Women's Economic Empowerment in Mexico: Lessons from the Top

November 18, 2014

Event Duration: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Mexico City

Mexico

(Image: Flor de María Cordero Estrada)

Overview

WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN MEXICO
LESSONS FROM THE TOP

AS/COA's Women's Hemispheric Network, in partnership with Grupo Expansión, will hold a private workshop on women’s economic empowerment in Mexico City. The workshop will convene leading women in business and public service to share their success stories and draw lessons for a rising generation of young professionals at the local and regional level.

This event is by invitation only.

Confirmed Speakers*

Adriana Tortajada, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Ministry of the Economy, Mexico
Margarita Zavala, Former First Lady of Mexico
Mercedes Aráoz, Representative, IDB, Mexico
Monica Flores, Regional Managing Director, Latin America, ManpowerGroup Mexico
Angelica Fuentes, CEO, Omnilife and Founder, Angelíssima
Rossana Fuentes-Berain, Founder, Start Up Mexico Media Lab S21
Patricia Menéndez-Cambó, Chair, Global Practice, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Tanya Moss, Founder, Tanya Moss Joyería
Reyna Torres Mendivil, Director General for the Protection of Mexicans Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Relations
Susan Segal, President & CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

For more information, visit: www.as-coa.org/women or contact us at women@as-coa.org.

Press Inquiries: Adriana La Rotta | alarotta@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8384

Agenda

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8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast

9:00 to 9:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks

Susan Segal, President & CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

9:15 to 9:45 a.m. Keynote Address

Reyna Torres Mendivil, Director General for the Protection of Mexicans Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Relations

9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Panel: Lead to Inspire, Inspire to Lead*

Mercedes Aráoz, Representative, Inter-American Development Bank, Mexico
Monica Flores, Regional Managing Director, Latin America, ManpowerGroup Mexico
Tanya Moss, Founder, Tanya Moss Joyería
Adriana Tortajada, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Mexican Ministry of the Economy
Rossana Fuentes-Berain, Founder, Start Up Mexico Media Lab S21 (Moderator)

10:45 to 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break and Networking Session

11:15 to 12:00 p.m. Conversation: Personal Stories from Leaders

Patricia Menéndez Cambó, Chair, Global Practice, Greenberg Traurig
Angélica Fuentes Téllez, CEO, Omnilife and Founder, Angelíssima
Susan Segal, President & CEO, AS/COA (Moderator)

12:00 to 12:15 p.m. Closing Remarks

Margarita Zavala, Former First Lady of Mexico

Speakers

Mercedes Aráoz Fernández

Prime Minister of Peru

Mercedes Aráoz Fernández was named prime minister of Peru in September 2017. Previously, she was second vice president and congresswoman since July 2016. Aráoz Fernandez has also served as country representative for the Inter-American Development Bank in Mexico and as the first...

Angélica Fuentes

CEO, Omnilife and Founder, Angelíssima

Angélica Fuentes is the CEO of the Mexico-based multinational Grupo Omnilife/Angelíssima/Chivas. She joined Grupo Omnilife/Chivas in 2007, and in three years positioned it among the 100 top corporations in Mexico. In 2011, Fuentes founded Angelíssima, a line of cosmetics and...

Rossana Fuentes-Berain

Founder, Start Up Mexico Media Lab S21

Rossana Fuentes-Berain is the founder of Start Up Mexico Media Lab S21, a media lab dedicated to studying communication among those that will define the 21st century. Prior to her current role, which she began in September 2014, she was the editorial vice president of Grupo...

Patricia Menéndez-Cambó

Director, PMC Capital Partners

Patricia Menéndez-Cambó is formerly the managing partner and deputy general counsel of SoftBank Group International and Board Member and General Counsel of the SoftBank Latin America Fund and SB Opportunity Fund. Patricia was also a member of the Board of Directors and the...

Tanya Moss

Founder, Tanya Moss Joyería

Tanya Moss is the founder and creative designer of Tanya Moss Joyería. Since opening her first jewelry store in Mexico City in 1996 and introducing her iconic butterfly design in 2003, Moss has expanded her company to include 13 boutiques across Mexico. She was recognized as...

Susan Segal

President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Susan Segal was elected president and CEO of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas in August 2003 after working in the private sector with Latin America and other emerging markets for over 30 years. A passionate supporter of Latin America, she joined the organizations...

Margarita Zavala

Former First Lady of Mexico

Margarita Zavala is the former first lady of Mexico. During the tenure of her husband President Felipe Calderón from 2006 to 2012, she chaired the Citizen Advisory Board of the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF), led the Estrategia Nacional para una Nueva Vida, and worked on...

Monica Flores

Regional Managing Director, Latin America, ManpowerGroup Mexico

Monica Flores was named managing regional director of ManpowerGroup Latin America in January 2013. Since joining ManpowerGroup in 1994, she has held a variety of positions across the organization including: operations and sales manager from 1994 to 1995, delivery services manager...

Reyna Torres Mendivil

Director General for the Protection of Mexicans Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Relations

Reyna Torres Mendívil is Mexico’s general director for the Protection of Mexicans Abroad. Before assuming her current responsibilities in April 2013, Torres Mendívil was the Mexican consul in Fresno, California. She has held various positions within the Department of Foreign...