Monday, February 25, 2019 A speed coaching and networking event powered by bizwomen. #SABJ #MentoringMonday Agenda 8 - 8:25 a.m. Networking and light breakfast 8:25 - 8:30 a.m. Welcome & Program Instructions 8:30 - 9:20 a.m. 1-on-1 Mentoring and Roundtables 9:20 - 9:25 a.m. Networking Break 9:25 - 10 a.m. 1-on-1 Mentoring and Roundtables 10 a.m. Closing Bizwomen Mentors Marina Alderete Gavito Deborah Gray Marino Corinna Richter USAA SWBC Holt Cat Cristina Aldrete Sondra Grohman Whitney Riley North San Antonio Shining Star ENERGY CaptionSource, LLC Chamber of Commerce Teri Grubb (Ret) Maj. Gen. South Texas Money Julie Baker Angie Salinas Valero Alamo Bowl Management, Ltd. Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas Brooke Byrum Rebecca Helterbrand Patel |Gaines San Antonio Area Foundation Jana Schmidt Rhonda Calvert Harland Clarke Comerica Bank Julie Huls The Huls Group Suzanne Scott Asia Ciaravino San Antonio SA Youth Zindy Infante River Authority LiftFund San Antonio Kelly Colotla Women's Business Center Tinsley Smith Broadway Bank Zachry Group Mary Ullmann Japhet Pam Cox San Antonio Sports Whataburger Shari St. Clair KLRN Hon. Yvonne Katz, Ed.D. Shirley Crandall San Antonio Women's Crandall & Associates, Inc Chamber of Commerce Monica Taylor The CE Group Kelli Cubeta Rosemary Kowalski Cubeta Law Group The RK Group Christine Teague Grunt Style Kim Ford Jenny Marshall theKFORDgroup Preferred Counsel Paula Waggoner-Aguilar Lisa Fullerton The Energy CFO A Novel Idea, LLC Casandra Matej Visit San Antonio Adriana Garcia Lori Warren Our Lady of the Lake Janet Peavy Spurs Sports & University Lyft Entertainment Connie Gonzalez Dr. Keely Petty Fran Yanity Brooks Sound Mind Strategies The PM Group 1 Agenda Profiles Marina Alderete Gavito | Innovation Director, USAA Marina is currently an Innovation Director at USAA. In her role she builds and creates partnerships with high-tech startups for USAA Labs. She also oversees strategic and academic partnerships, and manages the relationships with the local tech community. Prior to USAA, Marina was at Rackspace for seven years holding various leadership roles. She was also the founding Executive Director of Tech Bloc- a local tech advocacy group who rallied support to keep rideshare in San Antonio as well as work with the city/county's economic development teams to make our city attractive to a creative class of workers. To support her community, Marina serves through the following: - chairs the M.O.V.E. (Move. Organize. Vote. Empower) Texas board - St. Mary's University Alumni Association - Founding board member of New Leaders Council- San Antonio chapter - Bexar County Child Welfare Board - Mayor appointee on the Airport Systems Development Committee. Marina is a graduate of St. Mary's University and earned her Bizwomen Mentors MBA from DePaul Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. Marina was in Leadership San Antonio (LSA) Class 40 and on Steering Committee- Class 43. Marina enjoys running and spending time with her family. Cristina Aldrete | CEO/President, North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Cristina Aldrete is President/CEO of the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. In August 2018. Cristina was promoted to CEO from her position as Executive Vice President for Government Affairs and Business Development. Before joining the North Chamber staff in 2015, she served as the Development Director for the Alamo Colleges - Palo Alto College for four years. As a stay at home mom for 10 years prior to re-booting her career, Cristina brings her unique and balanced perspective to BizWomen Mentor Monday. Cristina currently serves on the Board of Directors for Visit San Antonio, and the SA Economic Development Foundations International Advisory Council. She served on the City of San Antonio Tri-Centennial Celebration Commission Committee on External Affairs, the SA Economic Development Foundation Business Retention & Expansion (BRE) Team, and was 2014 Chair for the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Circle of Red Campaign. Cristina and her husband Eddie have three teenage children. Julie Baker | Vice President, Operations, Valero Alamo Bowl As the Valero Alamo Bowl’s Vice President of Operations, Julie is responsible for overseeing the bowl’s Community Festival of Events as well as directing all aspects of the bowl game. Julie is also the primary contact for the participating teams, all facilities, the bowl’s merchandising programs, and the fan experience. Julie joined the bowl in 1997 as an Event Coordinator and was promoted to Director of Events in 1999 before assuming her current role in 2002. Prior to the bowl, Baker worked for the Alamodome for three years where she coordinated events as well as assisted in special projects for the director. A Dallas native, Julie graduated from the University of Texas-Austin in 1991 with a degree in Social Work. Julie and her husband John have an 11th grade daughter, Rachel, and a 7th grade son, Sam. Brooke Byrum | VP of Marketing, Patel|Gaines As Vice President of Marketing, Brooke Byrum executes all marketing, design, and client relation efforts of Patel | Gaines, the 5th Fastest Growing Law Firm in the nation. In the short time Brooke has been in the professional space, she has strategically planned and executed the rebrand of Patel | Gaines, while aiding the managing partner in launching a sports agency that has already gained recognition nationally. With over 6 years of experience in social media, she contributes her marketing success to the power of social media. Brooke is known as an "out of the box" thinker who turns dreams into realities. In her spare time, Brooke enjoys public speaking, volunteering at her church, and baking. 