Conference Organizers

Executive Committee

• Chair
  Christina Vásquez-Case, Alianzas/University of Missouri Extension/University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute of Human Development, Cambio Center fellow
• Executive Coordinator
  Domingo Martínez Castilla, Cambio Center & HLAFSA, University of Missouri-Columbia (MU)
• Financial Chair
  Christiane Quinn, Cambio Center & HLAFSA, MU
• Content Advisors
  Corinne Valdivia, Agricultural Economics – Division of Applied Social Sciences; Cambio Center fellow, & HLAFSA, MU
  Steve Jeanetta, Community Development; Cambio Center fellow, MU

Conference Coordinators

• Conference Manager
  Cindy Hazelrigg, MU Conference Office
• Kansas City Coordinator
  Katy Fields, Alianzas/University of Missouri Extension/UMKC Institute of Human Development

Planning Committee

• Alma Alcántara, Mexican Consulate, Kansas City
• Judy Ancel, Dept. of Economics, UMKC
• Betty Blackmon, Dept. of Graduate Social Work, UMKC
• Nina Chen, U. of Missouri Extension
• Deborah Cohen, Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, U. of Missouri-St. Louis
• Kay Conklin, Tips for Kids Training Program, MU
• Jeanne Crane Smith, Kansas City Kansas Community College
• Anne Dannerbeck, School of Social Work, MU
• Andrés Domínguez, Federal Reserve, Kansas City
• Pedro Dozi, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Cambio Center, MU
• Steve Driever, Dept. of Geosciences, UMKC
• Lisa Flores, College of Education, MU
• José García, Dept. of Rural Sociology, MU
• Alejandra Gudiño, ParentLink, MU
• Noemí Herrera Rojas, Public Communications, UMKC
• Jinny Hopp, U. of Missouri Extension
• Mary Lou Jaramillo, Hispanic Economic Development Corporation
• Christina Jasso, Guadalupe Centers, Inc.
• Stancia Jenkins, Community and Public Affairs, UMKC
• Hortencia Kayser, Dept. of Communication Sciences & Disorders, SLU
• Elizabeth Kelderhouse, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Mary Leuci, Community Development, U. of Missouri Extension
• Anita Martínez , El Centro, Inc.
• Alexis Mayo, Essential Spanish for Professionals
• Freda Méndez-Smith, MANA Kansas City
• Blanca McRee, Children's Mercy Family Health Partners
• Mario Mendoza, Kansas City Chronic Disease Coalition
• Alicia Miguel, Dept. of ESL, Kansas City, Missouri School District
• Louise Miller, School of Nursing, MU
• Claudio Pérez-Korinko, IM International Marketing
• Jessica Piedra, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
• Carolyn Ruiz, The Whole Person, Inc.
• Maria Tapia-Belsito, Rose Brooks Center
• Stephanie Taylor, Local Investment Commission, Kansas City
• Carrie Tyler, Centro Latino de Apoyo, Recursos y Oportunidades (CLARO), Marshall, MO
• Richard Zárate, Kansas City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

This page updated:
27 March, 2007