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The LATINA Style 50 |
A vision of the late founder and publisher Anna Maria Arias, the LATINA Style 50 looks at the environment in which Latinas are working, how they are promoted and how their efforts are recognized in corporate America. The LATINA Style 50 Report is the most respected annual evaluation of corporate America’s career development opportunities for Latinas, and sets the standard for corporate America’s sensitivity to the needs and goals of professional Hispanic women in the workplace. The report is the outcome of an extensive research, which involves more than 1,000 of the most prominent corporations in the United States.
Since the launch of the program, in 1998, companies responding to LATINA Style’s questionnaire were evaluated based on issues that LATINA Style readers identified as most important to them in the workplace. Among the principal areas of evaluation were: number of Latina executives, mentoring programs, Latina board members, educational opportunities, alternative work policies, dependent/child care support, employee benefits, women’s issues, job retraining, affinity groups and Hispanic relations. |
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“We are proud to have reached a milestone for providing a national report that highlights those corporations which practice workplace diversity at the highest standards for our Latina professionals,” says Robert E. Bard, president and CEO of LATINA Style. “This year I am particularly pleased to acknowledge those corporations that have made the Top 50 list every year since 1998: Aetna Inc., Allstate Insurance Co., American Express Co., Citigroup Inc., Colgate-Palmolive Co., Fannie Mae, General Motors Corp., IBM, Merrill Lynch, Principal Financial Group, The Procter & Gamble Co., State Farm Mutual Insurance Companies and Wachovia. These companies have truly shown a commitment to excellence and investment on their precious assets, the Latina professional.” |
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| U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral; Lourdes Hassler, NSHMBA |
Bianca Olivas; Kate Lima- McDonald's Corp. |
Brenda Jiménez – Verizon |
Shana Harris - Allstate Insurance Company |
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao |
Chris Parsell - State Farm Mutual Insurance Companies |
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| Dawn Schnell - Bausch Lomb (Honorable Mention) |
Denise Walsh - Colgate-Palmolive Company |
Dionisia Cespedes - Aetna Inc. |
Susan Gonzales - Comcast Corporation |
Elizabeth Custodio - HSBC North America |
Elizabeth Nieto - Citigroup Inc. |
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| The names of the LATINA Style 50 will be announced in the August issue of the magazine, along with profiles of the top 12 companies. On February 5, 2009 the top 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work For in the U.S. will be recognized at the 11th LATINA Style 50 Awards Ceremony and sixth Diversity Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. This all day event will give Latinas in corporate America and prominent diversity leaders from the LATINA Style 50 Companies an opportunity to exchange insights and discuss the issues faced by Latinas in the Workplace. Companies interested in taking part in the survey this year can find all relevant materials online at the magazines website: http://www.latinastyle.com or by calling 1-800-651-8083. The deadline for the 2008 LATINA Style 50 Survey is May 19, 2008. |
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