2 Profiles Rhonda Calvert | San Antonio Market President, Comerica Bank Rhonda is a San Antonio native. She graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin. While at UT she was a member of Mortar Board, Orange Jackets, and Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, of which she served as President. Rhonda was also awarded UT Endowed Presidential Scholarship, Hattie W. Hewlett scholarship and the Goodfellow Award. After graduation she returned to San Antonio to begin her career in banking. She is now Comerica Bank’s San Antonio Market President, a $71 billion bank headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Rhonda is committed to her hometown and is heavily involved in the community. She is a board member of The Charity Ball Legacy Foundation, The Battle of Flowers Association, the San Antonio Fiesta Commission, the United Way, St. Mary’s Entrepreneurial Breakfast Series and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. She is also a member of the Military Civilian Club and Timely Topics. She is a Past President of the Junior League and the Battle of Flowers. In 2006, she was the second female President of the Downtown Rotary. Rhonda is married to Joseph Dittmar Calvert. Asia Ciaravino | CEO & President, SA Youth Asia has been a force in the nonprofit sector for more than 19 years, working with underprivileged youth and arts organizations. Starting her career as the Marketing Director at Inner-City Games on the East Side of San Antonio. Per her undergraduate degree in theater, Asia worked as the Marketing and Development Director helping Magik spearhead the Shakespeare in the Park acquisition. After Magik, Asia worked at the CE Group where she produced live TV, award shows, concerts, and conferences. After CE, Asia was recruited to redesign the Alumni and Stewardship department at Our Lady of the Lake University as the Director of Alumni and Advancement Relations. While at OLLU, Asia co-founded The Classic Theater of San Antonio, spearheading the quest to bring classic theater to San Antonio. Asia continued to effect much-needed change, transforming The Playhouse San Antonio into a thriving mecca of high-quality entertainment for its patrons. During her time, she built a solid foundation of support which doubled the operational budget in three and a half years and built a thriving education program. In 2015, she was appointed the COO of the Tricentennial for the City of San Antonio. Currently, she serves as the President and CEO of SA Youth, an organization that serves to prevent students from dropping out of school and provides an educational safe place after school. A member of Leadership San Antonio (Class 36), LSA steering committee for Class 37, United Way Emerging Leaders, Women’s Chamber, Excel Beyond the Bell, IWC, and Vistage. Kelly Colotla | Portfolio Manager, Broadway Bank Kelly has more than 20 years of experience in investments. Prior to joining Broadway Bank, she worked as a global equity analyst and spent the early part of her career in fixed income. Kelly holds both a BBA in Finance and a BA in Language and International Trade from Eastern Michigan University. She also holds a Master of International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management and has a Post-Graduate Certificate of Accounting from Simpson College. Her experience in academia includes teaching finance and investments courses as an adjunct instructor. In addition to a number of long-time board positions for various non-profit organizations, Kelly has been an active board member of the CFA Society San Antonio as well as the Texas Banker’s Trust School Advisory Board. She is also a Rotarian, an avid volunteer, and a frequent host parent to exchange students from around the world. Kelly speaks Spanish fluently, as well as some Danish and French. 3 Profiles Profiles Pam Cox |Vice President of Customer Engagement & Brand Communication, Whataburger Pam Cox joined the Whataburger Family in 2001, working in the marketing department before transitioning to communications, where she currently serves as Vice President. During her tenure leading Whataburger communications, Cox has grown the department from two professionals to 45, and now oversees charitable giving, social media, public relations, internal communications, meeting and event planning, digital team, and multimedia service and support for this $2 billion-dollar restaurant industry leader.