Patricia Diaz Dennis
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
SBC Pacific Bell/SBC Nevada Bell
Ms. Dennis' responsibilities include retail regulatory product advocacy, state tariff administration and discovery coordination, and regulatory, legislative, governmental, external affairs, and industry relations activities. Her board and trustee seats include Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Girl Scouts USA, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
Irma Elder
CEO
Elder Automotive Group
Ms. Elder was the first woman to own a Ford dealership in the metropolitan Detroit market. Today she leads a company that has grown to encompass Jaguar and Saab dealerships in Troy, Michigan (the No. 1 Jaguar and Saab dealerships in North America in sales) as well as Aston Martin dealerships in Michigan and Florida. In November 2003, she received the inaugural Urban Wheel Dealer Awards presented by On Wheels Inc. Her board seats include Lear Corp and the Chicago branch of the Federal Reserve Board.
Graciela Eleta de Cacho
Vice President, Multicultural Development Organization, North America
Procter & Gamble
Ms. de Cacho, the highest-ranking Latina at Procter & Gamble, directs the development and execution of marketing and retail strategies focused on the Hispanic and African-American markets in the U.S. and Puerto Rico for the Fortune 500 company. Ms. de Cacho also collaborates with a number of nonprofit organizations such as Fondos Unidos and SER Jobs for Progress.
Linda Griego
President/CEO
Griego Enterprises Inc.
Ms. Griego oversees all operations of Griego Enterprises Inc., which develops television programming through Zapgo Entertainment Group. She previously served as interim president and chief executive of the Los Angeles Community Development Bank, and current board seats include Blockbuster Inc., Granite Construction Inc., and Southwest Water Co. She also serves as a Los Angeles branch director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Belinda Guadarrama
President/CEO
GC Micro Corp.
Under Ms. Guadarrama's leadership, GC Micro has grown into one of the nation's leading suppliers of computing equipment and services, and ranked among Working Woman Magazine's list of America's Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses. Ms. Guadarrama has won numerous awards including California Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration, and has served as a small-business policy advisor to the White House over the past three administrations.
