SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (MHCC) holds the 18th Annual Fiesta Hispana on Friday, May 11, in the Presidential Ballroom of The Ritz Carlton Hotel -Dearborn, at 6 p.m.
The keynote speaker will be Jimmy McDonald, Executive Director of Powertrain Components and Raw Material for General Motors Global Purchasing and Supply Chain (GPSC). Mr. McDonald is also Executive Director in charge of GM Supplier Diversity. His keynote remarks will address the current state of the automotive and automotive supplier market especially as it affects the Hispanic business community.
Fiesta Hispana is the Hispanic business community's premier annual black-tie dinner dance with more than 700 business, civic and community leaders in attendance. Fiesta Hispana will also feature a brief Latin dance performance. FOX 2 News anchor Lourdes Duarte will serve as emcee. The event sponsor is General Motors Corporation. Other major sponsors include DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, Toyota Motor Engineering, NA Inc., Volkswagen of America, Inc., Comerica Bank, Darden Restaurants, DTE Energy and Gonzalez Production Systems.
Tickets at $175 each, which include the reception at 6 p.m. and the dinner and dance from 7 p.m. till midnight, are selling fast. Sponsorships are still available. For more information about Fiesta Hispana, contact Diadette Mejia, dmejia@mhcc.org or 248-208-9915.
The Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, established in 1989, is a non-profit business organization consisting of over 300 member companies from corporate, small, medium and large businesses, sole proprietors and individuals representing Hispanic-owned enterprises, automotive OEM's, Tier One suppliers and non-automotive Fortune 500 corporations. In addition community non-profits, media affiliates, the Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Pistons are also represented. Its web site is www.mhcc.org.
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The Hispanic business community is the fastest growing business segment in the country, increasing at a rate of 2.5 Hispanics every second - by 2050 one in every four workers will be Hispanic. In Michigan, there are now over 10,000 large, medium and small Hispanic businesses employing over 14,000 persons.
EDITOR'S NOTE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF JIMMY MC DONALD IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.MHCC.ORG/FIESTA.