Frank Huerta
Frank Huerta is the former Co-founder, CEO, and President of Recourse Technologies, Inc., a provider of computer security threat management. After three and a half years, he sold his company to Symantec Corporation in August 2002 for $135M. He serves on the board of the Arthritis Foundation of Northern California and the Stanford Graduate School of Business Management Board. He has an undergraduate degree in physics from Harvard University cum laude and an MBA from Stanford University.

Alicia Morga
Prior to founding Consorte Media, Alicia was an investment professional focused on venture opportunities in the technology sector for The Carlyle Group's U.S. Venture Fund. She also worked at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, where she focused on early-stage software investments. While at Hummer Winblad, Alicia served as VP of Operations for Napster and CEO of venture fund Zero Gravity Internet Group. Alicia has served on the boards of technology companies such as Ingenio, Ventaso, Secure Elements, Archetype-Solutions, Applied Semantics, Menerva Technologies and Discovercast. Alicia holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. from Stanford University.

Sergio Retamal
Sergio Retamal is President, and Founder of Global4PL, a supply chain execution company that help companies reduce their cost and achieve their full operational potential. Mr. Retamal is also the President and Founder for RFQconnect a software company with offices in the USA, Chile, and India and Hong Kong. He was also listed as one of 25Top Supply Chain Pros-To-Know of 2008 and 2007 by the Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine. 2006 Winner of the TEN Award underwritten by the AT&T Foundation . Awarded the 2005 Executive of the Year by the International Transportation Association.

Maria Hernandez Schabbing
Maria Schabbing founded Epicentro Marketing in 1987 specializing in the Hispanic market. Today Epicentro serves a wide range of corporate clients in the ethnic and general market arenas. Maria has successfully developed a business relationship with Safeway Inc. and related food companies through the years. Epicentro's key objective is planning community events in and around the Bay Area. Additionally, over the years Maria has served on several boards including the City of Hayward Advisory Board, the National Hispanic University and numerous others.

Rebecca Gallardo-Serrano
A 15 year entrepreneur, Rebecca A. Gallardo-Serrano is Managing Partner with Protelo Group Real Estate Services, a boutique real estate firm that assists clients with First Time Home Buying, Investing and Property Management. She has worked tirelessly to create the American Dream of sustainable homeownership for numerous families. She has been recognized as the Silicon Valley Business Journal Top Women in Business Honoree. Additionally, she has been active with numerous local and national organizations and has recently being installed as the Chairman of the Board for the National Association of Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). 

Gema Smith
Gema S. Smith has been an influential pioneer in the real estate industry for 21 years. Her companies provide real estate services and financing needs to Hispanics seeking home ownership. The Hispanic consumer has one-stop shopping options with Gema and her staff. In the past 3 years, between her 2 companies, Gema has closed over 900 escrows, which has equated to commission income of over $7.6M.

Isabel Valdes
M. Isabel Valdés is a pioneer in “emotional marketing,” author and public speaker. Her extensive client list includes corporations, government and non-for-profits. A Stanford Alumni,  she founded HMC, Inc., a marketing research firm in 1987. Presently she heads Isabel Valdés Consulting, and advises clients on “how to transform HeartShares™ into MarketShares©.”   She is a member of PepsiCO’s Latino Advisory Board, Trustee of the National Council of la Raza and the Latino Community Foundation. She has received numerous honors and awards. Her fourth book, “Hispanic Consumers for Life, A Fresh Look at Acculturation” was recently launched.

Martin Vargas
Martin Vargas is the Founder, CEO and President of Axcelerate Networks Corporation, one of the most successful network consulting companies in the Silicon Valley. With over 375 corporate customers it provides network security, core infrastructure, professional engineering services and consulting to some of the top companies and organizations in the areas of Healthcare, Finance, Education, Government and Technology. With 75% to 150% growth per year since its inception Axcelerate Networks is projected to reach $7 million in revenue in 2008.

John Zamora
Settling in San Jose in 1946 John Zamora’s life has been full of entrepreneurial zest. As a founding president of the San Jose Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce John knew the importance of business in the Latino community. Leading by example he has been involved in many organizations. His most recent venture, Pepe L. Mariachi, Inc., is a San Jose-based developer of Hispanic themed educational and entertainment products for children. His bilingual & Latino themed character, Pepe L. Mariachi  is designed to project a positive Hispanic image to the community.