsored by Ernst & Young (Deloitte Auditorium) Panelists: George Martinez, Assurance Senior, Ernst & Young Hermengarda Patino, Staff Accountant II, Caterpillar, Inc. Louis Perez, Executive Office/ Corporate Communications Associate, Caterpillar, Inc. Daniel Sanchez, Assurance Staff, Ernst & Young Moderator: Jessica Marquez, Illinois Student & Incoming Tax Staff, Ernst & Young
3:15 pm Career Fair (BIF Commons)
4:30 pm Event Concludes
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